Gummer's How – Secret Tarn loop from Cartmel Fell

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Gummer's How – Secret Tarn loop from Cartmel Fell

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Gummer's How – Secret Tarn loop from Cartmel Fell

03:15

10.9km

330m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 23, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Lake District National Park

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

Get Directions

655 m

Rankthorns Plantation

Forest

2.00 km

Rolling Double Track in Lake District National Park

Highlight (Segment) • Viewpoint

There is about 1km of dirt track east from this point. Not suitable for road bike.

Tip by

4.18 km

Fell Footpath with Views Towards Newby Bridge

Highlight • Viewpoint

A lovely Fell with stunning views

Tip by

4.67 km

Gummer's How

Highlight • Natural Monument

Gummer's How is situated on the eastern shore of Windermere, near its southern end. While the hill is small by Lakeland standards, it affords magnificent views over Windermere, across to the Coniston fells and Morecambe Bay.

Tip by

5.16 km

Secret Tarn

Highlight • Natural

6.22 km

Tranquil wooded valley with a babbling brook

Highlight • Forest

It’s forest bathing at its most serene.

Tip by

6.91 km

Blake Holme Plantation

Highlight • Viewpoint

The wooded fellsides to the east of Windermere are a lovely place for a stroll. Burrow Beck chortles alongside the main path here, descending from its source on the high ground between Gummer's How and Birch Fell. Once out of the woods, there are plenty of excellent viewpoints for the fells of the South Lakes, such as from the ever-popular Gummer's How.

Tip by

7.69 km

Ludderburn Park Wood

Forest

8.06 km

Boardwalk to Whinny Knott

Highlight • Viewpoint

10.9 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.72 km

1.42 km

711 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

3.93 km

2.99 km

2.66 km

1.00 km

233 m

Elevation

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Weather

Wednesday 7 October

13°C

4°C

94 %

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Max wind speed: 16.0 km/h

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Comments

February 24, 2024,Gummer's How – Raven's Barrow (Cartmel Fell) loop from Cartmel Fell

It felt so good to be back out on a longer walk featuring some blue skies... its been a while 💙 loved doing this walk it was so quiet for the most part and so calm on the tops with no wind