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Wainwright Memorial Walk

Cumbria

172 km / 107 miles
The Wainwright Memorial Walk is the 107-mile route through the Lake District that A. Wainwright - legendary author, artist and fell-walker - set out to walk with three friends over the Whitsunday holiday of 1931. The route the friends took - recorded in sketch maps at the time - is highlighted here on maps from Wainwright's much-loved Pictorial Guides, accompanied by text from the guides and Wainwright's other writings. Wainwright's walk - originally planned to take six days - is here split into eleven manageable stages. These can be taken either as independent one-day walks or as a whole. The route starts in Windermere and ends in Ambleside. Along the way, Wainwright promises to lead the walker everywhere worth mentioning in the Lake District, on a route devised to make sure that 'Every lake, Every valley, Every mountain, will be seen if not actually visited'.


Details:

Path Type: Other Paths
Attributes: Challenging
Lake/Reservoir/Loch
Moorland
Mountain
Start: SD409988 - Windermere, Cumbria View on StreetMap
Finish: NY375044 - Ambleside, Cumbria View on StreetMap

Publications, Badges and Certificates:

Guidebook Wainwright Memorial Walk  (Striding Edge  - 2004 )

Maps:

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Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2016.
© OpenStreetMap contributors under Open Database Licence.
Rights of way data from selected Local Authorities.
Large scale digital mapping is provided by John Thorn.
At high zoom levels the route is indicative only.
Purchase Ordnance Survey Maps:
OS Landranger 89, 90, 96, 97
OS Landranger Active 89, 90, 96, 97
OS Explorer 4, 5, 6, 7
OS Explorer Active 4, 5, 6, 7

Walking Support Providers:

Support Providers
Self-Guided Walking Holidays (Wandering Aengus Treks)

Accommodation within 5 km of this Path:

 
 
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Bunk House
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67 km
Camping Barn
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Bunk House
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102 km
Bunk House
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149 km
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Route Profile:

172.8 km (107.4 miles)
11,619 m (38,120 ft) ascent
958 m (3,143 ft)  maximum height

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