A still lake reflecting the green and brown fells around it under a blue sky with white clouds.
Plan a walk

Walking holidays in the north of England

Inn to inn, with your bags carried

You walk. We book the beds, send the route and move your luggage every morning to the next village.

Know the route

Old stone cottages with a church tower behind them.

Every walker gets a printed route pack, a waterproof map and our phone number.

About us

The Fellward way

A stony path running up a green ridge.F
A small mountain tarn below a bare fell.E
Sheep grazing between dry-stone walls on a green hillside.L
A wooden step stile built into a dry-stone wall.L
Sheep grazing in a green valley at sunrise.W
The remains of an old stone wall crossing a grassy field.A
A stone path leading to old cottages among trees.R
Brown fells folding down to a lake in the valley.D

Fellward is four people in an office above a bakery in Kendal. We have walked every path we sell, slept in every inn and eaten every breakfast. We plan your days so that each one ends somewhere warm.

How it works

Booking

Book a walk in four steps

Most walkers book in March for May and September. We answer the phone ourselves.

A pair of worn leather walking boots.

STEP 01

Pick a path

Five long-distance paths, split into days of 10 to 22 kilometres.

An old stone inn covered in ivy.

STEP 02

We book the inns

Pubs, farmhouses and small hotels, chosen for the bed and the breakfast.

Two pairs of walking boots resting side by side in the sun.

STEP 03 · 04

Walk, and we carry

Leave your bag at reception by nine. It is in your next room by four.

Routes

Where will you walk next?

All five paths
A deep green limestone valley with a road winding along the bottom.

8 days · 7 nights · 13–19 km a day

The Dales Way, Ilkley to Bowness

The gentlest of our paths: riverside almost all the way, through Wharfedale and Dentdale to the shore of Windermere.

£1,085 per person, two sharing

More details
A Roman stone wall running along a grassy ridge.

7 days · 15–20 km a day

Hadrian's Wall Path

Coast to coast along the Roman frontier, with a night in a farmhouse at Once Brewed. From £995.

A lake with small wooded islands seen from a green hillside.

6 days · 10–18 km a day

The Cumbria Way, south half

Ulverston to Keswick by Coniston and Langdale, the best of the Lakes without a summit. From £890.

A walker on a grassy path heading towards distant hills. A group of walkers with rucksacks heading towards a long stone railway viaduct. A small group of walkers climbing a steep grassy hill.

Twelve hundred walkers last year, and not one carried more than a day pack.

See the routes

Included

Carried, booked and fed

Every holiday includes the same four things. Lunch is up to you; most inns will pack one.

A plain inn bedroom with two beds and a bedside lamp.

The beds

En-suite rooms in inns we know by name, never a chain.

A cooked breakfast with eggs, bacon and beans on a blue and white plate.

The breakfast

Cooked, every morning, early enough for a long day.

An old pair of brown walking boots on a rock in the hills, with plants growing out of them.

The bags

One bag each, up to 18 kilos, moved by a man called Pete.

Why Fellward

What makes a walk feel easy

Not the distance. It is knowing where you sleep, that your dry socks are already there, and that someone picks up when you ring at six in the evening, lost above Patterdale. We do those three things, and we leave the hills alone.

Talk to us
A walker with a large rucksack on a grassy path towards bare hills.

Day four, above Dentdale

Stories

Days that walked with you

All stories
  • A woman with a rucksack walking through tall golden grass.

    First long walk

    Sixty-two, and eight days on the Dales Way

  • A walker with a rucksack and poles beside a mountain stream.

    Weather

    What we do when the beck is too high to cross

  • A dry-stone wall and gate below a cloudy sky over green fields.

    The path

    Why we never send you over a summit in October

  • A few sheep standing on a muddy track between fields.

    Locals

    A short guide to the sheep of Swaledale

A walker's leather boots standing on a rock high above a misty valley.

Walkers who chose Fellward

“We have done the Wall three times with three companies. This is the first time every bag was there, every bed was warm, and every breakfast came before half seven.”— Ruth and Colin, Hadrian's Wall Path, June 2026

For you

Before you walk

  1. Walk two long days in a row at home first. The second day tells you more than the first.
  2. Bring boots you have already worn in. New boots are the main reason people stop.
  3. Pack waterproof trousers, even in July. The fells make their own weather.
  4. Save our number in your phone before you leave. We answer until ten at night.
Ask us anything
A walker with a rucksack stepping across a stream on a rocky path.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Need more help? We will call you back the same day.

Contact usA green valley with fields and trees below a sky of white clouds.
How fit do I need to be?
If you can walk 15 kilometres with a few hills and do it again the next day, you can do any of our paths.
Can I add rest days?
Yes. Most walkers add one in the middle, often in Dent, Grasmere or Haltwhistle.
Do you guide the walks?
No. All our holidays are self-guided, with route notes, maps and a phone line.
What if it rains all week?
It might. Every route has a low-level alternative on wet days, written into the notes.
Can I bring my dog?
On most routes, yes. We book dog-friendly rooms and tell you where the stiles are hard.

From the path

Follow the walk

  • A narrow village street of old stone houses in the sun.
  • A path climbing across a bracken-covered hillside.
  • A stone cottage with white windows among trees.
  • A walker with a rucksack crossing a field of long grass.
  • A long stone railway viaduct crossing open moorland.
Rocky fells and green valleys seen from a summit under a cloudy sky.

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