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Pictures of Thirlmere

in the county of Cumbria

About Thirlmere

Thirlmere is a reservoir in the Lake District, which was created to supply water to the city of Manchester over 100 miles away. Two small lakes and a village were flooded in order to create the reservoir.

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Watendlath Tarn. Cumbria.   Taken Aug 05 using a Canon Powershot S50

Watendlath (28 Pictures)

in the county of Cumbria

(2.4 miles, 3.9 km, direction W)

A place of great beauty, Watendlath's dramatic landscape inspired writer Sir Hugh Walpole to choose it as the setting for his Rogue Herries series...

Grange in Cumbria

Grange in Borrowdale (15 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cumbria

(3.7 miles, 6.0 km, direction W)

A picturesque village in the Borrowdale valley, one of the most beautiful valleys in England...

Forest covert with moss at Borrowdale

Borrowdale (38 Pictures)

in the county of Cumbria

(3.8 miles, 6.2 km, direction W)

There is little doubt that Borrowdale possess some of the most unforgettable of all in the vast landscape of The Lake District National Park...

From Castlerigg farm campsite, looking towards cat bells. Lake District

Castlerigg (10 Pictures)

in the county of Cumbria

(4.1 miles, 6.7 km, direction NW)

Castlerigg is a favoured destination for tourists, it is easily accessible from the market town of Keswick and is within easy reach of the snaking waters of the pretty River Greta, picturesque becks and fells...

Keswick

Keswick (465 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Cumbria

(5.1 miles, 8.2 km, direction NW)

Keswick is a pretty Market Town that nestles between the spectacular Skiddaw Mountains and the northern end of the serene Derwentwater Lake within the Lake District National Park.....

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A picture of The Bowder Stone

The Bowder Stone (6 Pictures)

(3.7 miles, 5.9 km, direction W)

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The Lake District

The Lake District (1476 Pictures)

(4.5 miles, 7.3 km, direction S)

I first saw the Lake District many years ago, when for eight out of my eleven day sojourn, it rained, and rained! None-the-less,.....

Castlerigg Stone Circle

Castlerigg Stone Circle (41 Pictures)

(4.8 miles, 7.7 km, direction N)

The best time to view Castlerigg Stone Circle is that eyrie time when night is just giving way to dawn. It is then, with a.....

Derwentwater as the daylight starts to go

Derwentwater (424 Pictures)

(5.2 miles, 8.3 km, direction NW)

Derwentwater is one of 16 Lakes set within the Lake District National Park in Cumbria. It is one of the most northerly of the.....

A picture of Threlkeld Quarry and Mining Museum

Threlkeld Quarry and Mining Museum (2 Pictures)

(5.4 miles, 8.7 km, direction N)

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