ConistonAmbleside

Conamb one
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By a Slow Ways Volunteer on 07 Apr 2021


Distance

14km/9mi

Ascent

488m

Descent

491m

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This is a Slow Ways route connecting Coniston and Ambleside.

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This is a Slow Ways route connecting Coniston and Ambleside.

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Coniston
Grid Ref SD3035097579
Lat / Lon 54.36895° / -3.07355°
Easting / Northing 330,350E / 497,579N
What3Words redouble.grafted.resurgent
Ambleside
Grid Ref NY3763604517
Lat / Lon 54.43224° / -2.96289°
Easting / Northing 337,636E / 504,517N
What3Words back.violin.brownish

Conamb One's land is

Moors 19.6%
Natural grass 2.3%
Pasture 21.2%
Urban 5.1%
Woods 51.9%

Data: Corine Land Cover (CLC) 2018

reviews


Yorkie Christine

01 Feb 2025 Winter

On holiday in Ambleside, I took a bus to Coniston and walked back to Ambleside along Conamb One on a cold, sunny January day. I found it a beautiful route, though next time I won't underestimate the constant ups and downs which definitely added to the effort required.

Highlights were the stretch between Coniston and Tarn Hows, Tarn Hows itself, and the traverse of Loughrigg's flank. Despite being a fairly low level route, there were fantastic views all around. Skelwith Force was putting on a good show, the noise of the waterfalls rivalled only by the screeching of military jets overhead!

The terrain included short sections of tarmac but mostly grassy paths and stony tracks, criss-crossed by running water and muddy patches. There are a few gates and stiles. I found the road crossings unproblematic though in the high season of course they may be a lot busier and require more patience.

I'd gladly walk this route again and recommend it to others.


Jo Wood

03 Sep 2022 (edited 05 Sep 2022) Summer

This is a delightful route between two of the larger villages in the southern Lake District National Park. It is mostly woodland and low fells with some ups and downs but no major climbs. Navigation is pretty easy throughout although the GPX file is useful in some of the wooded sections with multiple paths. The route mainly follows stony tracks so is suitable when wet. Not one for mountain bikes though as there are several sections that prohibit bikes.

I walked this from Ambleside to Coniston (with a convenient 505 bus to take me back). The route takes you around the shoulder of Loughrigg Fell (photo 1) to Skelwith Bridge (Chesters at Skelwith Bridge a good food stop if you need one). If you wanted a slightly less hilly but just as direct route for this section you could follow #ChaAmb Two between Ambleside and Skelwith Bridge.

From Skelwith Bridge there's a delightful wooded section around Skelwith Force (impressive after lots of rain) (photo 2) and over the footbridge (photo 3) heading towards Colwith (photo 4) all on gravel tracks.

The Colwith section follows a well signposted route up through more woods. It is possible to take a slight diversion instead to see Colwith Force by turning right and then left at the sign when you hit the road (photo 5) rather than the official left then right.

When you emerge from Colwith Woods you hit the main road crossing the watershed into the Coniston region. The path stays off but parallel to the road here (photo 6).

After crossing the main road, there's easy navigation along more track popular with mountain bikers taking you into the popular tourist spot of Tarn Hows (photo 7). As JimK noted in the first review, there's been quite a bit of tree devastation here following Storm Eunice in February 2022.

Leaving Town Hows by the car park there's a short section of road walking down towards Yewdale (photo 8), but it's a minor road serving the car park only so not too busy. You soon leave the road to descend into Yewdale through more woods (photo 9) and the final descent into Coniston (photo 10).


JimK

10 Mar 2022 Winter

This is a good route from Coniston to Ambleside. There is quite an amount of up and down but this is the Lake District so it not all going to be on the flat. Much of the route goes through forest and some of this , particularly around Tarn Hows is a bit scarred by the trees which have fallen in the recent storms,.


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