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Ash Landing and Claife Heights Windermere Walk, Claife Viewing Station

On Claife Heights

Local route12 km · 7 miBest May–Oct

Next nearby hike: Carron Crag Trail 3.6 mi · 5.8 kmExplore Claife Heights →

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Best time to hike

Best months: May–Oct · highs 12–17 °C (54–63 °F)

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  2. F6°1°133
  3. M7°2°141
  4. A10°4°98
  5. M13°7°91
  6. J15°10°97
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  10. O12°7°194
  11. N8°4°188
  12. D6°2°183

Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.

How we pick months

Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.

About this trail

An elevated walk along Windermere's undeveloped western side. Dramatic viewing point at Low Blind How, where a gap in the wall leads to a crag with views of the lake, islands & Troutbeck fells. Some steep slopes, but once on the Heights its generally flat

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Trail facts

Length (signed)
12 km · 7 mi (OSM distance tag)
Mapped length
13 km · 8 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
Mountain
Claife Heights (hill, 270 m; GeoNames)
Nearest town
3.7 km SW of Windermere (Cumbria, England) · GeoNames
Best months
May–Oct
Country
United Kingdom
Region
Cumbria
Continent
Europe
Route type
Local route
Operator (OSM)
National Trust
From / to
Ash Landing Car Park, Ash Landing, Claife, Windermere, Cumbria, LA22 0LG;SD388954 → Ash Landing Car Park, Ash Landing, Claife, Windermere, Cumbria, LA22 0LG;SD388954
Shape
Loop (OSM roundtrip=yes)
Route centre
54.3754, -2.9555
Route start
54.3555, -2.9428
OpenStreetMap
relation 19905892
Official info
nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/lake-district/claife-
How it’s scored

Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.

Nearest trails

distance from the trail start

Carron Crag Trail

3.6 mi · 5.8 km · Cumbria

Monk Coniston and Tarn Hows Trail, Tarn Hows and Coniston

4.4 mi · 7.1 km · Cumbria

Ambleside to Troutbeck Walk, Windermere

4.6 mi · 7.4 km · Cumbria

Hodge Close to Cathedral Quarry, Tarn Hows and Coniston

6.0 mi · 9.6 km · Cumbria

Miles without Stiles: Elterwater to Skelwith Bridge

6.0 mi · 9.7 km · Cumbria

High Close Tree Trail

6 mi · 10 km · Cumbria

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