Buttermere village car park (National Trust)
- Run by
- National Trust
- Charges
- Pay and display, see operator for current tariff.
- Location
- 54.54351, -3.28004
Details checked 21 October 2026. Charges can change; the operator's signs on the day are what count.
Directions in Google MapsWalks from here
Easy · 8.8 km · 122 m up
Buttermere lake circuit
About 2 hours
A level walk all the way round Buttermere, with a lakeshore tunnel, a beach at the head of the lake and the High Stile ridge towering above.
Hard · 14.1 km · 839 m up
Red Pike, High Stile and High Crag from Buttermere
About 4 hours
One of Lakeland's great ridge walks: up past Bleaberry Tarn to Red Pike, along the crags to High Stile and High Crag, then down Gamlin End to Scarth Gap and the lake.