Category: Lake District
Welcome to Langdale Life, your home for everything happening in and around Langdale Valley. Located north west of Lake Windermere close to Ambleside, Langdale is a fabulous area to visit, with stunning scenery of the fells and some of the best walking routes the Lakes has to offer.
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One of the things we love the most about running the Three Shires Inn is waking up to a beautiful sunrise in Little Langdale.
But no morning is complete without a good cup of tea or coffee and, for many years now, this has been taken care of by Dave and Gina Pennington and the team at Penningtons Coffee Roasters and Tea Merchants, in Kendal.
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It’s that exciting time of year when Little Langdale begins showing the first signs of spring.
To celebrate we’re launching our spring photo competition, challenging people to get out their cameras and capture their best picture of the season in the Lake District.
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The delightful village of Grasmere is a mecca for visitors to the Lake District, filled with delicious eateries and an array of local gift shops and art galleries. It is also a destination for walkers, with paths leading in all directions into the surrounding cirque of fells.
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Grasmere and Rydal Water are two of the loveliest, yet most accessible, lakes in the Lake District.
Our latest walking loop takes the old Coffin Route from Grasmere to Rydal, passing two of the former homes of poet William Wordsworth, before following the shore of both lakes.
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Ambleside is the closest town to the Three Shires Inn and an easy and pleasant bike ride away.
Our latest walk starts from the very centre of the town, taking in the attractive Stockghyll Force waterfall and then the summit of Wansfell Pike - a fantastic promontory for viewing the higher mountains - before heading back to Ambleside.
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At the Three Shires Inn we love the long days and warm evenings of summer just as much as anyone. But, for us, there is something special about the winter: The mountains rarely look more imperious than when they are covered in snow and is there any better feeling than sitting with a freshly poured pint by a roaring fire?
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The Three Shire's Inn's location at the heart of the Lakes makes it the perfect base to set out and explore some of the area’s best tourist attractions either by foot or on your bike.
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Blea Tarn, with its majestic backdrop of the Langdale Pikes, is one of the most visited tarns in the Lake District.
Aside from its obvious natural beauty, plus the fact it’s a great spot for a refreshing swim in the summer, Blea Tarn is also one of the most easily accessible tarns, with parking right by the shore.
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One of the things we love the most about living in the Lake District is the sheer variety of activities on our doorstep.
The Lakes and Little Langdale have hiking, cycling, mountain biking and climbing to die for, but this is just the beginning.
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As the days lengthen, we are able to turn our attention to taking slightly longer hikes into the higher mountains. Those extra couple of hours of daylight really do make a difference and there is no better feeling than descending from a good day in the fells as the sun sets in the early evening.
This circular walk follows a route from Cockley Beck, over Crinkle Crags and returns via Moasdale. It’s a beautiful outing, but with plenty of steep, slippery, boggy and rocky terrain.
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