Start at the Tourist Information Centre in Windermere and walk up to the main Keswick-Kendal (A591) road and turn right. Go up the hill passing Orrest Head Farm on the right hand side, keep heading up the hill past Alice Howe until you reach a large wooden gate on your right hand which will lead into rough land.

Go through the gate and follow the track for approximately 200 yards to reach a Y-junction. Head right and go through a wooden gate and continue along the track, when you reach the opposite corner of the field turn left across a stile.

Carry on alongside the right hand wall then take a sharp turn to your right. Continue along keeping parallel with a wire fence to reach a wooden stile. Watching out for any passing trains!!! Go straight across the railway line to enter the field opposite. Follow the footpath for approximately 50 yards then turn left to climb over a stile. Cross over the beck to join a track and turn right to reach a Y junction. Turn left at the signpost for School Knott and continue along until you reach a gate.

On the opposite side of the gate turn left following the public footpath sign and follow the grass path going down to reach a wooden stile. Go over the stile and turn right, at this point look up and you will see School Knott – the shape resembles a saddle. Go on up the path to reach the highest peak. To go down from the top you need to locate School Knott Tarn, which is visible from 350 yards away. Go down across the grass directly towards the Tarn to go through a swing gate adjacent to a second gate.

Walk towards the edge of the Tarn heading left to walk beside a gully on the left. After a short distance go through the second gate you pass. Carry along a double-rutted track which gradually goes downwards to come to a Y junction.

Continue straight ahead through a large wooden gate, once through the gate proceed for a short distance then turn left off the main track.