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    Getting there
    Walking  By foot
    Little Langdale is served by a network of footpaths and bridle ways, including the Cumbria Way long distance trail. The village of Elterwater is 1½ miles away, along a bridlepath. For more information go to The Cumbrian Way.
     
    Cycling  By bike
    Excellent cycle links by both road and bridle way. National Cycle Network route 37 passes through the valley, linking Ambleside to Ulverston. For more information go to Sustrans
     
    Bus  By bus
    516 Langdale Rambler, Ambleside-Dungeon Ghyll (via Great Langdale). Alight Elterwater, 1½ miles away. From here there is a quiet road, suitable for pedestrians, to Little Langdale. For more information go to Transport Direct.
     
    Train  By train
    Windermere railway station 8½ miles away, then catch a bus to Ambleside for the Langdale Rambler bus to Elterwater.
     
    Road directions  By road
    A593 Ambleside-Coniston and B5343 both pass close by. Minor roads then lead into Little Langdale Valley on the way to the Wrynose and Hardknott passes, or, take the road towards Great Langdale, via the Blea Tarn Pass (both routes are steep and narrow in places).
     
    Car parks  Car parks

    Little Langdale
    OS: NY295034, free parking, limited informal parking throughout the length of the valley

    Blea Tarn
    OS: NY295043, pay & display (NT members free)

    Three Shires Inn, Little Langdale (not NT)
    OS: NY316034, free parking, very limited parking here
     
    Ordnance Survey map  Ordnance Survey maps
    Explorer OL6 and OL7
    Landranger 89 and 90
     

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    Low and High Hall Garth National Trust holiday cottages at Little Langdale
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