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I'm on holiday in the lakes and need an gentle but non boring walk for people who don't want to walk more than about 4 miles, I was thinking of going from Hodge CLose quarry to Colwith force and back again in a loop, a bit like what's shown here https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/tarn-hows-and-coniston/trails/hodge-close-... but turning right near point 9 to get to Colwith force. How far is it to get to the waterfall, and what's Hodge Close Quarry like for parking?

Cheers

In reply to Red Rover:

I think you'd have to turn right near point 10 Stang End and follow a right of way not clearly marked on that map to the falls about 1km away

Plenty of parking at Hodge Close

In reply to Red Rover:
Can't really see the route on that map but there is a lovely path around the edge of the quarry which then dips down at the north end and goes through a giant arch in the quarry workings to the edge of the water. Spectacular, far from boring and nice and short! Well worth adding in.

I've always been on a bike but I suspect you have to pay for parking. I could be wrong though.

In reply to digby:

Cool thanks. Is there a toilet at the car park or near it?

In reply to Red Rover:

Don't think so. Coniston public loos maybe the nearest?

In reply to Red Rover:

I'd say that looks good. Cathedral quarry is well worth a look round, take a torch for the longer through route

Could you not persuade people to loop through Skelwith bridge for a massive cake at Chester in return for a bit more distance

In reply to Red Rover:
Only if you consider the great outdoors as a toilet. Which in some places it is

It is a (quite large) place where you can park rather than a car park. Ambleside is the nearest town.

In reply to Bulls Crack:


If you have to go that far you are going to be in trouble.