Lakelovers
Top 3 Wainwright Walks as voted by you
There are 2,326km of rights of way in the Lake District National Park – the largest National Park in England. Within this compact mini-mountain resort there are 214 Wainwright walks neatly embedded, along with 16 beautiful jewel lakes, all joined by the constant flow of golden waterfalls and rivers. Choosing a Lake District walk is like delving into a sparkling jewellery box filled with gems that tantalise and allure and picking which walk is your favourite is neigh-on impossible. Can’t we just have them all! At the beginning of 2020 we asked you that question, in our search for your favourite Wainwright walk – which is your top Wainwright walk? With 64% of your votes, Helvellyn shines just that bit brighter, pipping Haystacks to the finish. If you’re already au-fait with the Lake District activity of ‘Wainwright bagging’, then you will know that Alfred Wainwright is the author of a seven-volume Pictorial guide to the best walks in the Lake District. The guides detail 214 Wainwright walks, and they are not all selected based on height, making this a great bucket list for walkers of all levels. So, with our search for your favourite Wainwright walk leading us through beautiful memories of walks on the Wainwright gems of Haystacks and Orrest Head tempting us to the winner, Helvellyn, here we look at some surprising things still to discover about these most wonderful of Lake District gems.
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