Walk · Cumbria

Claife Heights, Latterbarrow and Wray Castle

Windermere

10.2MILES

4h 48mON FOOT

420mCLIMB

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The route A-road B-road Lane Track Path Water Woodland

Off-road 90% 10% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 40%Lane & track 50%Road with traffic 10%

Our drawing of the route, over road and path data from OpenStreetMap. It shows where the walk goes and what it goes through. It is not a survey and not a navigation aid — carry OS Explorer on the hill. Off-lead information here is what walkers reported or what signage allows — never our advice. Whether and when a dog is off the lead is the owner’s decision and legal responsibility; keep dogs under control near livestock and follow signs on the day.

Starts at

Ferry House, Far Sawrey, at the west landing of the Windermere car ferry

Parking

Tiny car park at the ferry landing, perhaps 20 spaces; park in Bowness (Braithwaite Fold or Glebe Road, both paid) and cross as a foot passenger

Directions to the start →

Ten miles and close to five hours up the quiet western shore of Windermere, through the Claife plantations to Latterbarrow's cairn and back past Wray Castle - forest track for much of it, so it drains well and works in winter. Start at the Ferry House on the west bank, reached by the Windermere car ferry from Bowness, which takes dogs at no extra charge and saves the long drive round by Newby Bridge. Almost all of it is enclosed woodland and track where a dog can be off the lead, there is lake access at High Wray Bay for a swim, but the two fields below Latterbarrow are grazed and the forest is worked - keep to the lead if machinery is out.

THE SMALL PRINTLeads through the grazed fields below Latterbarrow and past Wray Castle's farm. Forestry operations close sections of the Claife tracks at short notice.

House rules, decoded

Livestock — leads on

Off-lead allowed

REGION · CUMBRIA

GRID · 54.3606, -2.9418

SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.KOMOOT.COM/GUIDE/2765633/HIKING-AROUND-CLAIFE

Claife Heights, Latterbarrow and Wray Castle

House rules, decoded

1 Park Road

48 Oak Street

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