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.

Walks from here

Buttermere lake circuit

Easy, 8.8 km, 122 m up, 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.

Red Pike, High Stile and High Crag from Buttermere

Hard, 14.1 km, 839 m up, 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.

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