Our authors have chosen 15 of the best short walks around Windermere, Ambleside and Grasmere. Each walk comes with easy-to-read Ordnance Survey maps, clear route descriptions, many images, and information on local beauty spots and tasty refreshment stops. No challenging terrain or complicated navigation means everyone can enjoy walks.

The walks:

1. Bowness, Windermere and School Knott
2. Windermere, Orrest Head and Holehird Gardens
3. Near and Far Sawrey, and Beatrix Potters Hill Top
4. Windermeres western shore and Wray Castle
5. Troutbeck Village and upper valley
6. Wansfell, Troutbeck and Robin Lane
7. High and Low Sweden Bridges from Ambleside
8. Lily Tarn, Windermere View and Galava Roman Fort
9. Loughrigg from Ambleside
10. Ambleside to Elterwater
11. Elterwater and Red Bank
12. Dove Cottage, Grasmere and Rydal
13. Silver How from Grasmere
14. Easedale Tarn
15. Helm Crag The Lion and the Lamb