#OwnTheGreyDay
The Grey Day Guide.
Real places in Britain that are better in the rain: where to walk, where to stay, and where to dry off.
Walk
Better after a downpour.
Yorkshire Dales
Ingleton Waterfalls Trail
A loop of falls and gorges that only gets louder the more it rains.
Open in maps ↗Ullswater, Lake District
Aira Force
Woodland paths up to a 20-metre fall. Wet days are its best days.
Open in maps ↗Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons)
Waterfall Country
The Four Falls trail, where you can walk behind Sgwd yr Eira.
Open in maps ↗Dartmoor, Devon
Lydford Gorge
A deep, mossy gorge and the White Lady waterfall. Mud guaranteed.
Open in maps ↗Forest of Dean
Puzzlewood
Ancient, tangled woodland that looks even stranger in drizzle.
Open in maps ↗
Stay
Fires, flagstones, drying rooms.
Wasdale, Lake District
Wasdale Head Inn
A climbers’ inn under England’s highest mountains, built for wet boots.
Open in maps ↗Great Langdale, Lake District
Old Dungeon Ghyll
Walkers’ hotel at the head of the valley, with a famous stone-floored bar.
Open in maps ↗Yorkshire Dales
Tan Hill Inn
Britain’s highest pub. When the weather closes in, you stay in.
Open in maps ↗Glencoe, Highlands
Clachaig Inn
Glencoe’s classic hikers’ inn, with whisky and a roaring welcome.
Open in maps ↗Eryri (Snowdonia)
Pen-y-Gwryd Hotel
Where the 1953 Everest team trained. Rain is part of the heritage.
Open in maps ↗
Eat & dry off
Somewhere warm to steam gently.
Great Langdale, Lake District
Sticklebarn
National Trust pub with a fire and room for muddy walkers.
Open in maps ↗Loweswater, Lake District
Kirkstile Inn
Old fell-side inn with its own brewery and low beams.
Open in maps ↗Harrogate, North Yorkshire
Bettys
The rain-proof tea room. Queue under the canopy, then fat rascals.
Open in maps ↗
Not sponsored. Check opening times, paths and conditions before you go; some rain-swollen trails close in floods. Know a place we should add? Reply to any of our emails.
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