The Walk the Lakes series of guidebooks are recognised as being the most popular, definitive and practical walking guidebooks to each of their particular areas.

WALK PATTERDALE and ULLSWATER includes twenty walks around and above:

• Dovedale
• Hartsop
• Brothers Water
• Patterdale
• Grisedale
• Glenridding
• Ullswater
• Glencoyne
• Pooley Bridge
• Howtown
• Fusedale
• Martindale

Undoubtedly the Ullswater Patterdale region provides one of the best and most varied walks in the Lake District National Park.

Outings that explore a superlative landscape from lakeside to the lofty heights and which discover numerous secluded and secretive side valleys. From the high adventures on Helvellyn's Striding Edge to the gentle beauty of Ullswater's sylvan shores, the walking here is quite superb.

The walks selected offer a balanced range of difficulty and duration from easy valley and lakeside outings, with local cafes never far away, walks over moderate hills to very difficult routes over the high fells.

Each walk is presented on a double-page spread with a route summary, a walk description, a clear map outlining the walk, a Fact File box, and photographs illustrating the walk.

The Fact File gives you an instant reference to what you need to know about the walk:

• CLASS (Valley, Low Fell, Intermediate Fell or High Fell)
  
• LENGTH, TIME (the expected time it will take for a walker of average fitness and ability)
  
• DIFFICULTY (Easy, Mildly Difficult, Difficult and Very Difficult)
  
• START and FINISH (the location with Ordnance Survey map reference)
•  MAPS (the numbers of the Ordnance Survey maps that cover the walk - L is at the scale of 1:50,000 and OL is at the larger scale of 1:25,000)
•  HOSTELRIES which detail inns and cafes to be found on or nearby the walk.