"I am always glad to see Staveley", wrote Dorothy Wordsworth, "the first mountain village that I came to with William". Here you enter the Lake District at the crossing of the River Kent where Bowston's Cowan Head mill survives to remind you of the industrial past.
LOCATION: Five miles north of Kendal
START: Staveley, Mill Yard car park
Grid ref: SD471982 Postcode: LA8 9LR
DISTANCE: 7 miles
GRADE: Easy
TIME: 3 hours
MAP: Explorer OL - English Lakes South east Landranger 97
REFRESHMENTS: Staveley
EN ROUTE: Dales Way, Ratherheath Tarn
This walk was originally published by
The Manchester Evening News