Satellite navigation
Here's a list of handy postcodes to villages and towns in the National Park, useful if you're using satellite navigation or, as it's also known, sat nav. Where possible the postcodes used are of the local post office.
- Ambleside - LA22 9BU
- Bassenthwaite - CA12 4QH
- Bootle - LA19 5TF
- Bowness-on-Windermere - LA23 3HJ
- Buttermere - CA13 9UZ
- Broughton-in-Furness - LA20 6BJ
- Coniston Village - LA21 8DU
- Caldbeck - CA7 8EA
- Elterwater - LA22 9HP
- Glenridding on Ullswater - CA11 0PA
- Grasmere - LA22 9PZ
- Hawkshead - LA22 0NS
- Hesket Newmarket - CA7 8JG
- Keswick - CA12 5DQ
- Loweswater - CA13 0RU
- Patterdale - CA11 0NW
- Pooley Bridge - CA10 2NP
- Ravenglass - CA18 1SG
- Seatoller- CA12 5XN
- Staveley - LA8 9LN
- Troutbeck - LA23 1PF
- Visitor Centre at Brockhole, overlooking Windermere LA23 1LJ
- Wasdale Head - CA20 1EX
- Windermere - LA23 1AH
and for our Head Office in Kendal - LA9 7RL. Check out Contact Us for directions to various LDNPA offices and locations.
Check ahead
Please don't rely just on your Sat Nav, as the quickest way may not be suitable for your vehicle. Caravans and lorries in particular have got stuck on tight corners and narrow lanes. Check the route carefully in advance for gradient and narrowness. Hardknott Pass, Wrynose Pass and Honister Pass are among the steepest roads in the country. One way systems and road layouts sometimes change, so please always follow local directions and signs.
Useful links (open in new window)
- The AA
- Frixo up-to-date road reports
- Keswick Car Share Scheme - for Keswick and the rest of Cumbria
- Multimap - if you know start and end postcodes, use the Directions button at the top
- RAC route planner
- Wikipedia - Hardknott Pass
Want even more visitor information?
Visit Golakes (opens in new window), the official website of the tourist board for The Lake District and Cumbria. Browse and book accommodation and attractions online and see what's on in the area.
