There a multiplicity of walks and runs from the house and within a short travelling distance
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Please always carry a map and compass - and know how to use them!
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All of these walks will be on the Ordnance Survey map application, which is also very useful when out walking, but please carry spare batteries and also a torch if any potential of walking in the dark
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The best published guides are Mark Richards Fellranger series
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There are many guides to walks in the lakes, but Andrew Locking's is one of the best online : but see also the Haroldstreet website for gpx files
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Aira Force
5 miles, 1000 feet ascent
The most beautiful Waterfall in the lakes, there are paths both sides of the beck and falls and good access from three carparks or a stroll down the hill from High Brow.
7 mile walk through Dockray, turn left up to Aira Crag, for panoramic views, return down gentle slope via National Trust tea shop, Aira Force and the Royal Dockray for a well-earned pint...Favorite early morning run in reverse.
13 mile walk, taking in Great Dodd, Watsons Dodd. Stybarrow Dodd, Raise, Hellvellyn. Return via Stake Pass and Glencoyne Head to Dowthwaite Head or Striding Edge into Glenridding and then Ullswater Way back to Dockray
