Walking holidays in the Lake District
The Lake District has become England’s busiest national park. School summer holidays and weekends, especially, find car parks, tea shops and lakesides crowded with day trippers and tourists. Thankfully, the Lake District is also England’s largest national park. This means that there are plenty of wide-open spaces and reflective views for everyone to enjoy – if you know where to look.
Local walking guides offer access to not only the lesser-known fells and hillsides, but also the folklore tales and fascinating heritage of the lakes and mountains. Guides will also explain how to walk responsibly so as not to damage the environment, and which local issues need to be taken into consideration before you set off. As Gemma Chase from our Lake District specialists, Ramblers Walking Holidays, explains: “Most of our walks in the Lake District take you off the beaten track, away from well-trodden tourist trails. We provide an experienced tour leader on each walk who knows the area inside out.”
Finding out how your presence in the Lake District can avoid adding to overcrowding and benefit local people will not only make for a better holiday, but is vitally important to ensuring the area is left as you found it for future generations.
Our England walking Holidays
Lake District family activity holiday
Walk, climb, abseil and canoe around the Borrowdale Valley.
Thames Path walking holiday, Cotswolds to London
Follow the Thames river from its source in the Cotswolds
York to Fountains Abbey walking holiday, England
The Prior Richards way self-guided 12th century walk
Winchester to Canterbury Pilgrims way
Walk the Pilgrims Way from Winchester to Canterbury
South West Coastal Path walking holiday, England
The South West Coast Path and Isles of Scilly
Shakespeares Way & Thames Path walking holiday
Two fantastic traditional English walks.
Cumbria Way walking holiday, Lake District
Walking Holiday in England's Lake District The Cumbria Way
Northumberland coast walking holiday
Self Guided Walking Holiday in Northumberland Coast Path
Dartmoor & Exmoor walking holiday, England
Self guided walking between the Dartmoor and Exmoor National Parks.
Cotswolds Way self guided walking holiday, England
Hike through one of Britain's most popular regions
Kennet and Avon Canal Towpath walking holiday, England
Canal walking holiday in Southern England
Shakespeares Way walking holiday, Cotswolds to London
From Stratford-upon-Avon to The Globe Theatre
Thames Path walking holiday, Oxford to Windsor
Self guided walk along the River Thames Oxford to Windsor
Malvern Hills walking holiday
Walk the Malvern Hills 'Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty'
Northumberland walking holiday, England
A walking and sightseeing tour in Northumberland
The Nidderdale Way walking holiday in Yorkshire
North Yorkshire, bordering the Yorkshire Dales National Park
Peak District retreat holiday in the UK
The perfect countryside escape in the Peak District
South West Coast Path walking holiday, England
Bude to Newquay along the South West Coast Path
Navigation course holidays, Lake District
Learn the skills to keep you safe in the hills!
Shropshire walking holiday
Nature and history combined producing a landscape of beauty
Hadrian's Wall National Trail walking holiday
Continuous walk along the Roman Empire's defensive barrier
Jurassic Coast walking holiday in Dorset
Explore stunning UK coastline
Norfolk Coast Path walking holiday, England
Self-guided walking along one of England's National Trails
Yorkshire Dales walking holiday, short break
Yorkshire Dales short walking holiday
Sidmouth and the Devon Coast walking holiday
Walk along Lyme Bay and the Jurassic Coast
Highlights of Hadrians Wall walking holiday, England
Self-guided walk along the Hadrian's Wall Path
Barnstaple to Bude South West Coast Path walk
South West Coast Path in England walking tour
The Dales Way walking holiday in Yorkshire
Self guided walking holiday along the Dales Way
Offa’s Dyke walking holiday in Wales & England
Offa’s Dyke path follows some of the finest scenery in both countries for 177 miles
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Our top England walking Holiday
Lake District family activity holiday
Walk, climb, abseil and canoe around the Borrowdale Valley.
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