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Guided Walks: Follow in our volunteers footsteps

We're delighted to announce our Volunteer Walk Leaders are back for another year to help you explore the Lake District safely!

Cultural Heritage

Grasmere Gingerbread shop photo resource for teaching Key Stage 2. Includes discussion questions such as "How can you tell the building is old?"

Support for proposals to extend Keswick to Threlkeld Railway route

An online survey about proposals for new, or improved, paths linking the Keswick to Threlkeld Railway Trail to Burns Road and Threlkeld Quarry, show there is good support for the plans.

Miles Without Stiles 47: Wray Castle to Loanthwaite

Miles without stiles route 47 - Wray Castle to Outgate and Low Loanthwaite.

FAQs about volunteering

What do our volunteers do? What's the time commitment? Any age restrictions? How do I apply? All the answers here!

Early Christmas Present from National Park

Locals and visitors to Grasmere will be able to walk off that Christmas dinner by completing the circular walk to Alcock Tarn from the village for the first time since 2015.

Step into Autumn: Rangers' Top Walks

We're spotlighting some of our Rangers' favourite walks in the Lake District. Read on to find out why our Rangers love these routes!

Volunteers wanted for the Great British Beach Clean at Drigg

Volunteers are needed to help clean up Drigg as part of the Marine Conservation Society’s Great British Beach Clean next Saturday (17 Sep). Join Lake District National Park Area Ranger, Rec Cathey, from 9.45am at Drigg beach with litter pickers and bin bags to record and clean up shoreline litter.

Miles Without Stiles 21: Ravenglass to Saltcoats

This short route takes you from the waterfront of Ravenglass across the River Mite and on to the beachfront at Saltcoats.

Accessible for all

Easy access and wheelchair friendly routes, all terrain tramper hire, accessible changing room, holidays and activities for disabled visitors and where to get help and advice.

Terms and conditions for Rights of Way sponsorship and donations

Full terms and conditions for Rights of Way sponsorship and donations.

Miles Without Stiles 7: Red Nab to Wray Castle

This walk hugs the wooded shoreline of Windermere.

Young Rangers nurture native woodlands

A group of Young Rangers, aged between 14 to 18 years, spent the day working with Isaac Johnston, Thirlmere Resilience Project Officer for the John Muir Trust on a patch of woodland overlooking Thirlmere.

Give something special this Christmas

This year the Lake District National Park is offering a Christmas present with a difference giving you the chance to sponsor a piece of the spectacular landscape.

Tilberthwaite and High Oxen Fell roads

These routes are in fact Unclassified County Roads (UCR) and as such pedestrians, horse riders, bicycles and motor vehicles can use them. The routes were originally well-built stone roads that served agricultural and quarrying activities and, as such, forms part of the historic heritage of the area.