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Cuckoo Brow Inn – View of Lake Windermere loop from Windermere

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Cuckoo Brow Inn – View of Lake Windermere loop from Windermere

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Cuckoo Brow Inn – View of Lake Windermere loop from Windermere

00:59

11.2km

260m

Mountain biking

Moderate mountain bike ride. Great for any fitness level. Advanced riding skills necessary. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: June 26, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 10.9 km for 237 m

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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1.45 km

Cuckoo Brow Inn

Highlight • Pub

One of the best pubs around. Quality food and beer.

Tip by

2.08 km

Little Descent in Lake District National Park

Highlight • Viewpoint

Easy section

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5.88 km

Forest Road Crossing to Belle Grange

Highlight • Forest

7.43 km

Windermere Western Shore — Gravel Trail

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Perfect for younger or newer mountain bikers, the gravel stretch along the western shore of Windermere also makes for a scenic warm up.

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9.65 km

View of Lake Windermere

Highlight • Viewpoint

Free parking if you get there early enough

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10.7 km

Joey's Café at Claife Viewing Station

Highlight • Cafe

Joey's Cafe in the courtyard of the Claife Viewing Station serves baked goods, light meals, drinks and snacks. It's not owned or managed by the National Trust but is part of this NT managed area.
Open 10:00 - 16:00 every day.
Well positioned for a stop halfway if you're running from Wray Castle or further up the western shore. Alternatively get the ferry to here and run a loop from here, ending or starting at the cafe.

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11.0 km

Claife Viewing Station — View over Lake Windermere

Highlight • Viewpoint

At Claife Heights, is Claife Station, built in the 1790s as a viewpoint where visitors could look at Lake Windermere. It was most fashionable with tourists in the 1830s and 40s. The windows of the drawing room were the Station’s most celebrated feature; each had a different aspect, viewed through different coloured glass to enhance variations in weather and seasons. The tinted glass in these windows was intended to recreate lighting effects in the landscape. Yellow represented summer, orange was for autumn, light green for spring, and light blue for winter. There was also a dark blue for moonlight and a lilac tint to give the impression of a thunderstorm.

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11.2 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

3.83 km

3.70 km

2.71 km

748 m

167 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

5.43 km

3.74 km

1.08 km

653 m

146 m

130 m

Elevation

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Highest point (230 m)

Lowest point (40 m)

Weather

Thursday 16 July

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13°C

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Cuckoo Brow Inn – View of Lake Windermere loop from Windermere

Cuckoo Brow Inn

Evergreen Tree Near Sawrey

Little Descent in Lake District National Park

Forest Road Crossing to Belle Grange

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