Newlands Pass

Not worth it but it was beautiful just go in summer whatever you do.

It is cool but dangerous at least in winter 1 inch thick ice it is never gritted you go get grit in car on winter as there aren't grit boxes there's also no barriers or fences and it's 300m high the r...

Hang On!

Gorgeous but harrowing drive from Keswick to Buttermere up and over the pass on very narrow roads. The views spread out for miles and miles - up , down and across the valley.

Beautiful but scary!

Beautiful scenery but scary drive. So narrow and when there are two cars coming towards you there's very little space for manoeuvre! An oncoming car was seen reversing around a blind bend, there are ...

Nice drive to Buttermere but very narrow

The Newlands Valley runs from Braithwaite near Keswick and is a great way to approach Crummock Water and Buttermere. Although not as steep as some other Lakeland passes, the road is narrow and you nee...

Warning

Don't use this stretch of road in the winter as it is just plain dangerous. We drove down it today in a SUV and it was covered in ice on most of the road. I used first gear and crawled at a snail's pa...