Keswick Friars Crag

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Distance: 4 km or 2.4 miles for all, 1.25 km or 0.8 miles for many

Start point: Theatre by the Lake car park - grid ref. NY 265229

Turning point: Junction with B5289 - grid ref. NY 271220

Facilities: Disabled car parking and accessible toilets. There is a café at Theatre by the Lake and refreshments at the Lakeside tearooms

Getting there: Bus: services run from all over Cumbria. You will need to walk from Keswick town centre on pavements and paths. Car: B5289 Borrowdale Road from Keswick and turn right at the roundabout

RouteThis relatively level route takes you into some fabulous locations with stunning lake and mountain views. Follow the road from the theatre down to Derwent water foreshore. The wooded islands and the Jaws of Borrowdale will soon come into view. When the tarmac ends, continue on a good stone track, ignoring a left fork and carrying on to the viewpoint of Friar's Crag.

Return to the left fork (now on the right). It leads down to a kissing gate and on to Strandshag Bay. A bridge and kissing gate take you into a small wood. From here, join the road to Stable Hills. Turn left to the B5289.

Follow the roadside path north. This is undulating and, although not steep, is uneven in places. Take a track to the left (grid reference NY 268226), running between a fence and hedge. At the end, turn right into Cockshott Wood and return on a better surface to the car park.