Buttermere walk map:The circular walk around Buttermere is one of my favourite walks around the edge of a lake in the whole of the English Lake District – as it’s not too long and it has a lot of variety.
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The map shows the route I always take when walking around Buttermere – going anti-clockwise from Buttermere Village is what I recommend and doing the full circle as much as possible around Buttermere’s shores so you get all the best views of the lake (or mere 🙂 and surrounding fells ! It will only take 2 hours or so and can be done with kids as it’s pretty low level and there are also plenty of places to stop and enjoy some food. |
Photos of what to expect on this Buttermere walk: |
You can park a 100m or so just outside of Buttermere village on the road leading towards Newlands Pass – it’s free here (£4+ in the carparks!) |
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The walk starts to blue skies 🙂 and looks rather warm but theres a fresh breeze. This is looking down Buttermere towards Fleetwith Pike. |
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A band of rain starts moving in giving the place a whole different feel so we head to the woods for a bit of shelter. |
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The weather was very erratic today and fortunately the rain (which turned into hail for a bit) passed quite quickly and the surrounding fells and Fleetwith Pike are visible once more 🙂 |
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One of the things I love about Buttermere is how un-developed it is – not many buildings around here and the only residence you can really see is the white Hassness Country House |
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We pass these walkers looking a bit wet & weary who look like the have just returned from either Haystacks or Fleetwith Pike – two excellent walks in their own right – but not today for us! |
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We leave the south-eastern shores of Buttermere for a bit as there is no path around that part and head for the bridge over Warnscale Beck |
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Good views of the snow covered peaks of High Stile & Red Pike from this side of Buttermere |
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A lot of photographers love this view of Butteremere with Haystacks in the background and the trees on the shore. |
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Blue skies again 🙂 |
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We wete a bit shelter out the wind here so it was the perfect place to have the flask of soup – tastes so much better when its cold outside 🙂 |
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The last view of Buttermere for the day – and you can see how high the lake has risen with the tree on the left! |
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Finally here’s a couple of photos of the Croft House cafe – a perfect place to stop at the end of the walk for a drink and bite to eat and bit of a warm. |
As ever I hope you have enjoyed this little write up and photos and it inspires you to want to visit the area and give the route a go. If you have any questions about this route – just post a comment and I’ll try and answer.