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Ambleside (844 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cumbria (0.3 miles, 0.5 km)

Ambleside, meaning "Shieling" or summer pasture by the riverbank, lies next to the northern shore of Lake Windermere. A busy victorian town ideal as a base when visiting the Lake District..

Same stream near Rydal, Lake district

Rydal (62 Pictures)

in the county of Cumbria (1.9 miles, 3.0 km, direction NW)

Rydal in the lake district will be forever associated with the poet William Wordsworth who lived here and whose works reflect the beautiful landscape that so vividly captured his imagination almost from the moment he was born...

Traditional Lakeland Cottage in Troutbeck, Cumbria

Troutbeck (61 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cumbria (2.0 miles, 3.2 km, direction E)

A village that is spread along an old valley road for around one and a half miles. Lots of charm and old cottages, surrounded by beautiful lakeland countryside. Beatrix Potter.....

Leaping fish

Elterwater (25 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cumbria (3.2 miles, 5.2 km, direction W)

Elterwater is barely 200ft above sea level, it is picturesquely set beneath the glories of the Langdale Pikes..

Helm Crag, Grasmere

Grasmere (405 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cumbria (3.5 miles, 5.7 km, direction NW)

This tiny stone village is beautifully set between the tranquil waters of Grasmere Lake and the jagged heights of Helm Crag and Nab Scar..

Lake Windermere, Cumbria

Windermere (273 Pictures)

in the county of Cumbria (3.7 miles, 6.0 km, direction SE)

Lake Windermere is England's largest lake, and one of it's most popular with visitors. It is 10.5 miles long and approx 1 mile wide. The water of the lake reaches a depth of.....

A lakeland croft in Grizedale Forest

Hawkshead (116 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cumbria (3.9 miles, 6.3 km, direction SW)

The pretty village of Hawkshead is full of old-world picturesque charm throughout its traffic-free streets where one can roam freely to investigate all it has to offer in the way.....

Little Langdale

Little Langdale (41 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cumbria (4.0 miles, 6.4 km, direction W)

Little Langdale is a delightful hamlet in a hauntingly beautiful area lying above the Furness Fells...

Bowness Bay in winter.

Bowness on Windermere (218 Pictures)

in the county of Cumbria (4.7 miles, 7.6 km, direction S)

This is the principal resort on Lake Windermere, it is a town crammed with quaint narrow streets jammed full of summer tourists which sprawls along the shores of the lake somewhere between Waterhead and Lakeside...

Waterfall

Coniston (238 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cumbria (6.0 miles, 9.7 km, direction SW)

There is a timelessness about this pretty village which is set beneath the awesome splendour of "The Old Man of Coniston" towering some 2,500ft above...

Patterdale Fells.

Patterdale (16 Pictures)

in the county of Cumbria (7.8 miles, 12.6 km, direction N)

The village of Patterdale is a well known vantage point at the head of Ulleswater, close to Brotherswater...

Pine trees near Torver, Cumbria.

Torver (5 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cumbria (8.3 miles, 13.3 km, direction SW)

The lovely village of Torver is found in rich countryside beside Coniston Water in England's Lake District National Park...

Glenridding Beck, Glenridding

Glenridding (67 Pictures)

in the county of Cumbria (8.4 miles, 13.6 km, direction N)

Glenridding lies in a beautiful area on the south-west side of Ullswater...

The path at the end of Stonethwaite Campsite, used by a lot of walkers

Stonethwaite (5 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cumbria (9.4 miles, 15.1 km, direction NW)

Tucked away in a quiet part of Borrowdale where streams tumble down crags amongst a patchwork of old pack-horse trails, scenery does not come more beautiful than that which surrounds this peaceful hamlet in the Langstrath Valley...

Forest covert with moss at Borrowdale

Borrowdale (38 Pictures)

in the county of Cumbria (10.0 miles, 16.1 km, direction NW)

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

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

Watendlath (28 Pictures)

in the county of Cumbria (10.1 miles, 16.3 km, direction NW)

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...

Hause Farm B&B, Hallin Fell, Martindale, Cumbria

Martindale (2 Pictures)

in the county of Cumbria (10.5 miles, 16.9 km, direction N)

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Ullswater Shore

Ullswater (364 Pictures)

in the county of Cumbria (10.9 miles, 17.5 km, direction N)

Ullswater is considered by many to be the lake districts most beautiful lake. It is 7.5 miles of pure beauty, and as you approach it from any direction you will see why. Ullswater.....

Howgill Church

Kendal (31 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Cumbria (10.9 miles, 17.6 km, direction SE)

Sometimes referred to 'the auld grey town' because it was built mainly of grey stone, Kendal is a large Market town in the east of Cumbria...

Grange Bridge

Grange in Borrowdale (15 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cumbria (11.5 miles, 18.5 km, direction NW)

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

Recommended attractions near Waterhead

Dove Cottage in Grasmere. The one time home of the Poet William Wordsworth

Dove Cottage (6 Pictures)

(3.0 miles, 4.9 km, direction NW)

Dove cottage in the Lake District is the former home of the poet William Wordsworth and is where he wrote much of his famous.....

Tarn Hows 5

Tarn Hows (98 Pictures)

(3.7 miles, 6.0 km, direction SW)

This exceptional magical landscape is known as Beatrix Potter Country. For it is here amongst Lakeland's magnificent tarns and.....

Windermere Boat Museum, Cumbria

Windermere Steamboat Museum (1 Pictures)

(4.1 miles, 6.6 km, direction S)

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Lake Windermere, Summer 2003

Lake Windermere (148 Pictures)

(4.9 miles, 7.9 km, direction S)

This is the Lake District National Park's most dazzling resort as well as being England's largest natural lake. It is surrounded.....

The Lake District

The Lake District (1476 Pictures)

(5.8 miles, 9.4 km, direction NW)

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,.....

Brothers Water from Kirkstone Pass, English Lakes. September 2006. Cannon Powershot 400

Brothers Water (10 Pictures)

(5.8 miles, 9.4 km, direction N)

Dorothy Wordsworth (c.1771-1855, diarist, poet, sister of William ) referred to it as "..the glittering lively lake..". The.....

A view of Langdale Pikes, Little Langdale, Cumbria from Tarn Hows.

Langdale Pikes (45 Pictures)

(6.5 miles, 10.4 km, direction W)

These famous pikes rise loftily above the village of Langdale, whilst below visitors can savour the wild and desolate beauty of.....

Haweswater from Rigging dale ridge, Lake District

Haweswater (7 Pictures)

(9.3 miles, 14.9 km, direction NE)

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Hardknott Roman Fort( Lake District )19th June 2005

Hardknott Roman Fort (3 Pictures)

(10.1 miles, 16.3 km, direction W)

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A picture of The Bowder Stone

The Bowder Stone (6 Pictures)

(11.1 miles, 17.8 km, direction NW)

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Sizergh Castle, near Kendal, Cumbria.

Sizergh Castle (28 Pictures)

(12.3 miles, 19.8 km, direction SE)

This ancient fortress has been the home of the Strickland family for more than 750 years. It began as a 60ft, four storey tower.....

Shap Abbey, near the village of Shap in Cumbria, taken in 1963

Shap Abbey (1 Pictures)

(12.7 miles, 20.5 km, direction NE)

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Castlerigg Stone Circle

Castlerigg Stone Circle (41 Pictures)

(13.4 miles, 21.5 km, direction NW)

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.....

Wast Water

Wast Water (37 Pictures)

(13.4 miles, 21.5 km, direction W)

Wast Water is the deepest lake in England at 280 feet deep. The awesome peaks of Sca Fell and Great Gable tower over the wild,.....

A picture of Threlkeld Quarry and Mining Museum

Threlkeld Quarry and Mining Museum (2 Pictures)

(13.4 miles, 21.6 km, direction N)

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Levens Hall Garden, South Lakes

Levens Hall Garden (24 Pictures)

(13.7 miles, 22.1 km, direction SE)

Levens Hall is a wonderful Elizabethan mansion, which began life as a medieval tower refuge against the Scots, it was completed.....

Derwentwater as the daylight starts to go

Derwentwater (424 Pictures)

(13.8 miles, 22.3 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.....

Lowther Castle with Norman Lowther from Manassas, VA - a direct descendant of Sir Richard Lowther.

Lowther Castle (17 Pictures)

(15.5 miles, 24.9 km, direction NE)

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Dalemain House & Gardens, Penrith, Cumbria

Dalemain House & Gardens (19 Pictures)

(15.8 miles, 25.4 km, direction N)

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A picture of Whinlatter Forest Park

Whinlatter Forest Park (7 Pictures)

(16.1 miles, 25.9 km, direction NW)

If you happen to visit Keswick in Cumbria do not miss out on Whinlatter Forest Park, for this superb gift of nature is a real.....


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