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Navigation Notes
Route 7 on the map.
0.0 mi 54.6038, -3.1168 At the i/s of Castlerigg Lane and Chesnut Hill, the A591.
Continue on the A591 through Thirlemere, Grasmere and Ambleside before running along side
first Thirlmere then Lake Windermere.
Trick Question: How many lakes are there in the Lake District? Bleeeeep. Wrong. There’s only
one! Bassenthwaite Lake. All the others are, strictly speaking, tarns, meres or waters as in
Thirlemere, Ullswater, Windermere etc.
12.1 mi 54.4543, -3.0166 Just past Grasmere village look for Dove Cottage, Wordsworth’s first
home, signposted on the left.
As you come into Windermere, if you want to visit the The World of Beatrix Potter attraction, turn r.
at the small r/bout s/p “Bowness Bay & The Lake” and “World of Beatrix Potter” on a brown and
white sign.
8.2 mi 54.3807, -2.9068 In Windermere turn r. for the town centre, or continue str ahd to remain
on the A591.
Windermere.
Windermere to Chester
0.0 54.3807,-2.9068 Leaving Windermere and following the A591 s/posted “Kendal A591”
