Lake
Buttermere
Buttermere, North West England
A flat 4.5 mile lakeshore walk with fells on every side.
- Cost
- Free
- Booking
- No need to book
- Time to allow
- 2 hours
Buttermere is one of the easiest big lake circuits, with a good path all the way and lots of places to sit and look. The village has a couple of pubs and a farm ice cream spot. Car parks in the village fill early on fine days.
Good to know
- Do the loop anticlockwise for the best light on the fells
- Pick up an ice cream at Syke Farm
- Best time
- Morning, or autumn
- Getting there
- Pay car parks in the village, narrow road over Honister or Newlands
- Vehicles
- Campervans fine
- Dogs
- Dogs welcome
Facilities
- Rubbish bins
- Toilets
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