Roamin' with the Romans

United Kingdom

Distance

36 km

Vertical Gain

1,100 m

Roamin' with the Romans is a linear route in the Lake District. It was first described in the 1999 book "Lakeland Mountain Challenges" by Ronald Turnbull and Roy Clayton. Starting at Windermere railway station, the route follows the old Roman Road over High Street to Penrith Castle and railway station. It is 36 km (23 miles) long, with 1100 m (3700 ft) of ascent.

GPS Track

Roamin' with the Romans.gpx97.12 KB

FKTs

Standard route

Female

Unsupported
Sabrina Verjee				5h 23m 1s	2025-10-01
Kaydee Barker				5h 54m 34s	2025-09-28

Comments

I was looking at attempting this one, but found while looking into it further that we're missing FKT logs/history (in chronological order):

A challenge walk was done in 2008, though looks like the results are down by now. Link:
https://ldwa.org.uk/challenge_events/show_event.php?list_option=S&list_…
A variation from Penrith to Ambleside done by Paul Sharkey, Tim Oxburgh, and Stuart Greig in 10h 25m on 30 June, 2012 (unsupported). Links:
http://www.sharkeysdream.co.uk/PAGES/WALKS/20120630.html
https://lonewalker.net/walkinfo.php?walk=394
Elise Downing and a friend (Kirsty?) did it in 6h 25m on 24 September, 2023 (unsupported). Link:
https://www.komoot.com/tour/1320922490

I realize the site editors can't keep up to date on all routes, so I thought I'd drop a comment here to make sure there's credit given :)

Oh and from the GPX file, it is 39.13 km distance with 1,248 m ascent.

Route: Roamin' with the Romans

FKTs

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