Rydal Water, Windermere

Name: Rydal Water
Address: Windermere, United Kingdom

#1 among attractions in Windermere

Nature, Natural attraction, Top attraction, Lake

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Rydal Water is a small body of water in the central part of the English Lake District, in the county of Cumbria. It is located near the hamlet of Rydal, between Grasmere and Ambleside in the Rothay Valley. ()

Alternative names: Length: 3870 ftWidth: 1140 ftMaximum depth: 55 ftElevation: 187 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 54°26'50"N, 2°59'42"W

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Rydal Water – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Grasmere Lake, Rydal Mount, Loughrigg Tarn, Dove Cottage.

1.1 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Grasmere Lake, Grasmere
28 min walk • Grasmere is one of the smaller lakes of the English Lake District, in the county of Cumbria. It gives its name to the village of Grasmere, famously associated with the poet William Wordsworth, which lies immediately to the north of the lake.
0.5 miE
Wordsworth's Lakeland cottage and gardens
Rydal Mount, Rydal
14 min walk • Rydal Mount is a house in the small village of Rydal, near Ambleside in the English Lake District. It is best known as the home of the poet William Wordsworth from 1813 to his death in 1850. It is currently operated as a writer's home museum.
1.3 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Loughrigg Tarn, Elterwater
35 min walk • Loughrigg Tarn is a small, natural lake in the Lake District, Cumbria, England. It is situated north of Windermere, just north of the village of Skelwith Bridge, and at the foot of Loughrigg Fell.
1 miNW
Historic Wordsworth house and museum
Dove Cottage, Grasmere
26 min walk • Dove Cottage is a house on the edge of Grasmere in the Lake District of England. It is best known as the home of the poet William Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy Wordsworth from December 1799 to May 1808, where they spent over eight years of "plain living, but high thinking".
1.4 miNW
William Wordsworth, Sacred and religious sites, Cemetery
St Oswald's Church, Grasmere
35 min walk • St Oswald's Church is in the village of Grasmere, in the Lake District, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Windermere, the archdeaconry of Westmorland and Furness, and the diocese of Carlisle. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.
1.1 miNW
Natural attraction, Lake, Mountain
Alcock Tarn, Grasmere
29 min walk • Alcock Tarn is a lake in Cumbria, England. It is located high in the fells on Heron Pike, roughly a mile and a half east of Grasmere.
0.6 miE
Garden, Historical place, Convention center
Rydal Hall, Rydal
17 min walk • Rydal Hall is a large detached house on the outskirts of the village of Rydal, Cumbria, in the English Lake District. It has an early nineteenth-century front facade, but includes some earlier fabric.
1.6 miSE
Gothic Revival architecture, Church
St Mary's Church, Ambleside
41 min walk • St Mary's Church is in Ambleside, Cumbria, England. It was built in the 1850s to a design by George Gilbert Scott in Gothic Revival style. The building is Grade II* listed. Notable features include its stone spire, which is a local landmark and an unusual feature in Lake District churches.
0.9 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Loughrigg Fell, Ambleside
22 min walk • Loughrigg Fell is a hill in the central part of the English Lake District. It stands on the end of the long ridge coming down from High Raise over Silver How towards Ambleside, and is separated from its neighbours by the depression of Red Bank.
0.5 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Nab Scar, Grasmere
14 min walk • Nab Scar is a fell in the English Lake District, an outlier of the Fairfield group in the Eastern Fells. It stands above Rydal Water.
1.5 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Low Pike, Rydal
38 min walk • Low Pike is a small fell in the English Lake District. It has a modest height of 508 m and is situated three kilometres north of Ambleside.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to Rydal Water?

Nearby attractions include Dora's Field, Rydal (13 min walk), Rydal Mount, Rydal (14 min walk), Nab Scar, Grasmere (14 min walk), Rydal Hall, Rydal (17 min walk).

How to get to Rydal Water by public transport?

The nearest stations to Rydal Water:

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White Moss Common • Lines: 555, 599 (12 min walk)
Church for Rydal Mount • Lines: 555, 599 (15 min walk)