Path repair and access improvement work on the Coast to Coast in the high fells of the Lake District

Lake District National Park Authority

Publication date 14 July 2025, 4:12pm
Closing 22 August 2025, 12:00pm
Contract locations
UKD12 - East Cumbria
UKD - North West (England)
Lot values
£18,000
£5,000
£40,000
Total value £63,000

The Lake District National Park Authority (LDNPA) invites contractors to submit a tender for the following work
Anglers Crag (Lot 1, estimated value £18,000)
The works will include:
Sourcing and flying appropriate stone
Pitching / better defining the approach for the first section of bedrock
Robust repair to section of revetment wall
Landscaping of side route associated with first section of bedrock
Landscaping section of side route associated with second section of bedrock
Landscaping to remove third side route (if approaching from head of the lake)
Intersect between Loft Beck and Moses Trod (Lot 2, estimated value £5,000, including the price of a provision sum of £1,000 for installation of a replacement gate)
The works will be undertaken by hand, and will include:
Landscaping to reduce to one line through collapse and grade in of banks
Addressing drainage issues, addressing flow of small beck and improve drainage from above
Removal of cairn
Installation of a replacement gate (tbc). A provisional sum of £1,000 has been allocated in the pricing table. Please use this provisional sum for the purpose of tender submission
Approach to Fleetwith Tramway (Lot 3, estimated value £40,000)
The works will include:
Defining/Improving the definitive line (footpath) that joins Fleetwith Tramway (with machine)
Eradicating the line of the “corner cut” and undertaking practical work to reduce its attractiveness
Re-profiling 1,000sqm of peat hags

Path repair and access improvement work on the Coast to Coast in the high fells of the Lake District