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West Windermere Way (multi-user)

West Windermere Way (multi-user)

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This is a multi-user version of the full-length West Windermere Way, ideal for cyclists and horse riders.

It is just under 5km in distance, but is best done as an out-and-back route of nearly 10km.

Difficulty

Easy

Duration

1.5 hours

Distance

4.65km / 2.88miles

Route

The route is mostly on gravel paths, but has a section just north of the lakeside on the road with some fast traffic.

The trail is well waymarked with the West Windermere Way logo, so follow these signs.

From behind the Swan Hotel in Newby Bridge, the trail follows the river, crossing the Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway, then joining the road (take care here). Just after High Stott Park House, the off-road path begins again and travels through fields and woods to YMCA Lakeside.

Facilities

Parking: Lakeside car park (pay and display)

a man in a wheelchair and a women sat next to him on a bench. Two cyclists cycling by them on a gravelled path. Two horses and riders walking along gravelled path on the West Windermere Way adult male and female in outdoor gear walking across large wooden foot bridge smiling A wooden fingerpost with a West Windermere Way blue roundel on and text reading Lakeside with a bike, horse and walker symbol

Funders

This project is partly funded by:

  • European Union European Structural and Investment Funds
  • CLEP Cumbrian Local Enterprise Partnership
  • HM Government Northern Powerhouse
  • DEFRA Access for All

A women walking a alongside a man in a electric wheelchair on a gravelled path surrounded by large trees

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male and female adult, elderly male and child in pushchair walking on wide gravel path along windermere lakefront on a sunny day

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