Easy
12.5 miles from GranthamLakeside · Whitwell, Rutland
Rutland Water from Whitwell
2.7 miles Approx. 1 hour 16.5 miles from GranthamEasy
Livestock may be grazing — keep dogs on a lead near animals and follow signs.
The big one: Anglian Water’s reservoir has a 22-mile circuit and a string of shorter waterside legs on tarmac and compacted stone. Dogs on leads at every site and out of the water; not in the nature reserve or on the Sykes Lane beach.
- Livestock possible
- Water
- Pushchair ok
Quick facts
- Distance
- 2.7 miles, there and back
- Time
- 1 hour
- Terrain
- Lakeside
- Parking
- Yes
- Off-lead
- Not recommended
- Enclosure
- Open
- Livestock
- Possible
- Road exposure
- None
- Water
- Reservoir
- Mud
- Low · good after rain
- Pushchair
- Yes
- Toilets
- Yes
- Dog bins
- Yes
- Café or pub
- Harbour Café, Whitwell
- Entry
- Free
Accessibility: Tarmac, compacted stone and boardwalk; accessible routes have gates at least 110 cm wide with gradients up to 1 in 5. Changing Places toilets at Normanton and Whitwell.
The walk
Whitwell to Sykes Lane is 1.2 miles and Whitwell to Barnsdale 1.5 miles along the shore — go one way and back for an hour, or carry on: the full circuit is 22.1 miles (about eight hours), 15.1 without the Hambleton Peninsula, and the peninsula alone is a 7-mile loop.
Dogs must be on a lead at all times, are not allowed in the water, and are not permitted in the nature reserve at Egleton and Lyndon or on the beach at Sykes Lane. Bag and bin waste. Cyclists share the track.
Conditions can change. Keep dogs under appropriate control, close gates, and follow local signage. This is a guide to where to go, not a navigation app.
Current conditions
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- Time
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- Off-lead
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- Parking
- Parking: yes
- Pushchair ok