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Rydal Water, Lake District

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A Discovering Britain trail around Rydal Water in the Lake District
easy
Distance 6.1 km
Duration1:47 h
Ascent149 m
Descent154 m
Highest point143 m
Lowest point58 m

Poet and keen walker William Wordsworth described Rydal as "the loveliest spot that man hath ever found". In his Guidebook to the Lake District he suggested the best way to appreciate it:

"passing behind Rydal Mount and under Nab Scar…very favourable to views of the lake and the vale…The horse road…under Loughrigg fell, does justice to the beauties of this small mere, of which the traveller who keeps the high road is not at all aware."

This trail around Rydal Water follows Wordsworth's route but has has more to show us than "favourable views". From rocks to reservoirs, burbling becks to bearing the dead, uncover the stories behind the place that he called home.

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Update: January 04, 2018
Difficulty
easy
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Highest point
143 m
Lowest point
58 m

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Coordinates:
OS Grid
NY 34899 06570
DD
54.450343, -3.005508
DMS
54°27'01.2"N 3°00'19.8"W
UTM
30U 499642 6033629
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OS Grid
NY 34899 06570
DD
54.450343, -3.005508
DMS
54°27'01.2"N 3°00'19.8"W
UTM
30U 499642 6033629
w3w 
///shuffles.breaches.length
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Difficulty
easy
Distance
6.1 km
Duration
1:47 h
Ascent
149 m
Descent
154 m
Highest point
143 m
Lowest point
58 m

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