Howtown to Pooley Bridge
Distance: 5 miles / 8km 
Terrain: Undulating walk through farm land and open fell. Please take care: there is a 500m section on the road from Cross Dormont to Waterside House.
Map: Download an OS map here
Just beyond Howtown, the Way takes you up onto the moorland edge with extensive views over Ullswater.
Option: At Swarthbeck, choose to continue on the open moorland to reach the Cockpit – an impressive large stone circle, before descending on a wide track to join a road leading into Pooley Bridge.
Or, alternatively you can take a lower path which takes you through farm land and past farmhouses to reach the Howtown road at Cross Dormont.
The path then takes you through a working sheep farm and campsite following the water’s edge round to Pooley Bridge.
Distance: 5 miles / 8km
Terrain: Undulating walk through farm land and open fell. Please take care: there is a 500m section on the road from Cross Dormont to Waterside House.
Map: Download an OS map here
Just beyond Howtown, the Way takes you up onto the moorland edge with extensive views over Ullswater.
Option: At Swarthbeck, choose to continue on the open moorland to reach the Cockpit – an impressive large stone circle, before descending on a wide track to join a road leading into Pooley Bridge.
Or, alternatively you can take a lower path which takes you through farm land and past farmhouses to reach the Howtown road at Cross Dormont.
The path then takes you through a working sheep farm and campsite following the water’s edge round to Pooley Bridge.
