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Keswick – Whinlatter Pass loop from Keswick

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Keswick – Whinlatter Pass loop from Keswick

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3.8

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335

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Keswick – Whinlatter Pass loop from Keswick

02:16

27.2km

550m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route.

Last updated: July 11, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 25.3 km for 111 m

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710 m

Keswick

Highlight • Settlement

Found a few miles from the banks of Derwentwater Lake, Keswick is one of the most famous towns in the Lake District. Here, you will find a huge number of …

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6.16 km

View of Bassenthwaite Lake from Whinlatter Pass

Highlight • Lake

At the layby there's a fabulous view of Bassenthwaite Lake, the fourth-largest among the lakes in the Lake District.

The River Derwent serves as both its primary inflow and outflow, ultimately emptying into the Irish Sea at Workington.

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8.14 km

Whinlatter Pass

Highlight • Climb

Winding its way through Thornthwaite Forest with views over Lorton Valley and Bassenthwaite Lake, Whinlatter Pass is one of the most beautiful areas of the Lake District. At the top …

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9.72 km

Whinlatter Gravel Route

Highlight • Cycleway

12.7 km

Cyclewise Whinlatter Bike Shop

Highlight • Rest Area

Great shop, Craig was a legend and stayed late when we showed up at closing time to help my friend with replacements for the contaminated rotor and pads he’d somehow …

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25.3 km

Portinscale Suspension Footbridge

Highlight • River

The main road from Keswick to Cockermouth used to take you through the village of Portinscale via a two arched stone bridge known as the Long Bridge. There were plans …

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27.2 km

End point

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

11.6 km

9.33 km

3.37 km

1.38 km

993 m

530 m

Surfaces

15.0 km

8.51 km

1.74 km

1.50 km

302 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (410 m)

Lowest point (70 m)

Weather

Tuesday 14 July

28°C

12°C

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Keswick – Whinlatter Pass loop from Keswick

Keswick

View of Bassenthwaite Lake from Whinlatter Pass

Whinlatter Pass

Whinlatter Gravel Route

Cyclewise Whinlatter Bike Shop

Portinscale Suspension Footbridge

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