Where to go in the lake district?

[foodpoison]

I want to go to the lake district for a few days during Easter with some mates and some bikes.
Just getting some ideas together, where abouts to camp, etc.

Where have you stayed? What have you done? etc.

 

[Stokie 47]

We've stayed at a caravan park at Grange over Sands, but its too far away from the best scenic parts, and a B & B in Ambleside, which was perfect.
For biking, I suggest you look around Grizedale Forest, between lakes Windermere and Coniston

http://www.forestry.gov.uk/grizedalehome

 

[Freester]

So much to do.

Would recommend if it is your first time base yourself near Ambleside or Keswick. Get yourself a walk or ride book or two and do what you fancy.

My recommendation would be base yourself in / near Ambleside and walk the Fairfield Horseshoe as a nice day out.

Are you biking off or on road? Loads of MTB routes up there also. Good stuff in Grizedale and also nice easy riding in the Claife Heights / Hawkshead region. Tougher stuff over High Street or Hellvellyn.

 

[TheBigYin]

And be prepared, if you're going at Easter - it's going to be heaving everywhere - most of the popular bridleways for MTB's are going to be wall-to-wall with red-socks, so don't expect to be able to hoon down them at anything like an interesting speed. In short, for easter weekend, be a tourist, do tourist-ey stuff, then stay on for the end of the week and do the bikey stuff when it's quieter.

As far as campsites - try Coniston Hall Campsite if it's a lads trip (not really family campsite at easter, maybe a bit crowded) or possibly Side Farm in Patterdale.