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Kentmere Reservoir Valley Walk
moderateOff-lead sections

Kentmere Reservoir Valley Walk

Kentmere, Cumbria ·

Quick answer

Kentmere Reservoir valley walk near Kendal in Cumbria is a quiet dog-friendly bridleway to a hidden Lakeland reservoir with active hill farming.

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Distance

7.5 miles

Moderate

Difficulty

🐾

Off-lead

Yes

🚧

Stiles

None

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Parking

Available

About this walk

A long low-level valley walk out of Kentmere village along the old bridleway to the head of the valley and the Victorian reservoir beneath Ill Bell. Genuinely wild feel with almost no one about, a working farming landscape and the option to bag Kentmere Pike on the return.

Terrain

BridlewayValley pathReservoir shoreFell

🅿️ Parking

Small honesty box car park by St Cuthbert's Church in Kentmere; single-track road in.

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