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Windermere, Wray Castle, Latterbarrow & Claife Heights loop — Lake District National Park

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Windermere, Wray Castle, Latterbarrow & Claife Heights loop — Lake District National Park

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Windermere, Wray Castle, Latterbarrow & Claife Heights loop — Lake District National Park

04:48

16.4km

420m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: July 24, 2024

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Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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111 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 40s. The windows of the drawing room were the Station’s most celebrated feature; each had a different aspect, viewed through different coloured glass to enhance variations in weather and seasons. The tinted glass in these windows was intended to recreate lighting effects in the landscape. Yellow represented summer, orange was for autumn, light green for spring, and light blue for winter. There was also a dark blue for moonlight and a lilac tint to give the impression of a thunderstorm.

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1.51 km

Lake Windermere

Highlight • Lake

This is a great lake for water sports from rowing to sailing. It even has a swimming club and a yearly swimming race down the lake. Boat cruises go up and down the lake daily and there is a lovely esplanade in town along the lakes edge

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6.95 km

Wray Castle

Highlight • Castle

Wray Castle is a 19th century Gothic Revival building on the shore of Lake Windermere. It's owned and managed by the National Trust with paid entry to the castle for non-members. You can still park here (parking charge for non-members) and walk around the gardens and further afield. The lakeside trails are very pretty and Blelham Tarn isn't far away.

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9.65 km

Latterbarrow summit and tower

Highlight • Natural Monument

Latterbarrow is a 244m fell in the Lake District. Close to the summit is a huge tower. On a clear day you get a beautiful view to the jagged Langdale Pikes. Closer are the summits of Red Screes, Caudale Moor, Wansfell Pike, Thornthwaite Crag, High Street, Froswick and Ill Bell.

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13.1 km

High Blind How Summit (Claife Heights)

Highlight • Viewpoint

The trig pillar is defended by shoulder high bracken and woodland but it is a lovely spot to sit and enjoy the sights and sounds of nature.

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16.4 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

13.7 km

2.34 km

295 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

8.27 km

7.83 km

295 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (260 m)

Lowest point (40 m)

Weather

Thursday 16 July

24°C

13°C

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Max wind speed: 11.0 km/h

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Comments

February 5, 2024,Lake District: Wray Castle, Latterbarrow & Claife Heights loop 2024/9

It was very stormy tonight, even in the lowlands, so we didn't want to go high today. When planning my tour at home, I focused more on promising mountain tours, which is why I chose one of Komoot's “Top 20 Tours in the Lake District”, which I bitterly regretted.

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Windermere, Wray Castle, Latterbarrow & Claife Heights loop — Lake District National Park

Claife Viewing Station — View over Lake Windermere

Lake Windermere

Wray Castle

Latterbarrow summit and tower

High Blind How Summit (Claife Heights)

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