Grizedale Lodge Hotel
🏖️ 2.11 miles from Coniston Water, Boating Centre (Sufficient water quality)
Hawkshead
Theme Parks
Go Ape Grizedale
📍 LA22 0QL
Photo: David Dixon (CC BY-SA 2.0), via Wikimedia Commons
- Zip Trekking Adventure with 3km of tandem ziplines
- Classic Treetop Challenge with high platforms and zips
- Treetop Adventure Plus for families and younger explorers
- Café Ambio on site for refreshments
- Forest exhibition, shop, observatory and planetarium nearby
Go Ape Grizedale sits in Grizedale Forest, part of the Lake District National Park near Satterthwaite. It offers high ropes and zip-line adventures, including the signature Zip Trekking Adventure with three kilometres of tandem ziplines, the classic Treetop Challenge, and the gentler Treetop Adventure Plus for families with younger explorers. On site you'll find Café Ambio, a forest shop, picnic area and even an observatory and planetarium. It suits thrill-seekers, families and groups alike, with dogs welcome on leads (though not on the course) and pay-on-exit parking available. If you're staying nearby, Windermere station is 5.6 miles away, Coniston Water's Boating Centre beach is 2.3 miles off, and there are 222 bookable places to stay within five miles.
Practical details
- Parking
- Pay-on-exit parking at the main visitor centre and Kennels car park
- Dogs
- Well-behaved dogs allowed on-site on leads, but not on the course
- Accessibility
- Paths lead to the main building, café, toilets and picnic area
- Booking
- Advance booking recommended as sessions often sell out
- Time needed
- Zip Trekking Adventure takes two to three hours
From the attraction's own website on 8 Oct 2026 — check before you travel.
Facilities
- ✓ Takeaway Food
- ✓ Toilets
- ✓ Gift Shop
- ✓ Parking
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Make a proper break of it — these stays are all within 25 miles.
0.3 mi
1.1 mi
Breasty Haw
🏖️ 2.86 miles from Windermere, Lakeside YMCA (Excellent water quality)
Coniston and Grizedale, North West England
Sleeps 6
£917 per break
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1.2 mi
Bogle Barn
🏖️ 2.8 miles from Windermere, Lakeside YMCA (Excellent water quality)
Coniston and Grizedale, North West England
Sleeps 4
£537 per break
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1.3 mi
Town End Barn
🏖️ 2.77 miles from Windermere, Lakeside YMCA (Excellent water quality)
Coniston and Grizedale, North West England
Sleeps 4
£473 per break
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1.7 mi
Grizedale Camp Site
✓ Quiet corner of the Lake District near Grizedale valley
🏖️ 2.6 miles from Windermere, Lakeside YMCA (Excellent water quality)
Ulverston
1.9 mi
Springwell
Hawkshead and Near and Far Sawrey, North West England
Sleeps 4
£592 per break
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🚆 Or come by train
- Windermere 5.6 miles
- Staveley 8.6 miles
- Foxfield 9.6 miles
Straight-line distances · live departures on each station page