Walks, hand-picked by theme.
Not sure where to start? These are curated sets — easy & family walks, fells by bus, good walks in poor weather and classic horseshoes — each a shortlist you can trust, generated from live data and kept fresh.
The collections marked Live say which of their fells are good to climb today; the rest are shortlists by who you are, how you travel and where you are staying.
Today’s best hike
Last scored for Tuesday 27 October. The three best-scoring fells to climb today load here from the live scorer; the full ranking, and the method, is on the weather page.
Scored from our mountain-weather model — modelled guidance, not a substitute for the mountain forecast. Always check the forecast before you go. Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (opens in new tab).
By who it's for
Walks grouped by who they suit: easy & family walks that keep the climbing gentle and the ground kind, walks that welcome a dog, walks that are kind on the knees, and the few that take a pushchair. Harder days live under difficulty & terrain — the scrambles, and every walk graded on navigation, exposure, length, steepness and underfoot. Pick the band that matches the least confident person in your group, not the strongest.
New to the gentle end? Three guides we rate: Lake District Short Walks Made Easy (Ordnance Survey), 15 Short Walks: Windermere, Ambleside & Grasmere and Lake District Walks: Windermere & Grasmere (Cicerone).
- Dog-friendly walks
Walks where our gate-by-gate census found no stiles blocking a dog's way round — honest verdicts, lead advice included.
26 walks - Easy & family walks
Low-level lakeshores, waterfalls, tarns and gentle viewpoints under 500 m of climb and graded no harder than Moderate on any measure — with honest pushchair, young-kids, view and underfoot flags.
31 walks - Walks that are kind on the knees
No sustained steep descent anywhere on the route — measured from the GPS track, because going down is the part that hurts.
47 walks - Pushchair-friendly walks
Walks that take a pushchair in part or the whole way: most read from OpenStreetMap's surface and barrier data and not walked by us with a pushchair; two walked by Lee with a pram and one more walked in part with a pushchair.
9 walks - Walks under two miles
Lake District walks of two miles or less for the whole outing, return included, each with the one thing to know.
11 walks
By how you travel
Train, bus, car and boat, and which walks each one reaches, are gathered on one page: Getting there.
- Lake District fells you can reach by bus Live conditions
You don't need a car to climb a Lakeland fell.
175 fells
By the day
Walks chosen for the conditions and the calendar — what’s good to climb today on the mountain-weather model, lower-risk options for poor visibility, and rounds that suit the season.
- Classic horseshoes & rounds
Lakeland ridge rounds — circular routes that link four or more summits and finish near where they started.
103 walks - Good walks in poor weather & low cloud Live conditions
Lower-risk routes for low cloud — gentle navigation, low exposure, most walked by us. Not 'safe' — carry a map and compass.
34 walks - Quick fells — about 3 hours or less Live conditions
Summits you can climb and be back down from in about three hours or less at a brisk pace — a half-day walk, each with live conditions.
69 fells - Walks for short winter days
Walks you can start at 10:00 and finish with an hour of daylight left, from the clock change to December, grouped by when you are back.
131 walks - Fells to save for a bad day Live conditions
Low fells (all under 400 m) — the ones to save for a poor-weather day.
9 fells & walks
By difficulty & terrain
Walks grouped by the size of the day and the ground underfoot. Walks by difficulty sorts every route by effort, from its distance and ascent, and each route page also rates the things that actually catch people out — navigation, exposure, length, steepness and underfoot terrain. At the top sit the scrambles and edges, where you use your hands and a slip has consequences: treat these as mountaineering days and choose your weather.
Heading for the scrambles? The two standard guides: Scrambles in the Lake District – North (Buttermere, Borrowdale, Patterdale, Blencathra) and Scrambles in the Lake District – South (Langdale and the south), Cicerone.
- Scrambles & the edges
The routes we grade an easy or a graded scramble — for experienced walkers only.
11 walks - Lake District walks by difficulty
Every route grouped by the size of the day — Easy to Severe — with the exposure grade alongside.
234 walks
By area
Every walk grouped by the seven Lakeland areas — Northern, North-Western, Western, Southern, Central, Eastern and Far-Eastern Fells — so you can focus on one corner of the District.
- Walking the Northern Fells Live conditions
The Northern Wainwrights & Outlying fells, with height, round time, bus and live conditions.
24 fells & walks - Walking the North Western Fells Live conditions
The North Western Wainwrights & Outlying fells, with height, round time, bus and live conditions.
29 fells & walks - Walking the Western Fells Live conditions
The Western Wainwrights & Outlying fells, with height, round time, bus and live conditions.
33 fells & walks - Walking the Central Fells Live conditions
The Central Wainwrights & Outlying fells, with height, round time, bus and live conditions.
27 fells & walks - Walking the Eastern Fells Live conditions
The Eastern Wainwrights & Outlying fells, with height, round time, bus and live conditions.
35 fells & walks - Walking the Far Eastern Fells Live conditions
The Far Eastern Wainwrights & Outlying fells, with height, round time, bus and live conditions.
51 fells & walks - Walking the Southern Fells Live conditions
The Southern Wainwrights & Outlying fells, with height, round time, bus and live conditions.
30 fells & walks
By place
Walks grouped by the town or village you’re based in — the routes we have mapped from each hub and every fell within reach, ranked nearest first, with the bus where there is one. Use the filter to narrow to your area.
- Walks near Aira Force Live conditions
Routes and fells within about 5 km of Aira Force, ranked, with live conditions.
31 fells & walks - Walks from Ambleside Live conditions
Routes and fells within about 5 km of Ambleside, ranked, with live conditions.
37 fells & walks - Walks from Angle Tarn (Patterdale) Live conditions
Routes and fells within about 5 km of Angle Tarn (Patterdale), ranked, with live conditions.
38 fells & walks - Walks by Bassenthwaite Lake Live conditions
Routes and fells within about 5 km of Bassenthwaite Lake, ranked, with live conditions.
22 fells & walks - Walks near Blea Tarn (Langdale) Live conditions
Routes and fells within about 5 km of Blea Tarn (Langdale), ranked, with live conditions.
35 fells & walks - Walks from Borrowdale Live conditions
Routes and fells within about 5 km of Borrowdale, ranked, with live conditions.
35 fells & walks - Walks from Bowness-on-Windermere Live conditions
Routes and fells within about 5 km of Bowness-on-Windermere, ranked, with live conditions.
13 fells & walks - Walks from Braithwaite Live conditions
Routes and fells within about 5 km of Braithwaite, ranked, with live conditions.
35 fells & walks - Walks by Brothers Water Live conditions
Routes and fells within about 5 km of Brothers Water, ranked, with live conditions.
42 fells & walks - Walks by Buttermere Live conditions
Routes and fells within about 5 km of Buttermere, ranked, with live conditions.
43 fells & walks - Walks by Coniston Water Live conditions
Routes and fells within about 5 km of Coniston Water, ranked, with live conditions.
19 fells & walks - Walks from Coniston Live conditions
Routes and fells within about 5 km of Coniston, ranked, with live conditions.
23 fells & walks - Walks by Crummock Water Live conditions
Routes and fells within about 5 km of Crummock Water, ranked, with live conditions.
42 fells & walks - Walks by Derwentwater Live conditions
Routes and fells within about 5 km of Derwentwater, ranked, with live conditions.
30 fells & walks - Walks from Duddon Valley Live conditions
Routes and fells within about 5 km of Duddon Valley, ranked, with live conditions.
18 fells & walks - Walks near Easedale Tarn Live conditions
Routes and fells within about 5 km of Easedale Tarn, ranked, with live conditions.
45 fells & walks - Walks by Elterwater, the lake Live conditions
Routes and fells within about 5 km of Elterwater, the lake, ranked, with live conditions.
45 fells & walks - Walks from Elterwater Live conditions
Routes and fells within about 5 km of Elterwater, ranked, with live conditions.
43 fells & walks - Walks by Ennerdale Water Live conditions
Routes and fells within about 5 km of Ennerdale Water, ranked, with live conditions.
12 fells & walks - Walks from Eskdale Live conditions
Routes and fells within about 5 km of Eskdale, ranked, with live conditions.
14 fells & walks - Walks by Esthwaite Water Live conditions
Routes and fells within about 5 km of Esthwaite Water, ranked, with live conditions.
12 fells & walks - Walks near Galleny Force Live conditions
Routes and fells within about 5 km of Galleny Force, ranked, with live conditions.
33 fells & walks - Walks from Glenridding Live conditions
Routes and fells within about 5 km of Glenridding, ranked, with live conditions.
37 fells & walks - Walks from Grange-in-Borrowdale Live conditions
Routes and fells within about 5 km of Grange-in-Borrowdale, ranked, with live conditions.
33 fells & walks - Walks from Grasmere Live conditions
Routes and fells within about 5 km of Grasmere, ranked, with live conditions.
43 fells & walks - Walks from Great Langdale Live conditions
Routes and fells within about 5 km of Great Langdale, ranked, with live conditions.
42 fells & walks - Walks near Hardknott Pass Live conditions
Routes and fells within about 5 km of Hardknott Pass, ranked, with live conditions.
17 fells & walks - Walks near Harrop Tarn Live conditions
Routes and fells within about 5 km of Harrop Tarn, ranked, with live conditions.
25 fells & walks - Walks by Haweswater Live conditions
Routes and fells within about 5 km of Haweswater, ranked, with live conditions.
32 fells & walks - Walks from Hawkshead Live conditions
Routes and fells within about 5 km of Hawkshead, ranked, with live conditions.
15 fells & walks - Walks near High Dam Live conditions
Routes and fells within about 5 km of High Dam, ranked, with live conditions.
5 fells & walks - Walks near Honister Pass Live conditions
Routes and fells within about 5 km of Honister Pass, ranked, with live conditions.
36 fells & walks - Walks from Kentmere Live conditions
Routes and fells within about 5 km of Kentmere, ranked, with live conditions.
22 fells & walks - Walks from Keswick Live conditions
Routes and fells within about 5 km of Keswick, ranked, with live conditions.
29 fells & walks - Walks near Kirkstone Pass Live conditions
Routes and fells within about 5 km of Kirkstone Pass, ranked, with live conditions.
41 fells & walks - Walks by Lake Windermere Live conditions
Routes and fells within about 5 km of Lake Windermere, ranked, with live conditions.
12 fells & walks - Walks from Little Langdale Live conditions
Routes and fells within about 5 km of Little Langdale, ranked, with live conditions.
44 fells & walks - Walks near Lodore Falls Live conditions
Routes and fells within about 5 km of Lodore Falls, ranked, with live conditions.
31 fells & walks - Walks by Loweswater Live conditions
Routes and fells within about 5 km of Loweswater, ranked, with live conditions.
22 fells & walks - Walks near Moss Force Live conditions
Routes and fells within about 5 km of Moss Force, ranked, with live conditions.
46 fells & walks - Walks from Patterdale Live conditions
Routes and fells within about 5 km of Patterdale, ranked, with live conditions.
34 fells & walks - Walks from Pooley Bridge Live conditions
Routes and fells within about 5 km of Pooley Bridge, ranked, with live conditions.
8 fells & walks - Walks from Portinscale Live conditions
Routes and fells within about 5 km of Portinscale, ranked, with live conditions.
34 fells & walks - Walks from Ravenglass Live conditions
Routes and fells within about 5 km of Ravenglass, ranked, with live conditions.
1 fells & walks - Walks near Ritson's Force Live conditions
Routes and fells within about 5 km of Ritson's Force, ranked, with live conditions.
29 fells & walks - Walks from Rosthwaite Live conditions
Routes and fells within about 5 km of Rosthwaite, ranked, with live conditions.
34 fells & walks - Walks by Rydal Water Live conditions
Routes and fells within about 5 km of Rydal Water, ranked, with live conditions.
42 fells & walks - Walks near Scale Force Live conditions
Routes and fells within about 5 km of Scale Force, ranked, with live conditions.
38 fells & walks - Walks from Seatoller Live conditions
Routes and fells within about 5 km of Seatoller, ranked, with live conditions.
34 fells & walks - Walks near Stanley Ghyll Force Live conditions
Routes and fells within about 5 km of Stanley Ghyll Force, ranked, with live conditions.
17 fells & walks - Walks near Stickle Tarn Live conditions
Routes and fells within about 5 km of Stickle Tarn, ranked, with live conditions.
35 fells & walks - Walks near Stock Ghyll Force Live conditions
Routes and fells within about 5 km of Stock Ghyll Force, ranked, with live conditions.
26 fells & walks - Walks from Stonethwaite Live conditions
Routes and fells within about 5 km of Stonethwaite, ranked, with live conditions.
32 fells & walks - Walks near Tarn Hows Live conditions
Routes and fells within about 5 km of Tarn Hows, ranked, with live conditions.
21 fells & walks - Walks near Taylor Gill Force Live conditions
Routes and fells within about 5 km of Taylor Gill Force, ranked, with live conditions.
37 fells & walks - Walks by Thirlmere Live conditions
Routes and fells within about 5 km of Thirlmere, ranked, with live conditions.
27 fells & walks - Walks from Threlkeld Live conditions
Routes and fells within about 5 km of Threlkeld, ranked, with live conditions.
14 fells & walks - Walks from Tom Gill waterfalls (Glen Mary) Live conditions
Routes and fells within about 5 km of Tom Gill waterfalls (Glen Mary), ranked, with live conditions.
23 fells & walks - Walks from Troutbeck Live conditions
Routes and fells within about 5 km of Troutbeck, ranked, with live conditions.
24 fells & walks - Walks by Ullswater Live conditions
Routes and fells within about 5 km of Ullswater, ranked, with live conditions.
22 fells & walks - Walks from Wasdale Live conditions
Routes and fells within about 5 km of Wasdale, ranked, with live conditions.
27 fells & walks - Walks by Wast Water Live conditions
Routes and fells within about 5 km of Wast Water, ranked, with live conditions.
19 fells & walks - Walks near Whinlatter Forest Live conditions
Routes and fells within about 5 km of Whinlatter Forest, ranked, with live conditions.
27 fells & walks - Walks from Windermere Live conditions
Routes and fells within about 5 km of Windermere, ranked, with live conditions.
16 fells & walks - Walks near Wrynose Pass Live conditions
Routes and fells within about 5 km of Wrynose Pass, ranked, with live conditions.
30 fells & walks