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View of Lake Windermere – Rydal Water Beach loop from Bowness-on-Windermere

Routes
Mountain biking trails
United Kingdom
England
North West England
Cumbria
South Lakeland
Claife

View of Lake Windermere – Rydal Water Beach loop from Bowness-on-Windermere

Moderate

4.9

(7)

39

riders

View of Lake Windermere – Rydal Water Beach loop from Bowness-on-Windermere

02:20

33.3km

460m

Mountain biking

Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 3, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 393 m for 289 m

Waypoints

A

Start point

Bus stop

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1

496 m

Claife Viewing Station — View over Lake Windermere

Highlight • Viewpoint

At Claife Heights, is Claife Station, built in the 1790s as a viewpoint where visitors could look at Lake Windermere. It was most fashionable with tourists in the 1830s and …

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2

1.76 km

View of Lake Windermere

Highlight • Viewpoint

Free parking if you get there early enough

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3

3.72 km

Picnic Spot by Lake Windermere

Highlight • Natural Monument

Great views all around.

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4

7.19 km

Joey's Café at Wray Castle

Highlight • Rest Area

Joey's Cafe at the castle - instagram.com/joeyscastle

🌱 Plant Based Kitchen & Café
🌯 Takeaway with tables
⏰ Summer times 9:30-4:30

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14.1 km

Fieldfoot Wood

Forest

6

16.1 km

Rydal Water Beach

Highlight • Beach

Easy trail- just watch out for the walkers!

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7

16.8 km

Cyclists and hikers share this unique panoramic path, contouring around the side of Loughrigg Fell. Best to avoid the busiest times at weekends. It gets really rocky in parts so …

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21.2 km

View point looking north west

Viewpoint

9

25.3 km

Nice way to avoid the roads into Ambleside. Good for campers in Low Wray.

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10

29.6 km

Windermere Western Shore — Gravel Trail

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Perfect for younger or newer mountain bikers, the gravel stretch along the western shore of Windermere also makes for a scenic warm up.

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B

33.3 km

End point

Bus stop

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

10.4 km

10.2 km

8.83 km

2.93 km

663 m

260 m

Surfaces

17.2 km

12.1 km

2.50 km

1.25 km

190 m

< 100 m

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Friday 8 May

14°C

4°C

39 %

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