Rest Days
Rest days can be incorporated into any walking holiday package at an additional £60.00 per person per night

Solo Travellers
Solo travellers please contact us or use the booking form to send your proposed itinerary including dates, and we will price accordingly. Where possible, we take advantage of existing bookings from other clients to ensure you receive a cost effective service.

Alternative Itineraries
For alternative itineraries to those provided for this route, please contact us, or use the Booking Form to submit your proposed itinerary and number of participants and we will quote accordingly.

Walking Season Dates
Prices are based on the walk starting after 1st April and ending before 30th September. For walks outside those dates, please contact us. We provide a reduced out of season service, but still manage to meet the needs of most customers who contact us during this period.

Walk Information
The ancient county of Cumberland may have been lost to the county boundary changes of 1974 but this trail explores and celebrates its delights, meandering from the coast at Ravenglass, across the Lake District, to Eamont Bridge on the old eastern boundary of Cumberland, now the edge of the National Park, and can continue to Appleby-in-Westmorland.

Ravenglass, on the Irish Sea, is the western terminus of L’aal Ratty, the Ravenglass and Eskdale steam railway line. From there the first day’s walk to Nether Wasdale passes Roman remains by the coast, the 13th century (haunted!) Muncaster Castle, and a working water mill, Muncaster Mill. The route onward to Buttermere includes views across Wastwater to the spectacular 2000ft screes and ahead to peaks which include Great Gable and Scafell Pike – some of the most impressive scenery in the Lake District – before threading its way via the packhorse trail over Black Sail Pass to upper Ennerdale and Scarth Gap to the lake shore at Buttermere.

The next day’s walk passes through the Derwent Fells, emerging into the Newlands Valley, immortalised by Beatrix Potter in The Tale of Mrs Tiggywinkle, and on via lakeside and woodland paths to the attractive market town of Keswick with its outdoor shops and little lakeside theatre. Leaving Keswick the route includes the Castlehead viewpoint and passes the atmospheric Castlerigg stone circle before joining the old “coach road” around the lower slopes of the Helvellyn range across to the enchanting Aira Force, close to Ullswater and the hamlet of Dockray. From Dockray the walk meanders around Gowbarrow Fell, enjoying breathtaking views over Ullswater, via the village of Dacre, to Stainton.

The next leg,to Morland, passes Yanwath Hall with its ancient pele tower, Eamont Bridge ( where you could finish your walk), the imposing ruins of Brougham Castle and continues into the Eden District, skirting Whinfell Forest, home of Centre Parks, and continues via Wetheriggs and Clinton to Morland. On a path which begins with panoramic views of the Pennines, Appleby, burial place of Lady Anne Clifford, whose influence on the town still remains, is the final day’s destination.

OS Explorer Maps
OL4 - English Lakes - North-western area
OL5 - English Lakes - North-eastern area
OL6 - English Lakes - South-western area
OL19 - Howgill Fells & Upper Eden Valley

Guide Books
"The Cumberland Way" by Paul Hannon - is now very difficult to obtain, even second hand.

ViewRanger Digital Maps
Digital Maps can be viewed on a modern smartphone using an appropriate ‘app’, which is usually provided as part of any map purchase. Brigantes are happy to recommend ViewRanger for all your digital mapping and mobile navigation needs.

The ViewRanger Shop provides Ordnance Survey maps for all parts of the UK, as well as the National Trail and selected Long Distance Paths. Map segments can also be purchased ad-hoc, allowing you to cover any walk you plan to take.