What’s On?

Head out for family-friendly bat and wildlife spotting adventures after dark with our Ranger team in Langdale.

Our bat walks are back! Taking place just after it gets dark, the time of day when Langdale’s bats are coming out to fly and feed.

Enjoy a fun family-friendly introduction to bats before setting off on a family friendly guided walk with our bat detectors to see what you can find. It’s not just bats out at night, maybe you’ll hear the call of an owl or the rustle of a passing mouse.

Head back to Lanty Slee’s @ Sticklebarn to warm up with a hot drink and share your experiences.

£10 for over-16’s Under 16’s go free. Meet at 5.45pm for a 6pm start. Finished by 7.30-ish

Bringing Festive Joy and Lights to the Community and Visitors alike.

Ambleside Christmas Lights, a community event that happens on the 3rd Sat of November each year. The event has been run for many years and is one of the highlights in the Ambleside calender.

The event is run and organised by a team of local volunteers who start planning each year’s even in the spring. It takes many hours of planning and organising to ensure that everything goes off without a hitch.

Search for Santa on Lake Windermere with Windermere Cruises.

Morning Cruise

• Boarding: From 10:30 am for special ticket holders
• Departure: 11:00 am sharp from Waterhead Pier, Ambleside

Set sail into the morning mists as we embark on a festive quest to find Father Christmas on the lake. If luck is on our side, we might even discover some of Santa’s helpers!

Afternoon Cruise

• Boarding: From 1:30 pm for special ticket holders
• Departure: 2:00 pm sharp from Waterhead Pier, Ambleside

After the afternoon cruise, Father Christmas will wander along the promenade at Waterhead, switching on the festive lights before boarding his sleigh to meet up with the lantern bearers in Ambleside.

Help the National Trust rangers with coppicing at Rob Rash in Elterwater.

Have a go at this ancient woodland management technique. We’ll be working in a patch of woodland on the opposite side of the lake, we will walk there from the NT Elterwater car park.

We will provide work gloves and tools and people will be able to take wood away.

The festival returns in the full Ulverston Dickensian style. There are multiple performance stages, roving street performers, hot mulled wine, a town-full of wonderful stalls, and costume parades through the historic town streets.

Come along and get into the Christmas spirit. Dress up if you want to, and enjoy the amazing friendly atmosphere.

Performers include brass bands, singers, magicians, fire eaters, jugglers, stilt walkers, and a whole lot more. Almost all of the entertainment is provided absolutely free of charge.

A two-day Christmas fair hosted jointly by Rydal Mount and Rydal Hall. Come Christmas shopping with the best of local arts and crafts across the two sites, along with seasonal food, music and much more.

Visitors will be treated to music from our harpist friends and a brass band, a small choir singing carols and festive songs. The tea shops at both venues will be open, with mulled wine on offer, and while Rydal Mount has Joey’s Cafe serving vegetable stew and other goodies, there will be bratwurst for sale outside the bar at Rydal Hall. The fire pits will be lit at the Mount near the garden gazebo stalls.

Tickets will be on sale from this website, including free parking at Rydal Hall, and access to William Wordsworth’s house and gardens at Rydal Mount.

• £5 in advance
• £6 on the day

This race starts at the bottom of Stock Ghyll Lane (behind the Salutation Hotel) GR 337044 and finishes slightly further up the road than this at the layby of Force Cafe (formerly the old Kelsick school). An out-and-back route, this race starts with an unforgiving short, sharp ascent of Stock Ghyll Lane (which is actually a tarmacked road) to the fell gate/stile. A runnable section to a 2nd gate leads onto a thigh-burning section of steep stone steps that head directly upwards. A short section of open fell follows, over rough grass and onwards to the rocky summit. Please follow the flagged route to the summit and then away from the summit. The summit is the only checkpoint and although runners can take their own preferred route, most competitors descend to the R of the main path as you’re looking down the fell, crossing back onto the main path near the bottom.

Although short and sweet this race should not be underestimated. The route is very steep and extremely rough underfoot. Slippery, wet conditions can make the descent treacherous and if the mist is down the ability to navigate is essential. Please also be aware that the road section at the beginning and end will not be closed to cars although it will be marshalled. Runners must take great caution especially when descending at speed and negotiating blind corners.

Running until December 2025, this special exhibition at the Armitt Museum celebrates the life and legacy of Alfred Wainwright on the 7oth anniversary of the publishing of his Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells.

The Fairfield Horseshoe is an stunning multi-peak route that is widely renowned as the most iconic and loved horseshoe walk in the Lake District. This picturesque route involves an eight-summit circuit around the high-level ridge that encircle the stunning valley encompassing Rydal Beck, offering breathtaking panoramic views across the Lake District. This classic route provides an excellent opportunity to experience some of the most spectacular vistas in the Lake District while enjoying an unforgettable day in the mountains.

On this walk you will summit 8 peaks (Wainwrights), with the highest summit being Fairfield at 873 metres. You will be treated to sweeping panoramic views of the Lake District, including all the major summits and stunning vistas over Windermere. The Fairfield Horseshoe is undoubtedly the most renowned of the traditional Lake District circuits. It is a magnificent walk and an experience that will stay with you forever.

The Great Langdale Valley is the most iconic and recognisable area of the Lake District. This unique walking challenge takes you on a high-level tour over 8 summits including the famous Langdale Pikes. You will complete a total of 8 miles and 1065m of ascent!

Guided by experienced leaders, you can fully relax and soak up the incredible surroundings. With their expert knowledge of the region’s history and geology, our guides will ensure this is more than just a hike—it’s an enriching journey through one of the UK’s most iconic landscapes. This is the ultimate way to experience the Lake District’s most loved mountain ranges.

Langdale 7 guided walks start at 9:00 am and finish around 4:00 pm, giving you a full day mountain experience in Langdale

21km | 850m ascent | 06 June 26 | Great Langdale | £50 | 10.00 Start | Max Allowed Time 5 hours

A beautiful, technical 21km route in and around Great and Little Langdale, based out of the Lanty Slees Stickle Barn, part of the Scafell Skyrunning Weekend

A fell running weekend based at Lanty Slee’s Great Langdale with races and lots of events over the course of the weekend.

• SG650 – Stickle Grind 650
• SSU – Scafell Sky Ultra
• SSR – Scafell Sky Race
• GL21 – Great Langdale 21

The Fairfield Horseshoe is an stunning multi-peak route that is widely renowned as the most iconic and loved horseshoe walk in the Lake District. This picturesque route involves an eight-summit circuit around the high-level ridge that encircle the stunning valley encompassing Rydal Beck, offering breathtaking panoramic views across the Lake District. This classic route provides an excellent opportunity to experience some of the most spectacular vistas in the Lake District while enjoying an unforgettable day in the mountains.

On this walk you will summit 8 peaks (Wainwrights), with the highest summit being Fairfield at 873 metres. You will be treated to sweeping panoramic views of the Lake District, including all the major summits and stunning vistas over Windermere. The Fairfield Horseshoe is undoubtedly the most renowned of the traditional Lake District circuits. It is a magnificent walk and an experience that will stay with you forever.

The Great Langdale Valley is the most iconic and recognisable area of the Lake District. This unique walking challenge takes you on a high-level tour over 8 summits including the famous Langdale Pikes. You will complete a total of 8 miles and 1065m of ascent!

Guided by experienced leaders, you can fully relax and soak up the incredible surroundings. With their expert knowledge of the region’s history and geology, our guides will ensure this is more than just a hike—it’s an enriching journey through one of the UK’s most iconic landscapes. This is the ultimate way to experience the Lake District’s most loved mountain ranges.

Langdale 7 guided walks start at 9:00 am and finish around 4:00 pm, giving you a full day mountain experience in Langdale.

The Fairfield Horseshoe is an stunning multi-peak route that is widely renowned as the most iconic and loved horseshoe walk in the Lake District. This picturesque route involves an eight-summit circuit around the high-level ridge that encircle the stunning valley encompassing Rydal Beck, offering breathtaking panoramic views across the Lake District. This classic route provides an excellent opportunity to experience some of the most spectacular vistas in the Lake District while enjoying an unforgettable day in the mountains.

On this walk you will summit 8 peaks (Wainwrights), with the highest summit being Fairfield at 873 metres. You will be treated to sweeping panoramic views of the Lake District, including all the major summits and stunning vistas over Windermere. The Fairfield Horseshoe is undoubtedly the most renowned of the traditional Lake District circuits. It is a magnificent walk and an experience that will stay with you forever.

The Langdale Horseshoe is an annual Lake District fell race that starts and finishes at the Old Dungeon Ghyll. The course climbs to Stickle Tarn before heading to Thunacar Knott, Esk Hause shelter, Bowfell, Crinkle Crags and Pike of Blisco. The route is approximately 21 kilometres (13 mi) in length with 1,450 metres (4,760 ft) of ascent.

This race is over a rough, tough course with almost exclusively rocky and slippy ground. The weather in October is rarely ‘pleasant’ and the fells are often clagged in, making navigation difficult on a course with many pathless sections.

If you are at all unsure of your ability to complete the course safely, you should gain more experience and come back another year. Previous experience of similar races will be asked for as part of the entry system: 2 medium or long mountainous (Lakes, Scotland, N Wales) category A fell races in previous 3 years, or similar relevant experience (significant mountain experience). Entry remains at the discretion of race organisers.