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Claife Viewing Station to Wray Castle trail, Claife Viewing Station
Next nearby hike: Ash Landing and Claife Heights Windermere Walk, Claife Viewing Station 1.8 mi · 2.9 kmExplore Cumbria →
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Oct · highs 12–17 °C (54–63 °F)
- J5°2°182
- F6°1°133
- M7°2°141
- A10°4°98
- M13°7°91
- J15°10°97
- J17°12°114
- A17°12°124
- S15°10°149
- O12°7°194
- N8°4°188
- 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
A gently undulating track for cyclists & runners of of all ages & abilities. Hug Windermere's shore for views of the lake. Explore Claife Viewing Station, built in 1790 for the Lake's 1st tourists & Wray Castle, a Gothic Revival estate. Steps present.
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Trail facts
- Length (signed)
- 13 km · 8 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 13 km · 8 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Nearest town
- 4.1 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;SD3876195389 → Ash Landing Car Park, Ash Landing, Claife, Windermere, Cumbria, LA22 0LG;SD3876195389
- Shape
- Loop (OSM roundtrip=yes)
- Route centre
- 54.3754, -2.9527
- Route start
- 54.3503, -2.9437
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 19906162
- 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.
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