Guided walks from Kelderby every week of the year. Questions? Call 01632 960937

Walks and courses

Find your walk.

Day walks, weekends away and navigation courses, all led by a local guide and all starting from Kelderby. Every walk has a grade, so you know what you’re signing up for.

Easy

3 – 4 hours

Moderate

5 – 6 hours

Challenging

7 – 8 hours

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Day walks

Half and full days on the fells, every week of the year. Meet at the village hall and the minibus takes you to the start.

A walker on the crest of a grassy ridge above a wide valley

Challenging

Day walks

Kelder Edge

The classic ridge over five tops, with a short scramble onto Scarrow Crag and the coast in view on a clear day.

Distance

15 km

Ascent

820 m

Time

7 hours

£55

per person

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A small tarn in a green bowl between steep grassy fells

Moderate

Day walks

Pennock Tarns Round

Up the old peat road to three upland tarns, lunch by the biggest one, and back down beside Thrangill Beck.

Distance

12 km

Ascent

480 m

Time

5 – 6 hours

£45

per person

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A waterfall dropping through mossy woodland

Easy

Day walks

Beckside Falls and Thrangill Wood

A gentle half-day through oak woods to three waterfalls, finishing at the tearoom in Low Kelder.

Distance

8 km

Ascent

190 m

Time

3 – 4 hours

£35

per person

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A rocky ridge with cloud lifting off the tops

Challenging

Day walks

Skelder Pike by the North Ridge

The highest fell in the park by its quietest ridge, with rough, pathless ground and a long, steady descent.

Distance

17 km

Ascent

990 m

Time

8 hours

£60

per person

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Weekend trips

Two days of walking and two nights in a B&B or an old inn, with breakfasts, packed lunches and one dinner included. Your bag travels ahead.

Green fields and dry stone walls at the head of a quiet dale

Moderate

Weekend trips

Two Dales Weekend

Two days walking dale to dale, two nights at the Drover’s Rest with breakfasts, packed lunches and a Saturday dinner.

Distance

27 km

Ascent

1,150 m

Time

2 days

£395

per person, sharing

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A rocky path climbing above a misty valley

Challenging

Weekend trips

High Fells Weekend

Kelder Edge on Saturday and Skelder Pike on Sunday, with two nights at a farmhouse B&B in between.

Distance

34 km

Ascent

1,900 m

Time

2 days

£445

per person, sharing

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Navigation courses

Learn to read the map and trust the compass, from first principles to finding your way in cloud and after dark.

A baseplate compass lying on a walking map

Easy

Navigation courses

Map and Compass Basics

Read the map, set it to the ground, take a bearing and pace a distance. One day, mostly outdoors, no experience needed.

Distance

8 km

Ascent

250 m

Time

1 day

£85

per person

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Mist drifting over a steep grassy hillside

Moderate

Navigation courses

Hill Navigation: Cloud and Dark

For walkers who can use a compass and want to trust it in cloud, on featureless ground and after dark.

Distance

20 km

Ascent

900 m

Time

2 days

£165

per person

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Private walks

Your own guide for friends, family, a club or a work team, on the route and at the pace you choose.

A small group walking up a heather hillside under a big sky

Moderate

Private walks

Private Group Walks

Your own guide for the day, for friends, families, clubs or work groups. You choose the route and the pace.

Distance

You choose

Ascent

You choose

Time

Half or full

£260

per group, up to 8

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Private walks

Your group, your route, your pace.

Half day

£180 for up to 8 walkers

Full day

£260 for up to 8 walkers

Bigger groups

£25 per extra walker, up to 12, with a second guide

Any date

Booked at least two weeks ahead

Popular for birthdays, walking clubs, family days and team days out. Tell us who’s coming and we’ll suggest two or three routes.

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