Parbold and District Ramblers - walk

Aug 3, 2025 at 08:30

Parbold and District Ramblers

Sunday 3rd August 2025

Hawkshead Village to Tarn Hows Circular Walk

Meet at Parbold Shops at 8.30am to begin walk at approx. 10.00am.

Directions: See below

The Walk

This route visits the lovely Tarn Hows from the village of Hawkshead. It’s about a 6 mile walk from the village, climbing to the Tarns on a mixture of country lanes and public footpaths.  The walk starts in the centre of Hawkshead and follows Vicarage Lane out of the village.  Going through woods, Hawkshead hamlet, Sawrey Ground Plantation, walking along the south east side of Tarn Hows through fields & a small area of boggy ground, to viewpoints over Lake Windermere returning to Hawkshead village.

We will have coffee stops on the way, and a lunch stop for those who won’t be attending the meal at the Queens Head after the walk

The walk is a mixture of road, well surfaced tracked, uneven gravel track, some field walking, with if there has been heavy rain a boggy area to traverse.

Outwards from Hawkshead village the route climbs steadily all the way to Tarn Hows, around & from Tarn Hows the route flattens & then descends a little more gradually than the ascent on mainly field & uneven gravel path, then road and a graded path into the village.

Car Parking – Pay & Display Post code LA22 0NT

Cost max - £9.50 per day

Toilets – Pay at the above car park, no facilities on the walk

After walk meal – Queens Head Hawkshead village.

Walk Leaders – Carole Fishwick 07706 488147 & Chris Hough 07923 593852

Directions

From Parbold Shops TO Hawshead Car Park    LA22  0NT

Drive to Junction 27 M6 Get on M6 in Standish from A5209

3.6 miles

At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto the M6 slip road to Preston

Follow M6 North to  A590 in Westmorland and Furness. To Jnc 36

48.0 miles

At junction 36, exit towards Barrow/Kendal A590

Continue on A590

3.2 mi

Slight leftA590 onto the slip road to Barrow/Milnthorpe/A6

0.2 miles

At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto A590

5.9 miles

At Meathop Roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Lindale Bypass/A590

Continue to follow A590

5.8 miles

At Newby Bridge Roundabout, take the 1st exit and stay on A590

0.2 miles

Turn right towards The Colonnade

384 ft

Turn left onto The Colonnade

89 ft

Slight right

1.5 mi

Turn right

2.2 mi

Slight left

4.7 mi

Turn left onto B5285

Turn left

Hawkshead Car Park

Main St, Hawkshead, Ambleside LA22 0NT

 

 

 

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