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