Thirlmere is one of the less busy areas of the Lake District, usually a view seen from the car as you travel between the tourist centres of Keswick and Ambleside, but the lake provides some stunning views and if you get there at the right time you may see low level flypasts of military aircraft. This 5-mile circular route provides stunning views of the lake and surrounding fells.

Loweswater is one of the smaller of the lakes in the Lakes District and is not as busy as the neighbouring lakes at Buttermere and Crummock Water. This 4 mile circular route provides stunning views of the lake and surrounding fells.

Clints Quarry is a fascinating place not only for wildlife, but for the geology and industrial archaeology including the well preserved lime kilns, which is still noticeable across the nature reserve. The site contains a variety of different habitats from damp marshes, grasslands, forest and water features, both natural and man-made.

Ennerdale Water is the most westerly lake of the Lake District and a Site of Special Scientific Interest. It is also one of the most remote of the lakes in the Lakes District and the only one without a road running around it. .