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Rydal Water Beach – Hawkshead Village loop from Hawkshead

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Rydal Water Beach – Hawkshead Village loop from Hawkshead

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5.0

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Rydal Water Beach – Hawkshead Village loop from Hawkshead

04:22

55.3km

1,040m

Mountain biking

Hard mountain bike ride. Very good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: June 19, 2026

Tips

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 8.59 km for 289 m

After 20.8 km for 297 m

After 26.0 km for 160 m

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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4.89 km

Fleming Wood

Forest

5.10 km

Windermere Western Shore — Gravel Trail

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Perfect for younger or newer mountain bikers, the gravel stretch along the western shore of Windermere also makes for a scenic warm up.

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7.32 km

View of Lake Windermere

Highlight • Viewpoint

Free parking if you get there early enough

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8.67 km

Claife Viewing Station — View over Lake Windermere

Highlight • Viewpoint

At Claife Heights, is Claife Station, built in the 1790s as a viewpoint where visitors could look at Lake Windermere. It was most fashionable with tourists in the 1830s and …

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16.7 km

Gravel Trails Between Brathay, Outgate and Wray

Highlight • Cycleway

Nice way to avoid the roads into Ambleside. Good for campers in Low Wray.

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22.2 km

Fieldfoot Wood

Forest

24.2 km

Rydal Water Beach

Highlight • Beach

Easy trail- just watch out for the walkers!

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25.3 km

Footbridge over the River Rothay

Highlight • River

This is a beatiful spot between Rydal Water and Grasmere Lake with a footbridge over the River Rothay.

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26.1 km

Beach

27.0 km

Grasmere

Lake

41.2 km

Ford and Footbridge at Lake District National Park

Highlight • Bridge

Great place to dip your toes in a hot day if the river is low

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55.0 km

Hawkshead Village

Highlight • Settlement

Hawkshead is an ancient township that has flourished since Norse times, belonging to Furness Abbey until the 12th Century. The monks owned Hawkshead Hall, just outside the village, of which …

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55.3 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

22.9 km

15.4 km

11.3 km

3.97 km

907 m

696 m

162 m

Surfaces

23.1 km

21.1 km

5.49 km

5.34 km

269 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (240 m)

Lowest point (40 m)

Weather

Wednesday 8 July

26°C

13°C

0 %

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Comments

April 2, 2022,Coniston, Ambleside, Windermere, Moss Tarn and Grizedale

An absolute belter of a route. Big climbs, big descents and bigger views everywhere you look. Some very steep climbs but all rideable if you've the legs and the lungs. Also some fast and loose descending to enjoy. When we went a lot of the trails at Grizedale were shut with fallen trees, restricting us to the fire roads.

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Rydal Water Beach – Hawkshead Village loop from Hawkshead

Windermere Western Shore — Gravel Trail

View of Lake Windermere

Claife Viewing Station — View over Lake Windermere

Gravel Trails Between Brathay, Outgate and Wray

Rydal Water Beach

Footbridge over the River Rothay

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Hawkshead Village

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