Walking holidays on the Cumbria Way are self-guided and run from late March to mid-October.
When you book using our fixed price option, we plan your complete holiday, but your accommodation is revealed after booking. We always look for the best accommodation options from our partners. Get your holiday secured quickly and experience the same excellent support from us here at Encounter Walking Holidays.
Our standard itineraries cover the route in 6 days/7 nights.
2026 DATES
10th September - 18th October
2027 DATES
April 1st - 30th
September 1st - 18th October
Two walkers on our standard itinerary (6 days walking/7 nights).
Total cost - £1840 or £920.00 per person
One walker on our standard itinerary (6 days walking/7 nights)
Total cost - £1300
***UPGRADES ARE AVAILABLE ON REQUEST***
A 70-mile journey through the heart of Cumbria and the Lake District, linking the festival town of Ulverston with the historic city of Carlisle, crossing literary landscapes, old mining settlements, mountain passes, deciduous woodlands, and quaint villages.
Keep your eyes peeled for red squirrels, roe deer and otters, to peregrine falcons, buzzards, kestrels and the occasional red kite overhead. Add in firelit pubs, tea & cake, hearty breakfasts, chit-chat, and some of the north’s finest scenery, and it's easy to see why the Cumbria Way is one of England's most popular long-distance trails.
Highlights include Blawith Common, and Beacon Tarn sleeping beneath Coniston Old Man, Tarn Hows, entering iconic Langdale, Derwentwater’s ancient woodlands, and the lonely tracks around Skiddaw House. One day you'll be following a lakeshore into a village, the next you'll be up on the mountain passes with barely a soul in sight.
Scenery on the Cumbria Way changes almost daily. The Langdale Pikes give way to remote Langstrath. Borrowdale's wooded valleys lead to Keswick’s cobbled streets, and the northern fells culminate on High Pike, the highest point on the route, with views spanning to the Lakes, the Pennines, and Scotland.