Pass · On the route
Wrynose Pass
Fell in the Lake District, Cumbria, England.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: The original uploader was Katanaismybike at English Wikipedia., CC BY 2.5Lake District passes
Wrynose and Hardknott, Birker Fell, Coniston, Kirkstone, Honister and Newlands in one loop from Ambleside.
- Distance
- 109 miles (175 km)
- Type
- Loop
- Where
- Cumbria
Plotted by us, not yet ridden
Click a dot for details. White dots are the stops, each with a bed search. Yellow dots are places to see.
From the map
- Longest gap between fuel
- 33 miles
- Fuel stations near the line
- 5
- Curvature
- 193 ° a mile
- Campsites within 2 km
- 73
- The longest stretch with no fuel station within 1 km of the line runs from mile 36 to mile 69. Check it against your range with the fuel range calculator.
- The twistiest 20 miles run from mile 0 to mile 20, at 245 degrees of turning a mile.
- Passes: Hardknott Pass (393 m, mile 11), Kirkstone Pass (454 m, mile 48), Honister Pass (356 m, mile 79), Newlands Pass (333 m, mile 84).
Measured on the route line from OpenStreetMap data, which can be missing or out of date. Curvature is degrees of turning a mile, measured every 100 metres. On our routes they run from 6 on the E19 to 701 on the SP638.
Before you go
- Hardknott has gradients up to 1 in 3 with hairpins. Not for a fully loaded tourer or a nervous pillion. Avoid it in the wet.
- Narrow, busy and slow in summer. Early mornings are far quieter.
- Honister and Newlands are also very steep with single-track sections.
On the way
- Ambleside
- Skelwith Bridge
- Wrynose Pass
- Cockley Beck
- Hardknott Pass
- Boot
- Ulpha
- Broughton-in-Furness
- Coniston
- Ambleside
- Kirkstone Pass
- Patterdale
- Keswick
- Rosthwaite
- Honister Pass
- Buttermere
- Newlands Hause
- Keswick
- Grasmere
- Ambleside
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Castles, passes, viewpoints and more within easy reach of the line, in the order you reach them. Yellow dots on the map.
Pass · On the route
Hardknott Pass
Mountain pass.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: Mick Knapton at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0
Castle · 1 km off the route
Wray Castle
Neogothic mansion.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: CellsDeDells, CC BY-SA 3.0
Castle · 0.6 km off the route
Old Castle
Earthwork in Patterdale, Cumbria, England, UK.
Waterfall · On the route
Aira Force
Waterfall in Cumbria, England, UK.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: Ballantyne108, CC BY-SA 3.0
Waterfall · On the route
Lodore Falls
Waterfall in Cumbria, England, UK.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: Antiquary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Pass · On the route
Honister Pass
Mountain pass in England.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: John Webber, CC BY-SA 2.0
Waterfall · On the route
Moss Force
Waterfall in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England, UK.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0
Pass · On the route
Dunmail Raise
Mountain pass in the English Lake District.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: David Gruar, CC BY-SA 2.0
Place details from Wikidata. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each card.