Walking The Cumbria Way: Ulverston to Carlisle - main route with mountain alternatives

by John Gillham

Overview

A guidebook to walking the Cumbria Way, a 117km (73 mile) route between Ulverston and Carlisle. Suitable for walkers with some experience, this long-distance route through the heart of the Lake District can be walked in 5 days, but there is plenty of opportunity to plan your itinerary for a more easy-going 7 to 8 days.

This largely low-level route is described here in five stages of between 19 and 26 kms (12 – 16 miles). Alternative mountain days can be added to include the Coniston Fells, Glaramara and Skiddaw.

• Route described from south to north with 1:50,000 OS mapping for each stage
• Detailed information on accommodation, facilities and public transport along the route
• Variations to the itinerary suggested depending on required difficulty and time frame
• Route summary tables and accommodation listings help you plan your itinerary
• GPX files available to download

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781783629145
Publisher:	Cicerone Press
Publication date:	06/27/2022
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	136
File size:	51 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.

About the Author

John Gillham has been a professional writer, illustrator and photographer since 1989. He writes for several outdoors publications, and two of his books have won the Outdoor Writers&Photographers Guild Award for Excellence.
John Gillham was born in Bournemouth, Dorset but now lives with his wife Nicola in Hoddlesden, a small village in the West Pennine Moors. John has been a full-time professional writer, illustrator and photographer since 1989. His first book, Snowdonia to the Gower: a Coast-to-Coast Walk Across Highest Wales , has been described as one of the classic books on Wales. He also pioneered three other long-distance routes: Lakeland to Lindisfarne, Pennine Ways (an alternative Pennine Way) and the Bowland–Dales Traverse, all of which were published in book form. John’s recent books include The Pictorial Guides to the Mountains of Snowdonia Volumes 1–4 , Best Day Walks in Snowdonia and the AA Leisure Guide to Wales . John writes regularly for The Great Outdoors (TGO) and has written occasionally for Dalesman , Cumbria Magazine , Trail and Country Walking . He has written and contributed to many AA publications. He has twice won Outdoor Writers & Photographers Guild Award for Excellence, firstly for his guidebook Best Day Walks in Snowdonia and secondly for the outdoor book Coast-to-Coasting (with Ronald Turnbull).

Table of Contents

Map key Introduction The main route The mountain routes Wildlife and plants Geology (Ronald Turnbull) When to go Getting there Accommodation Safety Planning your itinerary What to take Maps Using GPS Using this guide The Cumbria Way Stage 1 Ulverston to Coniston (or Torver) Stage 2 Coniston to Great Langdale Stage 2A Torver to Great Langdale - mountain route Stage 3 Great Langdale to Keswick Stage 3A Great Langdale to Keswick - mountain route Stage 4 Keswick to Caldbeck Stage 4A Keswick to Caldbeck - mountain route Stage 4B Keswick to Caldbeck - foul weather route Stage 5 Caldbeck to Carlisle Appendix A Route summary table Appendix B Facilities summary table Appendix C Accommodation stage by stage Appendix D Useful contacts