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Category Archives: Lakes
Rydal Water
Rydal Water is separated from Grasmere by a half mile stretch of the River Rothay yet is one of the Cumbrian lakes that the majority of tourists overlook. Rydal Water is approximatly three quarters of a mile long by a … Continue reading
Grasmere
Grasmere Lake sits a short distance from the most popular little town in the Lake District. The lake is one of the smallest lakes in Cumbria being just under a mile in length a third of a mile wide at … Continue reading
Thirlmere
Thirlmere was origionally two small lakes ‘Brackmere’ and ‘Leatheswater’ although these two names changed continually over the centuries. The two lakes were seperated only by a stream over which was a wooden footbridge thought to have been of Celtic origin. … Continue reading
Haweswater
Haweswater is often overlooked by tourists as it is now classed as a Reservoir feeding water to the City of Manchester yet it is also a beautiful lake in its own right. Prior to the construction of the Reservoir Dam … Continue reading
Coniston Water
Coniston Water is best known as the location for Donald Campbell’s ill fated attempt to smash the world Water Speed Record on the fourth of January nineteen sixty seven. It is also the lake where his father Sir Malcolm Campbell … Continue reading
Brothers Water
Brothers Water is classed as the smallest lake in the Lake District never the less it is extremely beautiful sitting as it does against the very steep Kirkstone Pass the road that leads from Patterdale to Ambleside. Dorothy Wordsworth the … Continue reading
Wastwater
Wastwater is the deepest lake not only in the Lake District but also in the whole of England with its bottom depth of two hundred and fifty eight feet. As such it is a favourite diving venture of Sub Aqua … Continue reading
Elterwater
Elterwater is a small lake in the Langdale Valley. Unfortunately the lake is classed as private property therefore no boating or fishing without permit is allowed, it is understood that fishing permits are available to those staying at the local … Continue reading
Ennerdale Water
Ennerdale Water has no road access directly to the lake and therefore remains remotely cut off from the majority of visitors to the Lake District. It is possible to walk around the lakes eight mile perimeter with only one section … Continue reading
Loweswater
Loweswater is one of the Lake District’s least known lakes with the majority of tourists routed to its sisters in the Buttermere valley, Crummock Water and Buttermere. Perhaps because of this Loweswater remains slightly off the beaten track, serene and … Continue reading
