National Trust - Fell Foot — Attraction in Staveley-in-Cartmel

Fell Foot is a National Trust park located at the very southern tip of Windermere in the Lake District, Cumbria, UK. It's a popular spot for families, nature lovers, and anyone looking to enjoy the outdoors. Here's a summary of what you can expect: Activities & Features: Lakeside access: Perfect for paddling, canoeing, paddleboarding, and boating. You can bring your own equipment or hire boats. Dogs are allowed in the water. Picnics and games: Sweeping lawns provide ample space for relaxing, picnics, and various outdoor games. Walks: Enjoy gentle walks along the lakeshore paths, explore the meadows, and discover the pinetum (collection of specimen trees). Children's play area: An outdoor area with swings, a climbing frame, and a small slide. Boathouse Café: A dog-friendly café serving drinks, hot meals, sandwiches, and cakes, with indoor and outdoor seating and views across the lake. There's also an ice cream parlour open in the summer. Active Base: A modern facility with showers, lockers, and underfloor heating, offering daily and annual memberships. Gothic Revival boathouses: Grade II-listed boathouses that house the café and a Victorian boat winch. Orienteering: Four orienteering courses are available. Events: Fell Foot hosts various events, including "Little Explorers" story and nature walks for under 5s, parkrun every Saturday, and sometimes community days with special activities. Ferry: A passenger ferry service operates from Fell Foot to Lakeside (connecting with the Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway and the Aquarium of the Lakes). Dog-Friendly: Fell Foot is very dog-friendly. Dogs are welcome in most areas of the park, including the café, with the exception of the children's play area. It's generally requested to keep dogs on leads in the parkland, along the lakeshore paths, and in the café due to it being a busy family spot. However, you can walk your dog off-lead in the south meadow (unless cattle are grazing). Dogs are allowed in the lake, but always supervise them and be aware of blue-green algae warnings, which can be harmful. Opening Times (general - always check the National Trust website for specific dates and times): Park: Generally open from 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM. Boathouse Café: Generally open from 9:30 AM to 5:00 PM. Facilities: Car parking (free for National Trust members, charge for non-members). Toilets, including accessible toilets and a Changing Places facility. Gift shop. Tramper (all-terrain wheelchair) hire available through Outdoor Mobility (booking required). Fell Foot offers a beautiful and accessible experience by Lake Windermere, with something for...

Ah, Fell Foot Country Park – the Lake District’s most scenic location to be aggressively pelted by disembodied feet.

I came for a peaceful walk by Lake Windermere, but left with a foot-shaped bruise on my forehead and an existential question: Why are there so many feet?

As soon as I stepped out of the car, thwack! – an orthopedic-looking left foot (men’s size 10, if anyone’s missing one) landed squarely in my oat milk latte. A flock of ducks quacked judgmentally. The barista looked unfazed. “Happens a lot,” she muttered, handing me a spoon to scoop it out.

Nature walks? Stunning. Rolling green hills, glistening water, the occasional jogger screaming, “NOT AGAIN!” as another rogue loafer-descended foot comes barreling from the sky. I asked a ranger about it. He sighed, looked wistfully at the horizon, and whispered, “We don’t talk about the footfall.”

The children's play area was charming—until a foot with a croc attached swung from the zipline like some sort of cursed playground vigilante. One kid caught it mid-air and shouted, “I’ve got a leftie!” before exchanging it with another child like Pokémon cards.

Facilities? Immaculate. Toilets clean, tea room cozy, and the gift shop now sells Fell Foot-branded hard hats and foot repellent spray (smells like regret and peppermint).

Pro tips:

Bring a picnic, but maybe wear a helmet.

Don’t look up. That’s when they strike.

If a foot speaks to you… run.

Would I return? Absolutely. Where else can you paddleboard, hike through lush countryside, and leave with a new foot-based trauma and a very stylish pair of...

Visited August 2022. Full day charge £9.00 4 hour charge £7.50

This is a well located, picturesque and extremely popular car park at the southern most access to Windermere.

The main car park is mostly in woodland, providing shade for many of the parked vehicles. There is an overflow car park, which is accessed through the main car park, in an open field, which is only opened during busy periods.

There is good access, directly to the lake, from all areas of the car parks.

There is generally enough space in the parking area for inflating things like kayaks, paddleboards etc. and the walk to the lake is either down-hill from the main car park or on the level from the overflow car park. In either case, parking is at most, around 200 meters from the water.

Within the grounds of Fell Foot Park there is a cafe, ice cream parlour and toilet facilities, all of which were clean and well maintained. Pricing is toward the expensive end but this is to be expected and isn't as bad as many other captive audience locations around the lake land area.

The only negative aspects of this facility are that it suffers from its own popularity by being overcrowded during busy times and drivers need to be wary of the driveways around the site as there are badly maintained sections of roadway which have the potential to cause vehicle damage. The parking app isn't the best, taking a few minutes to install and activate, if you don't already have...