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Gummer's How – Secret Tarn loop from Cartmel Fell

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Gummer's How – Secret Tarn loop from Cartmel Fell

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Gummer's How – Secret Tarn loop from Cartmel Fell

03:15

10.9km

340m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: May 12, 2026

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Lake District National Park

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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655 m

Rankthorns Plantation

Forest

2.00 km

Rolling Double Track in Lake District National Park

Highlight (Segment) • Viewpoint

There is about 1km of dirt track east from this point. Not suitable for road bike.

Tip by

3.59 km

Fell Foot Brow Hill Climb

Highlight • Viewpoint

Pretty steep climb - features in Simon Warren’s best climbs of the North West

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4.21 km

Fell Footpath with Views Towards Newby Bridge

Highlight • Viewpoint

A lovely Fell with stunning views

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4.70 km

Gummer's How is situated on the eastern shore of Windermere, near its southern end. While the hill is small by Lakeland standards, it affords magnificent views over Windermere, across to the Coniston fells and Morecambe Bay.

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5.19 km

Secret Tarn

Highlight • Natural

6.94 km

Blake Holme Plantation

Highlight • Viewpoint

The wooded fellsides to the east of Windermere are a lovely place for a stroll. Burrow Beck chortles alongside the main path here, descending from its source on the high …

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7.72 km

Ludderburn Park Wood

Forest

8.09 km

Boardwalk to Whinny Knott

Highlight • Viewpoint

10.9 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.31 km

1.82 km

748 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

3.93 km

3.04 km

2.24 km

1.40 km

233 m

Elevation

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Thursday 21 May

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Gummer's How – Secret Tarn loop from Cartmel Fell

Rolling Double Track in Lake District National Park

Fell Foot Brow Hill Climb

Fell Footpath with Views Towards Newby Bridge

Gummer's How

Secret Tarn

Blake Holme Plantation

Boardwalk to Whinny Knott

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