WE asked readers for their favourite festive walks. With so many spectacular walks it's a tough job narrowing the list down to just 10.

1. Borger Dalr, Borrowdale

Climb Castle Crag, the site of a hill fort some 2,000 years ago, which offers some of the finest views you will ever see. Take a moment to pause at Peace How, a small summit bought for the nation in 1917 as a place where returning soldiers returning could find some tranquillity.

2. Corpse Road, Loweswater

Loweswater is a really pretty little lake and the woodlands which surround it are home to a number of red squirrels. It's worth heading off on this walk after rain as Holme Force Falls are at their best on a soggy day.

3. Coniston

Coniston itself is a walkers' paradise with many making the summit of the Old Man their goal. Foodies should seek out nearby Yew Tree Farm, another National Trust tenant which sells delicious farm-bred Herdwick and Belted Galloway meat.

4. Greendale and Middle Fell

These valleys are an exceptional treat. For a quirky picnic point, stop at Greendale Tarn – it's set in a deep hollow and its stream looks like it's flowing the wrong way.

5. Tom Gill to Tarn Hows, Coniston

This idyllic fell-top tarn offers one of the most iconic views in the Lake District. Those with more walking experience should try this short steep approach to the tarn past Tom Gill Beck – pick a clear day for stunning views across Wetherlam and the Coniston fells.

6. Ash Landing and Claife Heights, Windermere

This area boasts majestic views – an attraction which the Victorians, in particular, made the most of. Claife Heights, on the lake's western shore, featured in one of the first guidebooks to the Lakes, written by Thomas West in 1778.

7. Seathwaite to Sty Head and Grains Gill

It's unusual to see bridges designated as Grade I listed, but Stockley Bridge has been given that protection. It's on an old packhorse route where wool and coal were transported for centuries.

8. Ambleside to Troutbeck

National Trust rangers found the tallest tree in Cumbria and the tallest grand fir in England towering above its neighbours in Skelghyll Woods near Ambleside. At 57.8 metres, its top branches are higher than Nelson's Column.

9. Buttermere to Rannerdale

The trees at the southern tip of Buttermere, known as The Sentinels, are said to be the most photographed in the country. Crummock Water is fed by Scale Force, the highest falls in the Lake District.

10. Friar's Crag, Keswick

A view described by John Ruskin as one of the three most beautiful scenes in Europe, Friar's Crag is a promontory jutting into Derwentwater looking out towards Derwent Isle.