The line is OpenStreetMap's mapping of the route (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), via Waymarked Trails, with heights from a 30 m terrain model. Check the current official route before a long trip: diversions and permitted paths change. See the source.
Stages
A suggested split into 5 days of about 24 km (15 mi) each. The days are equal shares of the distance, not official stages. Each ends near the town or village named.
- Day 1 Ulverston to Coniston 24 km · 24 km from the start
- Day 2 Coniston to Elterwater 24 km · 47 km from the start
- Day 3 Elterwater to Underskiddaw 24 km · 71 km from the start
- Day 4 Underskiddaw to Sebergham 24 km · 94 km from the start
- Day 5 Sebergham to Carlisle 24 km · 118 km from the start
Summits on the way
- Tottlebank Height 236 m · 13.2 km from the start
- Wool Knott 223 m · 14.6 km from the start
- Beacon Fell 255 m · 15.8 km from the start
- Fisher High 213 m · 16.0 km from the start
- Tom Heights 269 m · 30 km from the start
- Stone Chair Hill 204 m · 31 km from the start
- Great Lingy Hill 616 m · 86 km from the start
- Hare Stones 627 m · 87 km from the start
- High Pike (Caldbeck) 658 m · 88 km from the start
- Toot Hill 180 m · 93 km from the start
The listed hills and the highest of 14 tops within 300 m of the line. The app shows them all. Lists from the Database of British and Irish Hills; other summits from OpenStreetMap.
Start and finish
Start: near Ulverston, Westmorland and Furness. 54.19765, -3.09812
Finish: near Carlisle, Cumberland. 54.89464, -2.93667
Places to stay
Rooms in the towns and villages along the way:
- Ulverston, Westmorland and Furness · The start Booking.com → Expedia →
- Coniston, Westmorland and Furness · After day 1 Booking.com → Expedia →
- Elterwater, Westmorland and Furness · After day 2 Booking.com → Expedia →
- Underskiddaw, Cumberland · After day 3 Booking.com → Expedia →
- Sebergham, Cumberland · After day 4 Booking.com → Expedia →
- Carlisle, Cumberland · The finish Booking.com → Expedia →
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Paths change, and the weather decides the day. The line comes from the source named under the map and the heights from a terrain model, so treat the figures as a guide. Check for diversions before you go, take a map, check the forecast, and turn back if it isn't right.
