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Walk 3234 - Gummers How via Chapel House Wood, South Lake District

Nat Park   Lake District
County/Area   Cumbria
AuthorAndy Smith
Length5.5 miles / 8.9 km
Ascent1400 feet / 424 metres
Gradeeasy/moderate

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This walk in South Lake District offers fine views of Lake Windermere and the surrounding fells from the summit of Gummers How. The walk also includes woodland and open countryside.

Suggested Maps

It is recommended you take a map with you when following a walk route. The preferred scale is 1:25000 used by the Explorer series.

OS ExplorerSheet OL7
OS LandrangerSheet 97

Note : If two maps are listed at the same scale then either (a) both are required for full coverage of the route or (b) the route is covered on both maps.

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Grade - easy/moderate
Length - 5.0 miles / 8.1 km

Walk 1124 - 6.6 miles / 10.6 km away
Beacon Tarn & The Beacon, near Torver
Grade - easy/moderate
Length - 4.0 miles / 6.5 km

Walk 3410 - 6.9 miles / 11.0 km away
Latterbarrow from Hawkshead
Grade - easy
Length - 4.0 miles / 6.5 km

Walk 3110 - 7.7 miles / 12.3 km away
The Old Man of Coniston & Dow Crag from Torver
Grade - moderate/hard
Length - 8.5 miles / 13.8 km

Walk 1911 - 8.2 miles / 13.1 km away
Coniston’s Magnificent Seven
Grade - hard
Length - 13.0 miles / 21.1 km

Walk 1217 - 8.2 miles / 13.1 km away
Dow Crag & the Old Man of Coniston
Grade - moderate/hard
Length - 8.5 miles / 13.8 km

Walk 1761 - 8.2 miles / 13.1 km away
Tom Heights and Tarn Hows from Coniston
Grade - easy/moderate
Length - 7.0 miles / 11.4 km

Walk 3028 - 8.2 miles / 13.1 km away
Tarn Hows & Tom Gill from Coniston
Grade - easy/moderate
Length - 6.5 miles / 10.6 km

Walk 3220 - 8.2 miles / 13.1 km away
Wetherlam from Coniston by Red Dell
Grade - moderate
Length - 7.0 miles / 11.4 km

Note : The distances quoted to other walks in the vicinity are measured in a straight line. The distance by road may be further.
 


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5.1 miles / 8.2 km away

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5.7 miles / 9.0 km away

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6.4 miles / 10.3 km away

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Windermere
6.4 miles / 10.3 km away
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