Routes news from the The Westmorland Gazette

WALK: short stroll that combines farm walk with an historical tour

7:41am Friday 9th November 2018

LOW Sizergh Barn is a popular working farm, café and shop four miles from the centre of Kendal, writes JOHN EDMONDSON. This short walk combines a farm walk with an historical tour of Sedgwick Gunpowder Works. As you stroll round the site you can learn how gunpowder was made here between 1875 and 1935 and identify remains of the works. The walk goes through picturesque woodland and beside a fast-flowing section of the River Kent.

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WALK: coast, canal and curlews

7:08am Friday 2nd November 2018

Coast and Canal walk from Bolton-le-Sands

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WALK: stride across an impressive railway viaduct and enjoy panoramic views from grassy paths

7:16am Friday 26th October 2018

VISIT the pretty village of Hartley, walk across an impressive railway viaduct and enjoy panoramic views from grassy paths, writes JOHN EDMONDSON. This walk offers variety and plenty of interest.

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WALK: great views to discover on Kendal's doorstep

7:42am Friday 19th October 2018

EXPLORE tranquil countryside and enjoy splendid views on this walk on paths through woods and over fields on Kendal’s doorstep, writes JOHN EDMONDSON.

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WALK: from beck to beautiful garden

7:11am Friday 12th October 2018

Torver Beck and Bowmanstead

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WALK: far reaching views across the valley

7:30am Friday 28th September 2018

KNIPE Scar is a rarely visited feature above Bampton, near Penrith, writes JOHN EDMONDSON. A walk along its mile-long terrace is rewarded by far reaching views across the valley to Haweswater Reservoir and the surrounding fells. Remains of a stone circle indicate that this was once the site of an ancient settlement. The villages of Bampton Grange and Bampton make this an attractive area for a walk. You might also be interested in how some of the places got their names.

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WALK: feeling the force of Wensleydale

7:04am Friday 7th September 2018

Appersett and Cotterdale

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WALK: following in the footsteps of founding father

7:27am Friday 17th August 2018

Sedbergh Quaker Trail

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WALK: undulating walk through woodlands and alongside water

7:10am Friday 10th August 2018

EXPLORE some of the woodlands, waters, settlements and twisting roads that make Rusland a special place, writes JOHN EDMONDSON. This undulating walk goes through woodlands and alongside Windermere before visiting Satterthwaite, Rusland Church and High Dam. It never goes high, but the ups and downs make it quite strenuous.

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WALK: valley that inspired poetic voice of a great Romantic

7:37am Friday 3rd August 2018

WILLIAM Wordsworth called the Duddon Valley "one of the most beautiful streams of his native county," and it inspired him to write 34 sonnets, writes JOHN EDMONDSON. Here is a walk in two parts that can be enjoyed as individual walks of 3.5 and four miles or joined together into a figure of eight. The first part is a wander around Wallowbarrow and the second visits Birks Bridge.