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I have made a slightly easier version of the route. Walking northwards toward Tebay, after the climb over Whinfell Common past the repeater masts, KenTeb One heads upstream along Borrow Beck (which looks very pretty!) but then climbs again over Roundthwaite Common before descending into Tebay. My route goes downstream and goes along the Lune Valley, mostly avoiding the fast A685.
From crossing the A685, I have headed south in order to cross the River Lune, then followed the valley up to Lune’s Bridge. This is a pleasant 1.9 miles section. Following the A685 here would have been 1.0 mile along a fast road with very little verge. North of Lune’s Bridge the route follows a lovely new gravelled footpath away from the main road.
KenTeb Three is about 0.9 mile/1.5k shorter than KenTeb One, and has 400 feet/120 metres less climbing
I have made a slightly easier version of the route. Walking northwards toward Tebay, after the climb over Whinfell Common past the repeater masts, KenTeb One heads upstream along Borrow Beck (which looks very pretty!) but then climbs again over Roundthwaite Common before descending into Tebay. My route goes downstream and goes along the Lune Valley, mostly avoiding the fast A685.
From crossing the A685, I have headed south in order to cross the River Lune, then followed the valley up to Lune’s Bridge. This is a pleasant 1.9 miles section. Following the A685 here would have been 1.0 mile along a fast road with very little verge. North of Lune’s Bridge the route follows a lovely new gravelled footpath away from the main road.
KenTeb Three is about 0.9 mile/1.5k shorter than KenTeb One, and has 400 feet/120 metres less climbing
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Kendal
Grid Ref
SD5162592942
Lat / Lon
54.32975° / -2.74537°
Easting / Northing
351,625E / 492,942N
What3Words
songs.strut.wide
Tebay
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NY6184304505
Lat / Lon
54.43453° / -2.58975°
Easting / Northing
361,843E / 504,505N
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snapper.searching.estimated
| Kendal | |
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| Grid Ref | SD5162592942 |
| Lat / Lon | 54.32975° / -2.74537° |
| Easting / Northing | 351,625E / 492,942N |
| What3Words | songs.strut.wide |
| Tebay | |
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| Grid Ref | NY6184304505 |
| Lat / Lon | 54.43453° / -2.58975° |
| Easting / Northing | 361,843E / 504,505N |
| What3Words | snapper.searching.estimated |
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Mary Oz
10 Mar 2024The route left Kendal via a fairly direct footpath and a bit of A6 pavement to reach a lovely path alongside then River Mint, and then a quiet lane to Patton Hall Farm. The footpath at Old Field End and Field End has been diverted further away from the buildings, via good stiles. It you follow the green dotted line marking the Public Right of Way on the OS Map, you’ll be discouraged by a rather abusive sign! At Shaw End it was easy to miss the link through to the pathway under a nice bridge, but easy enough to get back on track!
From now on the surface was tarmacked nearly all the way to the top of Whinfell where the repeater station is. I saw no vehicles at all along here and there was good visibility. The views looking back towards Kendal got better and better, and near the top I even caught sight of Morecambe Bay, glinting in the distance. It was a long but easy climb.
I nearly missed the grassy turnoff because I instinctively continued towards the second mast. The grassy path became more obvious as I continued though. There were lovely views down to the valley of Borrow Beck, and as I descended some of the trees made beautiful silhouettes against the clouds and blue sky, and it was all rather lovely.
Eventually I arrived down by the noisy M6 and the West Coast Main Line railway, that follow the Lune Gorge into Tebay. The pretty-much essential detour here led to a pretty walk along the Lune, and a lane walk with views of the curving strata of rock where the M6 was carved out, to Lune’s Bridge. It’s worth crossing the A685 here to have a look at the waterfalls beneath this old bridge, and at the dead end of this short bit of road, next to the railway, is a memorial to the railway workers killed by a runaway wagon in the Tebay rail accident of 2004.
A lovely new off-road footpath was opened in 2023 avoiding the need to walk along the main road into Tebay, as I have done in the past.
The route crosses the A685 here to follow a footpath into the village. It is worth making a slight detour to the south here to see the colourful terraced cottages. St James Church, near the end of the route, along with the whole village, is very much connected with the building of the railways, and is worth a visit https://greatenglishchurches.co.uk/html/tebay.html .
I did this walk as the first of three Slow Ways (Kendal-Tebay-Shap-Penrith). Public transport to Tebay and Shap is almost non-existent (see ShapTeb One for bus details), and stayed overnight at the Cross Keys Inn. I really enjoyed this walk!.
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