Top 20 Walking Locations in Cumbria from Ordnance Survey

We’re loving the new data visualisations from Ordance Survey and their league table of the most popular walking routes in the UK.

It’s not too surprising to learn that of the most popular walking routes in the UK, the Lake District tops a league table. The new league tables of favourite British routes are compiled from 10 years of routing data from Ordnance Survey’s digital outdoor products.

The analysis of over half a million routes reveals just how highly revered the Lake District is. Eighteen of the top twenty most popular places to create a route fall in the heart of the Lake District National Park, close to  popular tourist locations Keswick, Ambleside, Grasmere, Helvellyn and Scafell Pike. The other two top twenty places are in Snowdonia.

OS has also produced a league table of the most popular towns and cities where people like to create routes. Again the Lake District prevails with Keswick and Ambleside topping the table, clearly ahead of nearest rivals Guildford and the City of Westminster. See below for the full tables.

Nick Giles, Managing Director of Ordnance Survey Leisure, says: “For centuries the Lakes have held a special place in people’s hearts, and we know the area is loved by map users, because the region frequently tops our bestselling paper maps. However, when we started examining this data and looking at the route-creating habits of people we weren’t expecting the Lake District to dominate so strongly. We live in such a spectacular and varied country, so if you can’t make it to the Lakes you could try exploring your own county. As in life the less well travelled paths can be the most rewarding.”

Route Data Visualisations

There are 500,000 plus routes that have been illustrated in a series of stunning data visualisations created by OS cartographer Charley Glynn. Also responsible for taking the look of digital mapping to the next level with his design for the recent app release OS Maps, Charley said: “What I find amazing is that the people who have created these routes for their outside adventures have logged almost every bit of British coastline, neatly framing the rest of the data and giving the illusion you are looking at a map of Great Britain. The darker, thicker areas illustrate the higher concentration of routes and reveal popularity.

Top 20 locations (by 1km grid square) and number of routes

OSGB GridRef: NY2107 – Scafell Pike Summit – 2172

OSGB GridRef: SH6054 – Snowdon Summit – 2111

OSGB GridRef: NY2308 – Allen Crags (Near Scafell Pike) – 1918

OSGB GridRef: NY2208 – Great End (Near Scafell Pike) – 1908

OSGB GridRef: NY2806 – Langdale Fell (Cumbria Way) – 1865

OSGB GridRef: NY3415 – Helvellyn Summit – 1793

OSGB GridRef: SD8072 – Horton in Ribblesdale – 1593

OSGB GridRef: NY2514 – Rosthwaite – 1576

OSGB GridRef: NY3308 – Grasmere (North) – 1558

OSGB GridRef: NY1807 – Wast Water (North) – 1551

OSGB GridRef: NY2623 – Keswick – 1539

OSGB GridRef: NY2407 – Rossett Pike (Near Scafell Pike) – 1531

OSGB GridRef: NY3414 – Nethermost Pike (Near Helvellyn) – 1527

OSGB GridRef: NY3704 – Ambleside – 1520

OSGB GridRef: NY3816 – Glenridding – 1519

OSGB GridRef: NY2209 – Great Slack (Near Scafell Pike) – 1515

OSGB GridRef: NY2906 – Langdale Fell (Cumbria Way) – 1491

OSGB GridRef: NY3511 – Fairfield Summit – 1487

OSGB GridRef: NY3307 – Grasmere (Centre) – 1467

OSGB GridRef: NY2109 – Sty Head (Near Scafell Pike) – 1431

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