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Claife

View of Lake Windermere – View of the Langdales loop from Bowness-on-Windermere

Routes
Mountain biking trails
United Kingdom
England
North West England
Cumbria
South Lakeland
Claife

View of Lake Windermere – View of the Langdales loop from Bowness-on-Windermere

Moderate

4.8

(4)

22

riders

View of Lake Windermere – View of the Langdales loop from Bowness-on-Windermere

03:30

39.3km

880m

Mountain biking

Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: March 27, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 38.5 km for 336 m

Waypoints

A

Start point

Parking

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1

667 m

View of Lake Windermere

Highlight • Viewpoint

Free parking if you get there early enough

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2

1.18 km

Windermere Western Shore — Gravel Trail

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Perfect for younger or newer mountain bikers, the gravel stretch along the western shore of Windermere also makes for a scenic warm up.

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3

7.28 km

Scar House Lane

Highlight • Viewpoint

watch out for loose dogs and walkers / motorbikes theres often lots of dog walkers on Scar Lane

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4

10.8 km

Along the forest side gravel track you can appreciate some great views of the lakeland hills.

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5

13.1 km

View of the Langdales

Highlight • Natural

Here, from the rough road that takes you up to High Oxen Fell, you can get great views looking north towards the Langdales. There is some gentle terrain and woodland …

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6

14.2 km

Hodge Close Quarry

Highlight • Climb

Hodge Close Quarry is one of many slate workings in the Tiberthwaite Valley. It's a beautiful natural moment characterised by giant boulders and dense forest. On the other side of the quarry is a great singletrack.

Tip by

7

15.9 km

Great place to dip your toes in a hot day if the river is low

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25.7 km

Black Ground Plantation

Forest

36.0 km

Cunsey Wood

Forest

10

38.6 km

At Claife Heights, is Claife Station, built in the 1790s as a viewpoint where visitors could look at Lake Windermere. It was most fashionable with tourists in the 1830s and …

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B

39.3 km

End point

Parking

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

13.8 km

11.7 km

9.56 km

3.86 km

352 m

< 100 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

17.2 km

8.08 km

7.30 km

5.09 km

1.34 km

298 m

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Highest point (260 m)

Lowest point (40 m)

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