FAVOURITE WALKS
Three favourite walks…….the outward journey is
the same as far as (!!**!!) for each walk.
Walk 1. Greenbank to Rosthwaite Heights.
(2 – 2 ½ hours)
Walk 2. Greenbank to Winster House and
Roper Ford. (1 – 1 ½ hours)
Walk 3. The Winster Round Walk. (3 – 3 ½ hours)
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Measurements
1 mile = 1.61 kilometres
100 yards = 91 metres
Turn left out of the driveway and walk 150yds to the layby
on the LHS of the road.
GPS Grid ref. SD4222 9243.
Take the footpath into the field and head downhill, crossing
the beck at the bottom.
Walk straight ahead for 100 yds over a small hillock, then
look for a sheep trod heading diagonally uphill to your right,
or follow the sheep trod to your right along the valley bottom
and look for a large wall gap to your left which will allow
you to turn left and head uphill.
At the top, cross grazing land to join a tractor track…turn
right onto the track and follow it until you reach the lane
(opposite Bryan House Farm).
(At this point, for a short walk, you could turn right and
follow the lane past the old school and Winster Church (well
worth a look inside) until you join the A5074 after about ½ mile.
The Brown Horse pub is right in front of you across the road.)
To continue on your route however, turn left onto the lane
and after 100yds turn right onto the private drive to Winster
House…it is marked as a footpath.
Follow this driveway as far as it goes, passing in front
of Winster House and then bearing left round the end of the
extremely beautiful barn. GPS Grid ref. SD 4100 9234.
Continue uphill , through a couple of gates, until you emerge
at the top onto a wide track.
GPS Grid ref. 4085 9282 (!!**!!) Remember this spot, you’ll
need it again in the next two walks.
Walk 1
Greenbank to Rosthwaite Heights
Turn left and almost immediately (about 20yds) look for a
footpath heading across the fell to the right (yellow arrow
marker).
Walk through this newly planted woodland in a generally westerly
direction, pass through a gate and continue ahead, ignoring
a left fork, until you reach a small established wood. Go
right, through a gate (north) onto the path following the
woodland edge.( If you reach a metalled road before turning
right, you’ve gone just too far. )
Cross 2 broadwalks, pass through a gate and cross a dog friendly
stile to reach a finger post. Continue ahead to reach the
sumit of Rosthwaite Heights, a lovely viewpoint overlooking
Lake Windermere.
The summit is marked by a cairn GPS Grid ref. SD 3965 9303.
On leaving the viewpoint, retrace your steps to the finger post. Turn left downhill
( going a little east of north) and where the path forks take the right hand
track heading for Rosthwaite Farm.
The gate may be locked, in which case you (and your canine companions) will need
to negotiate a low stone stile (best approached from its right hand side).
Pass between the farmhouse and pond and take the path to your right up through
established woodland (Spring Wood) to the top of the hill.
Pass through a gate at the edge of the wood and follow the path ahead uphill
in the direction of High House Farm, over the crest of the hill, passing a finger
post for a permissive path.
Where the path re-joins the wide track turn right and you will soon be at (!!**!!).
Retrace your route home from your outward journey.
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