Lake District Walks

If you’re planning a holiday walking in the Lake District, especially if this is your first, you’ll want advice from people who’ve done it before you. Below is a collection of Lake District walking books to give you some ideas. Remember, please, to read the safety guidance in the books. Don’t become the latest statistic of the Mountain Rescue service. Among your library of walking books make sure you have one on Lake District walks in wet weather.

Prepare well, check the weather forecast, and enjoy your Lake District walks, whether for a week’s walking holiday or just a single afternoon.

Don’t miss our special pages of Wainwright guides

Lake District Walks with Wainwright Guides

In the display above we show a range of guides to walking in the Lake District, with the Fellranger series on prominent display. These are highly pictorial with excellent colour photography as well as maps and sketches. If you’re planning to walk in a particular area of the Lake District we suggest the combination of the relevant Fellranger and Wainwright guides as you prepare for your days out. Click here for our page showing the 2nd edition Wainwright Guides to the Lakeland Fells.