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Anyone every tried to back pack from Oxenholme Lake District station to Grizedale camping site via the barge crossing the windermere lake?
I am planning a 4 day trek with a few mates to lake district from London using public transport( most likely trains). We are planning on camping in the Grizedale camp site and during the research have discovered that to get to the camp site we must take another over 3 hour long train from the Oxenholme Lake District station, however walking/treking to the campsite will take 6 hours. I was just wondering if anyone has every tried to do that and any tips/ suggestion you can give regarding anything about lake district would be greatly appreciated. Thank you
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- JonLv 76 years ago
I think there is some kind of mistake here - a 3-hour train journey from Oxenholme would place you in London or Glasgow.
You could certainly walk from the Windermere car ferry (it is not a barge) to Grizedale - it is a walk of about 5 miles.
Having got to Oxenholme station, you catch the local train to Windermere station (about 20 mins) then either walk the 2 miles to the ferry or catch a local bus (frequent) most of the way. Once over the ferry, walk to Grizedale.
If you are coming from the Manchester area, there are through trains to Windermere from there, with no need to change at Oxenholme.
Another possible was of getting to Grizedale is to go to Windermere station as above then get a Coniston-bound bus (from outside the station) to either Hawkshead or the head of Coniston Water. From either of those it is about 4 miles to walk to Grizedale.
The route from Hawkshead is all along roads, while the routes from the ferry and from Coniston Water are both on paths through woodland, featuring steep hills. Hence if you are likely to be arriving late enough to be finding your way in the dark, you might find the Hawkshead route easiest. The others are more fun as walks, but not ideal for a night march.
