Walk · Cumbria

Reston Scar and the mill weir from Staveley

Staveley

2.2MILES

1h 4mON FOOT

100mCLIMB

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

Off-road 84% 16% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 62%Lane & track 22%Road with traffic 16%

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

Staveley village car park by the Mill Yard, off Main Street

Parking

Free village car park, roughly 50 spaces, busy at weekends when the Mill Yard cafes and Hawkshead Brewery are open; the station is two minutes away

Directions to the start →

Two and a quarter miles and just over an hour, a hundred metres of climb: straight up the little crag of Reston Scar behind the village for a surprising view into Kentmere, then down to the weir on the Kent by the old bobbin mill. Start at the free Staveley village car park by the Mill Yard, which holds around 50 cars and is a two-minute walk from the station on the Windermere branch line. Short, steep and satisfying, with a river at the end for a swim and the mill yard cafes putting bowls out for dogs; the scar itself is common grazing with sheep all year and the summit has small unfenced rock outcrops, so leads above the last gate.

THE SMALL PRINTLeads above the last gate onto Reston Scar - it is common grazing with sheep all year and there are small unfenced outcrops at the top.

House rules, decoded

Livestock — leads on

Water bowls

REGION · CUMBRIA

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Reston Scar and the mill weir from Staveley

House rules, decoded

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