Whinlatter Forest Park

Welcome to Whinlatter Forest Park Englands only true Mountain Forest.

Rising to 790 metres above sea level Whinlatter Forest Park offers spectacular views of the Lake District and into Scotland.

Databurst

Name: Whinlatter Forest Park
Location: Cumbria, North West of Keswick
Area: 1200 hectares
Visitor Centre, Shop and Tearoom opening times: 10am until 5:00pm (summer) 4pm (winter)
Facilities: Visitor Centre, tearoom, shop, toilets, 5 car parks, disabled facilities, 8 waymarked trails, 2 Junior trails, 2 waymarked cycle routes, 3 high level trails, an all ability trail, 4 picnic sites, 2 orienteering courses, Forest Classroom for hire, education service, Christmas tree sales, Lake District Osprey Project live video
Telephone:017687 78469
Address: Whinlatter Pass, Braithwaite, Keswick, Cumbria,CA12 5TW

Please note that due to a major rebuild of the Visitor Centre only the shop and toilets are currently open. The shop has relocated onto the bottom car park. The tearoom is also closed. For more information and pictures of the new centre check out the redevelopment page.

Make friends with the Giant Badger who lives next door to the Visitor Centre or learn about food webs on the junior foxtrot trail.

Get some high altitude retail therapy in the Forest Shop

The Foxtrot junior trail

Take a cycling challenge to the summit of Tarbarrel Moss at 493m above see level or choose the easy low level cycle routes.

Name	Grade	Color	Start At	Miles	Hrs
Purple Route	Strenuous	Purple	Whinlatter Visitor Centre	7	1.5
Orange Route	Strenuous	Orange	Whinlatter Visitor Centre	5	1.0

Try one of the breathtaking High Level Walks

Name	Grade	Start At	Miles	Hrs
Grisedale Pike	Strenuous	Revelin Moss Car Park	3.5	4
Lord's Seat & Barf	Strenuous	Whinlatter Visitor Centre	5.0	4
Seat How Viewpoint	Strenuous	Whinlatter Visitor Centre	2.75	2.5

and finish the day by sampling the delights of the Tearoom

Finally choose from eight waymarked trails including Europes first perminant orienteering trail.

Name	Grade	Color	Start At	Miles	Hrs
Revelin Moss	Easy	Yellow	Revelin Moss Carpark	1.75	1.5
Comb Forest	Easy	Red	Whinlatter Visitor Centre	1.75	1.0
Comb Gill	Easy	Blue	Whinlatter Visitor Centre	1.75	1.5
Noble Knott	Moderate	Yellow	Noble Knott Car Park	1	1.0
Noble Knott	Strenuous	White	Noble Knott Car Park	1.75	1.5
Dodd Wood	Moderate	Red	Dodd Wood Car Park	1.5	2.0
Dodd Wood	Moderate	Green	Dodd Wood Car Park	3	3
Dodd Wood	Moderate	Blue	Dodd Wood Car Park	0.5	1

Welcome to Whinlatter Forest Park Englands only true Mountain Forest.

Rising to 790 metres above sea level Whinlatter Forest Park offers spectacular views of the Lake District and into Scotland.

Databurst

Please note that due to a major rebuild of the Visitor Centre only the shop and toilets are currently open. The shop has relocated onto the bottom car park. The tearoom is also closed. For more information and pictures of the new centre check out the redevelopment page.

Make friends with the Giant Badger who lives next door to the Visitor Centre or learn about food webs on the junior foxtrot trail.

Get some high altitude retail therapy in the Forest Shop

Take a cycling challenge to the summit of Tarbarrel Moss at 493m above see level or choose the easy low level cycle routes.

Name

Grade

Color

Start At

Miles

Hrs

Purple Route

Strenuous

Purple

Whinlatter Visitor Centre

7

1.5

Orange Route

Strenuous

Orange

Whinlatter Visitor Centre

5

1.0

Try one of the breathtaking High Level Walks

Name

Grade

Start At

Miles

Hrs

Grisedale Pike

Strenuous

Revelin Moss Car Park

3.5

4

Lord's Seat & Barf

Strenuous

Whinlatter Visitor Centre

5.0

4

Seat How Viewpoint

Strenuous

Whinlatter Visitor Centre

2.75

2.5

and finish the day by sampling the delights of the Tearoom

Finally choose from eight waymarked trails including Europes first perminant orienteering trail.

Name

Grade

Color

Start At

Miles

Hrs

Revelin Moss

Easy

Yellow

Revelin Moss Carpark

1.75

1.5

Comb Forest

Easy

Red

Whinlatter Visitor Centre

1.75

1.0

Comb Gill

Easy

Blue

Whinlatter Visitor Centre

1.75

1.5

Noble Knott

Moderate

Yellow

Noble Knott Car Park

1

1.0

Noble Knott

Strenuous