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This list contains the lakes, tarns and reservoirs in the
Lake District National Park in
Cumbria , England.
Only one body of water,
Bassenthwaite Lake , is traditionally named a lake .
[1] Larger bodies of water in the Lake District are generally named as mere or water , whilst smaller ones are denoted by tarn . Some writers, particularly in the media, refer to Lake Windermere though this use is deprecated.
Physical characteristics of the main lakes
This table gives details of those bodies of water with a surface area of at least 0.1 km².
Map of major lakes
The map shows the locations of the lakes with a volume over 4 x 106 m³ and gives an indication of the volume of water in each lake. The markers suggest this by showing the size of a drop of water where the volume of the drop would be in proportion to the quantity of water in the lake (the diameter of the drop is proportional to the cube root of the lake's volume).
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Major lakes in the Lake District
Lakes, tarns and reservoirs
Alcock Tarn , east of Grasmere, below
Heron Pike
Angle Tarn , north of
Bowfell
Angle Tarn , east of
Patterdale , by
Angletarn Pikes
Bassenthwaite Lake
Beacon Tarn in the Blawith fells, west of Coniston Water
Bigland Tarn near
Haverthwaite
Blackbeck Tarn on
Haystacks
Bleaberry Tarn , north of Red Pike, near
Buttermere
Blea Tarn , near Boot,
Eskdale
Blea Tarn , between
Pike of Blisco and
Lingmoor Fell
Blea Tarn , on Watendlath fell, north of
Ullscarf
Blea Water , below
High Street
Blelham Tarn , west of
Windermere
Blind Tarn , on the east side of the ridge south of Dow Crag
Boretree Tarn , west of the southern end of Windermere
Bowscale Tarn , on the slopes of Bowscale Fell
Brothers Water
Burnmoor Tarn , Between Eskdale and
Wasdale
Buttermere
Chapelhouse Reservoir , south-east of Uldale
Codale Tarn , east of
High Raise and the Langdale Pikes
Cogra Moss , between Ennerdale Water and Loweswater
Coniston Water
Crummock Water
Dalehead Tarn , between
Dale Head and
High Spy
Derwent Water
Devoke Water
Dock Tarn , east of Rosthwaite, south of
Watendlath
Easedale Tarn , west of
Grasmere
Elter Water
Ennerdale Water
Esthwaite Water
Floutern Tarn , north of
Great Borne
Foxes Tarn , north of
Scafell
Goat's Water , west of the
Old Man of Coniston
Grasmere
Greendale Tarn , by Middle Fell near Wasdale
Green Hows tarn
Graythwaite
Upper Green How’s tarn
Graythwaite
Grisedale Tarn , between Fairfield and Dollywaggon Pike
Gurnal Dubs , west of Garnett Bridge
Harrop Tarn , in the Wythburn fells, west of
Thirlmere
Haweswater Reservoir
Hayeswater
Heights Tarn
Helton Tarn , northwest of
Witherslack
High Dam Tarn , west of the southern end of Windermere
High House Tarn , south of
Glaramara
Innominate Tarn , on
Haystacks
Kelly Hall Tarn , south-east of
Torver
Kentmere Reservoir
Knipe Tarn , south-east of
Bowness-on-Windermere
Lanty's Tarn , west of Patterdale
Launchy Tarn , on
Dale Head
Levers Water , on the east side of the Coniston fells
Lily Tarn , north of
Clappersgate
Lingmoor Tarn , on
Lingmoor Fell
Little Langdale Tarn
Little Tarn , near Orthwaite, south of Uldale
Littlewater Tarn , near Bampton
Long Moss , between
Torver and Coniston Water
Loughrigg Tarn , below
Loughrigg
Loweswater
Low Tarn , south of Red Pike, between
Yewbarrow and the
Seatallan -Haycock ridge
Low Water , north of the
Old Man of Coniston
Meadley Reservoir , by Flat Fell, Ennerdale
Mortimere , south of Clappersgate
Moss Eccles Tarn , between
Windermere and Esthwaite Water
Over Water , south of Uldale
Parkgate Tarn , near Eskdale
Potter Tarn , west of Garnett Bridge
Red Tarn (Helvellyn) , below the summit of
Helvellyn
Red Tarn (Langdale) , between
Cold Pike and
Pike of Blisco
Rydal Water
Scales Tarn , below the summit of
Blencathra and Sharp Edge
Schoolknott Tarn , south east of the town of
Windermere
Scoat Tarn , below Red Pike and Scoat Fell
Seathwaite Tarn , west of the Coniston fells
Simpson Ground Reservoir , east of
Staveley-in-Cartmel
Siney Tarn , north of Eskdale
Skeggles Water , between Kentmere and
Longsleddale
Slew Tarn , east of
Skelwith Bridge
Small Water , between
Mardale Ill Bell and
Harter Fell
Sow How Tarn
Sprinkling Tarn , between
Scafell Pike and
Seathwaite Fell
Stickle Tarn, Langdale , below
Pavey Ark in the Langdale Pikes
Styhead Tarn , at the head of Styhead Gill, at
Sty Head Pass , between
Scafell Pike and
Great Gable
Tarn at Leaves on
Rosthwaite Fell
Tarn Hows
Tewet Tarn , below Low Rigg near St John's in the Vale
Thirlmere
Three Dubs Tarn , between Windermere and Esthwaite Water
Three Tarns , between
Bowfell and
Crinkle Crags
Torver Tarn , disused reservoir on Torver Low Common
Tosh Tarn , south east of Wast Water, near the River Irt
Ullswater
Wast Water
Watendlath Tarn
Wet Sleddale Reservoir
Windermere
Wise Een Tarn , between Windermere and Esthwaite Water
Woodhow Tarn , south east of Wast Water, near the River Irt
Yew Tree Tarn , between
Holme Fell and Tarn Hows
Former lakes, tarns and reservoirs
References
^ Bassenthwaite Lake was previously known as either Broadwater or Bastunthwaite Water, according to different sources, but is no longer known by these names.
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"Table of lake facts" . Environment Agency. Archived from
the original on 23 February 2006. Retrieved 25 September 2018 .
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"UK Lakes Portal" . Environmental Information Platform .
NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology . Retrieved 23 May 2016 .
^ Retention time is an approximate value for mean retention time
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"UK Lakes Detail - Blea Water" . Centre for Ecology and Hydrology. Archived from
the original on 11 June 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2017 .
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"UK Lakes Detail - Blelham Tarn" . Centre for Ecology and Hydrology. Archived from
the original on 11 June 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2017 .
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"UK Lakes Detail - Burnmoor Tarn" . Centre for Ecology and Hydrology. Archived from
the original on 11 June 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2017 .
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"UK Lakes Detail - Cogra Moss" . Centre for Ecology and Hydrology. Archived from
the original on 11 June 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2017 .
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"UK Lakes Detail - Devoke Water" . Centre for Ecology and Hydrology. Archived from
the original on 11 June 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2017 .
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"UK Lakes Detail - Easedale Tarn" . Centre for Ecology and Hydrology. Archived from
the original on 11 June 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2017 .
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"UK Lakes Detail - Grisedale Tarn" . Centre for Ecology and Hydrology. Archived from
the original on 11 June 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2017 .
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"UK Lakes Detail - Hayeswater" . Centre for Ecology and Hydrology. Archived from
the original on 11 June 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2017 .
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"UK Lakes Detail - Kentmere Reservoir" . Centre for Ecology and Hydrology. Archived from
the original on 11 June 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2017 .
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"UK Lakes Detail - Levers Water" . Centre for Ecology and Hydrology. Archived from
the original on 11 June 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2017 .
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"UK Lakes Detail - Over Water" . Centre for Ecology and Hydrology. Archived from
the original on 11 June 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2017 .
^ Maberly, S.C.; De Ville, M. M.; Thackeray, S.J.; Ainsworth, G.; Carse, F.; Fletcher, J. M.; Groben, R.; Hodgson, P.; James, J. B.; Kelly, J. L.; Vincent, C. D.; Wilson, D. R.
"A survey of the lakes of the English Lake District: The Lakes Tour 2005" (PDF) .
Natural Environment Research Council . p. 9. Retrieved 6 February 2022 .
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"UK Lakes Detail - Seathwaite Tarn" . Centre for Ecology and Hydrology. Archived from
the original on 11 June 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2017 .
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"UK Lakes Detail - Tarn Hows" . Centre for Ecology and Hydrology. Archived from
the original on 11 June 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2017 .
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"UK Lakes Detail - Wet Sleddale Reservoir" . Centre for Ecology and Hydrology. Archived from
the original on 11 June 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2017 .
^ Overall figures for Windermere derived from the two lake portions listed separately here.
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"Dam-busters will put part of Cumbria back together" .
The Mail . 24 February 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2018 .