St Bega’s Way – Andy Bull

The information on this page supplements the material to be found in Chapter 1 of the book Cumbria’s Pilgrim Routes: St Bega’s Way

The route is divided into eight stages.

Download maps of the route and follow them on your phone

Should you choose to follow the route outlined below, please be aware of the following disclaimer

Disclaimer

You discharge the author, and Amberley, or any associated individual concerned, of all liability for any injuries caused by or in any way related to your decision to walk any of these routes.

If you have the OS maps app, you can download the eight stages of the route below

Credit: I have adapted these routes from ones on the Komoot app, reworking where I felt necessary

1 St. Bees to Ennerdale Bridge

2 Ennerdale Bridge to Borrowdale

3 Borrowdale to Bassenthwaite Lake

4 Bassenthwaite Lake to Lorton

5 Lorton to Buttermere

6 Buttermere to Wasdale Head

7 Wasdale Head to Gosforth

8 Gosforth to St Bees

Other ways to download route maps

Route map for St Bega’s Way Stage 1 by Andy Bull on plotaroute.com

To follow this route on your phone…

Open this page on your phone

Click on the white arrow in the middle of the map above

You will see a run-through of the route and, once done, the ‘expand to fill’ icon top right will go white

To follow the map without downloading…

Click the arrow icon at bottom right on the map

This finds your location, and enables you to see where you are on the route.

NOTE If you are not on the route (eg at home before you set out) then the map display will adjust to your current location. You need to be at the start of the route, or at some point on it, for navigation along it to be possible by this method.

It’s much better to download the map to your phone.

To download the route and follow it on your phone…

Click on the dropdown menu (at top right) and select the ‘download’ option from the list

On the screen that opens you are given options on tailoring your download. Make any adjustments you want and then…

Click the orange ‘download’ button.

Choose the option ‘Save to files’

You will be asked which app you want to open it in.

Options will be presented to you, but you may have to click on ‘…’ at the end of the row to find the app you want. Clicking here brings up a list of all the apps on your phone, and you can select the one you want.

Among the many map reading apps are OS (The Ordnance Survey), which I use in the subscription version, OpenStreetMap and Komoot.

Follow the instructions in your chosen app to save and follow the route

For the other seven stages

Click on the links below, which will open the chosen map in Plotaroute, then follow the instructions above.

2 Ennerdale Bridge to Borrowdale

3 Borrowdale to Bassenthwaite Lake

4 Bassenthwaite lake to Lorton

5 Lorton to Buttermere

6 Bttermere to Wasdale Head

7 Wasdale Head to Gosforth

8 Gosforth to St Bees

Public transport options