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Walk · Cumbria

Whitbarrow and Lord's Seat from Witherslack Hall

Witherslack · LA11 6SD
N 440 YD
3.4MILES
2h 10mON FOOT
205mCLIMB
CircularSHAPE
Off-road 92% 8% shares tarmac with cars
Field & moor path 72%Lane & track 20%Road with traffic 8%

Our drawing of the route — the shape of the walk, 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
Witherslack Hall parking area at the end of the school road, north of Witherslack village LA11 6SD
Parking
Free but very limited informal parking by Witherslack Hall; a handful of spaces that go early at weekends, and the lane is too narrow to leave a car on
Directions to the start →

The best big view in the Winster and Kent country for the least effort: a steep pull through yew and juniper from Witherslack Hall onto the limestone plateau of Whitbarrow, then an easy walk over close-cropped turf to the cairn on Lord's Seat at 215 metres, with the Kent sands, Arnside Knott and the whole southern skyline of the Lake District laid out. Cumbria Wildlife Trust's Hervey Memorial Reserve covers the summit plateau and publishes dogs on a lead, because rare breed cattle and sheep graze the top lightly all year round. The scar edges are genuinely sheer in places, which is a second reason for the lead. Parking at Witherslack Hall is limited and there is at least half a mile of approach before you reach the reserve boundary.

THE SMALL PRINTCumbria Wildlife Trust publishes the Hervey Memorial Reserve as dogs "On a lead", and states that "rare breed cattle and sheep graze the reserve" year round. Unfenced limestone scar edges on the western rim.

House rules, decoded

Livestock — leads on
REGION · CUMBRIA
GRID · 54.2657, -2.8659
SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.CUMBRIAWILDLIFETRUST.ORG.UK/NATURE-RESERVES/WHITBARROW-HERVEY-MEMORIAL-RESERVE
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