June 2026 - Ambleside

 Saturday 13th June 2026

Ambleside is a town in the civil parish of Lakes and the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Westmorland and located in the Lake District National Park, the town sits at the head of Windermere, England's largest natural lake.

A walk Lead by Peter Hitchcock

11 Miles, 2500ft Ascent

Welcome to today’s route which is a classic Fell walk as befits our Club title. If fine weather, the route will also offer superb views that will enhance any photo album and, from the top of Wansfell Pike, you can see a huge chunk of the Lake District National Park! Enough of the sales pitch!

We head out north-east from near Low Fold car park on a well-used track before tackling a 25 min steep, stepped climb to the top of Wansfell Pike (482m). The hardest bit is now done! We explore a bit of Fell moorland ridge walking to Baystones hill top before descending eastwards down to the Troutbeck valley. We then head north to Ing Bridge so that we can cross the Trout Beck itself before returning south along the other side of the valley to the pretty village of Low Fold. The scenery is fantastic all the way. We then follow an ancient track back to Ambleside which contours us around the edge of the ridge (so not much climbing) and provides brilliant views of the whole of Lake Windemere. Expect a 15 min walk or so from whichever watering hole we end up in as I’m not sure which car park we shall be using.

At just under 11 miles, we shall need to keep the speed up on the flat bits to get back in good time. You will be climbing up and down about 2500’ with, hopefully, very little in the way of boggy bits. Good fun!!

B Walk Lead by Pat Guy

C Walk Lead By Gwyn Jones