アルズウォーターの湖・トップ10

Great views and lovely to pause for a photo

quick stop, little pub in a few minutes walk.

Don’t bother unless you are prepared to carry your bike a lot

This section is completely impossible for anyone but the most skilled mountain biker, even they would struggle. 4-5km of pushing/carrying your bike otherwise.

Ullswater is the second largest lake in the Lake District. It formed in a glacial trough where the glacier scraped out the valley bottom and then dammed the end with sediment. Glenridding is at the southern end and Pooley Bridge at the north. Both are great walking bases with plenty of facilities. The path that follows the western shore is a really nice walk. You can use the steamers which run the length of the lake and stop half way at Howtown to allow an out and back journey.

You can get the steamer from here to Glenridding or Pooley Bridge! Howton To Glenridding Steamer - Then ride back to Pooley Bridge (busy road) and then back to Howtown

Silver Crag, the highpoint on this promontory stands at 889 ft (271 m), Ullswater is at about 492 ft (150 m) so you get a great birds-eye view across the lake from here. The trail is wonderful to run along this shoreline, technical and rocky but not too hard and with plenty of great beaches, swim spots and viewpoints to entice a stop along the way. You can get down to the lake for a swim or paddle at Silver Bay to the east of here or for a more adventurous challenge try swimming the 164 ft (50 m) ish, to Lingholm Island to the west (obviously only try this if you’re a strong swimmer and the conditions are good).

The Ullswater Steamers stop at Howtown Pier as they sail between Glenridding in the south (35 mins) and Pooley Bridge in the north (25 mins). You can get a single or return from either end of the lake to Howtown and the run back along the quiet eastern shore. Both runs are great but the southern shore from Howtown back to Glenridding is particularly good. The ferry runs all year but it's more regular in the summer.