Independent Trails: Fact File. SLSB2

The Lake District ~ South Lakes Short Break

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Trail Facts

Total distance: 32 miles (51 km)
Duration: 7 nights, 6 days walking
Minimum/maximum daily distances: 3 miles (5 km) / 7 miles (11 km)
Season: All year
Starting point of holiday: Windermere
End of holiday: Windermere
Code: SLSB2

Itinerary

Day 1: Travel to Windermere where your first nights accommodation has been booked.

Day 2: Windermere to Ambleside.  7 miles (11 km)

Day 3: Ambleside to Grasmere.  3 miles (5 km)

Day 4: Grasmere to Great Langdale/Old Dungeon Ghyll.  4.5 miles (7 km)

Day 5: Great Langdale/Old Dungeon Ghyll to Coniston.  7 miles (11 km)

Day 6: Coniston to Hawkshead.  4.5 miles (7 km)

Day 7: Hawkshead to Windermere.  6 miles (10 km)

Day 8: Depart from Windermere after breakfast

Extra nights/rest days

Grasmere is a good choice for a rest day. You could visit Dove Cottage, the best-known home of William Wordsworth, the school where Wordsworth once taught, now home to Sarah Nelson's famous Gingerbread Shop and St. Oswald's church, the last resting place for the Wordsworth family. There is plenty to see and do around Coniston; a walk to the summit of Coniston Old Man, boat trips on Coniston Water on the elegant Victorian steam yacht 'Gondola', the Ruskin Museum in the village and the home of John Ruskin, the author, critic, artist and philanthropist who lived at Brantwood on the eastern side of the lake.

What's included?

• 7 nights accommodation in en-suite rooms with private bathrooms (where available) in selected hotels, inns and guesthouses.
• Breakfast each day.
• Door to door luggage transfers along the trail.
• A set of maps with the route marked on and route notes describing the trail.
• An information pack containing an itinerary withdetailed instructions on how to find your accommodation each night, town plans, information about facilities and places of interest along the trail and a kit list.
• Detailed travel instructions on how to get to the start of the holiday and back from the end of it.
• Emergency assistance

Travel Information

Detailed instructions on how to get to the start of the holiday and back from the end of it are sent to you on booking. A summary is given below.

Most convenient major city and International airport: Manchester Airport. There is a regular train service to Windermere (journey time approximately 2 hours 20 minutes).

Outward journey from London to Windermere: There is a frequent train service from London Euston to Windermere. The journey takes approximately 3 hours 30 minutes.

Return journey to London at the end of the holiday: Train to London Euston (approximately 3 hours 30 minutes).

Return journey to Manchester Airport at the end of the holiday: Train to Manchester Airport (approximately 2 hours 20 minutes).

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