Moor Top Car Park – Hawkshead Village loop from Satterthwaite
Moor Top Car Park – Hawkshead Village loop from Satterthwaite
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Moor Top Car Park – Hawkshead Village loop from Satterthwaite
00:56
15.0km
300m
Road cycling
Moderate road ride. Great for any fitness level. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.
Last updated: May 10, 2026
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After 1.42 km for 228 m
Waypoints
Start point
Parking
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1.53 km
The Seer's Well
Highlight • Natural Monument
1.53 km
Column of Light Sculpture
Highlight • Monument
2.71 km
Grizedale Valley
Highlight • Forest
(Forestry England)
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5.30 km
Moor Top Car Park
Highlight • Parking
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7.57 km
Hawkshead Grammar School
Highlight • Historical Site
No doubt the most famous former scholar was William Wordsworth - his name is still carved into the surface of one of the School’s wooden desks today.
Opening times are April to October, Monday to Saturday from 10:30 am to 1pm and 1:30 pm to 5 pm. Listen to the small talk on the school, and dare to ask a few more questions - the guides are friendly and possess a wealth of interesting facts.
hawksheadgrammar.org.uk
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawkshead_Grammar_School
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7.69 km
The Little Ice Cream Shop
Highlight • Rest Area
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7.71 km
Hawkshead Village
Highlight • Settlement
Hawkshead is still the same tiny village of higgledy-piggledy houses, archways, and squares beloved by William Wordsworth and Beatrix Potter. Cars are banned from the village, there being a large car park on the outskirts of the village. Tourism is now the main industry of Hawkshead, with many pleasant inns, guest houses, teashops and gift shops.
Whilst at school in Hawkshead, William lodged with Ann Tyson and her husband, who were in their sixties, first in the village, then at Colthouse where they moved in 1783. Anne Tyson’s cottage is now used as a holiday cottage.
The Old Grammar School was founded in 1585 by the Archbishop of York, Edwin Sandys. The ground floor classroom retains many old desks covered in carving done by the boys, including the poet William Wordsworth and his brother John. The school closed in 1909. Upstairs in the headmaster’s study and a classroom containing an exhibition relating to the history of the school, the founder and William Wordsworth.
The Beatrix Potter Gallery, a 17th Century building, was once the office of the local solicitor William Heelis, who married Beatrix Potterin 1913, and has remained largely unaltered since his day. The Gallery, now owned byThe National Trust, houses an annually changing exhibition of a selection of Beatrix Potter’s original drawings and illustrations. The National Trust also own many other buildings in the village, thus preserving its almost museum like air.
About half a mile out of Hawkshead is the hamlet of Colthouse. Here is one of the oldest Quaker meeting houses in Cumbria.
The 17th Century Church of St Michael & All Angels stands high looking out over the village, and has fine views to Esthwaite Water, Claife Heights, Latterbarrow, Helvellyn and the Langdales.
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9.83 km
Climb from Hawkshead to Moor Top and Grizedale
Highlight • Climb
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15.0 km
End point
Parking
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
14.6 km
270 m
145 m
Surfaces
9.62 km
5.11 km
273 m
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Elevation
Highest point (210 m)
Lowest point (70 m)
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