Loweswater

#496 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Nature, Natural attraction, Lake

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Loweswater is one of the smaller lakes in the English Lake District. The village of Loweswater is situated to the east of the lake. ()

Alternative names: Length: 5906 ftWidth: 1804 ftMaximum depth: 52 ftElevation: 397 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 54°34'60"N, 3°21'22"W

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Loweswater – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Crummock Water, Scale Force, Whiteless Pike, Cogra Moss.

2.7 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Crummock Water
70 min walk • Crummock Water is a lake in the Lake District in Cumbria, North West England situated between Buttermere to the south and Loweswater to the north. Crummock Water is 2.5 miles long, 0.6 miles wide and 140 feet deep. The River Cocker is considered to start at the north of the lake, before then flowing into Lorton Vale.
3.3 miSE
Natural attraction, Nature and wildlife, Park
Scale Force, Lake District National Park
85 min walk • Scale Force is considered the highest waterfall in the English Lake District. Opinions vary about how its precise height is calculated, but the total height is normally stated as 170 feet. It lies on the stream Scale Beck.
3.8 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Cliff
Whiteless Pike
98 min walk • Whiteless Pike is a fell in the north-western English Lake District. It stands immediately east of Crummock Water and forms a pyramid shape when viewed from Rannerdale.
2.2 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Cogra Moss
58 min walk • Cogra Moss is a shallow reservoir to the east of the village of Lamplugh on the western edge of the English Lake District. It was created by the damming of Rakegill Beck in about 1880, though its function as a water supply ceased in 1975.
2.5 miSW
Hill
Knock Murton, Frizington
63 min walk • Knock Murton or Murton Fell is a hill of 464.4 metres in the north west of the Lake District, England. It lies in the Borough of Copeland in Cumbria. It is classed as a Fellranger, being described by Richards in his book series. It is among the 21 such summits which are not included in Wainwright's list of 214.
3.4 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Rannerdale Knotts
88 min walk • Rannerdale Knotts is a fell in the Lake District of Cumbria, England. Rising from the Buttermere valley, it is one of the smaller Cumbrian hills and is overlooked by a number of surrounding fells, such as Grasmoor, Whiteless Pike and, across Crummock Water, Mellbreak and the High Stile ridge.
3.8 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Hopegill Head
97 min walk • Hopegill Head is a fell in the English Lake District in Cumbria. It is located nine kilometres west of the town of Keswick and is well seen from the B5292 road which crosses the Whinlatter Pass.
3.3 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Great Borne
85 min walk • Great Borne is a fell in the English Lake District with a height of 616 m. It is a rather secluded hill situated at the western end of the long ridge which divides the Ennerdale and Buttermere valleys.
3.2 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Grasmoor
83 min walk • Grasmoor is a mountain in the north-western part of the Lake District, northern England. It is the highest peak in a group of hills between the villages of Lorton, Braithwaite and Buttermere, and overlooks Crummock Water.
1.8 miE
Hill
Brackenthwaite Hows, Cockermouth
47 min walk • Brackenthwaite Hows is a hill in the Lake District of North West England. Crummock Water, Looking Towards Buttermere, a view from the hill was painted by J. M. W. Turner in 1797.
3.1 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Whiteside, Lake District National Park
79 min walk • Whiteside is a fell in the north-western area of the English Lake District. It stands at the western end of the Grisedale Pike- Hopegill Head ridge overlooking Crummock Water.