welcome to knobbly stick land!

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coming soon - holidays in Ambleside and Keswick

Welcome to knobbly stick land!


Walking holidays and hiking vacations for all - in the English Lake District, Yorkshire Dales and Ireland.


Guided walking holidays and self-guided walking holidays for all ages and abilities and for all levels of experience and ambition.


Whether you call it walking or hiking, rambling or trekking, Knobbly Stick will have walking holidays or hiking vacations to suit you.


Whether you're a novice hill-walker or an experienced Wainwright collector, Knobbly Stick will have walking holidays to suit you.


Whether you want to be part of a group, or on your own, Knobbly Stick will have a holiday to suit you.


Whether you're coming as a couple, or with a group of friends, or as a solo traveller, Knobbly Stick will have a holiday to suit you.


Knobbly Stick does not run singles holidays as such but we are singles-friendly and, on our hotel-based guided walking holidays, we charge no single supplement.

Langdale Pikes
sunset over the langdale pikes

We specialize in areas we know well - the English Lake District (including many of the summits described in the superb Wainwright guide books), the Yorkshire Dales and County Mayo on the west coast of Ireland.


On a Knobbly Stick self-guided walking holiday, you can choose from

Most Knobbly Stick guided walking holidays last 4 or 5 days and are on a dinner, bed and breakfast basis in comfortable, friendly hotels with a high standard of accommodation. And, new for 2008 we have introduced bargain B&B breaks in the English Lake District.


WARNING!! Do take care, though. Knobbling can become a way of life. Many Knobbly Stickers (or Knobblies, or Knobblers) can’t kick the habit of coming with us to enjoy the great outdoors in the magnificent places we visit…


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