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Gates leading to Meaburn Hall, Maulds Meaburn, Cumbria

Maulds Meaburn

in the county of Cumbria

A long winding road in Lower Heswall, the area has remained unchanged for around 100 years.

Heswall

in the county of Merseyside

Dawlish lower promenade - June 2009

Dawlish

a Seaside Town in the county of Devon

Pictures of Watendlath

in the county of Cumbria

About Watendlath

Watendlath is a peaceful hamlet set around a trout-filled tarn, in whose waters are mirrored the surrounding fells beneath which the hamlet is crouched. Hundreds of years ago, this isolated spot belonged to the monk's of Fountains Abbey, now it is owned and preserved by the National Trust.

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. Foldhead Farm, seen on the approach to the village, is thought to be Rogue Herries farm in Walpole's tale of Judith Paris.

The village has a scattering of whitewashed cottages and a couple of farms. It is excellent walking country, where walks may be as gentle or as energetic as you wish. There are well signposted paths, leading you through flower scented hedgerows into magical leafy dells. A dense woodland of birch and Scots pine provides a natural habitat for squirrels, other creatures of the wild and sweetly sounding song birds. There is a track leading to Rosthwaite Village and the beautiful Lodore falls. The highest point of the walk to Rosthwaite reveals spectacular views over Borrowdale towards Lakeland's highest peaks, with ever changing light patterns dappling the magnificent slopes of Scafell, Great End and Great Gable. The road to Lodore, contrasts sharply with the trek to Rosthwaite, it is gentle and serene. The little stream that wanders from Watendlath tarn suddenly becomes a towering crescendo as it rushes between the high cliffs of Gowder and Shepherd's crag. In splendid sunlight or swirling, rain kissed mist, these falls are simply magical, an overwhelming, awe-inspiring sight.

Places to visit near Watendlath include: Derwent Water, Lingholm Gardens, Keswick, Borrowdale, The Bowder Stone and Thornthwaite Visitors Centre.

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Grange in Borrowdale (15 Pictures) a Picturesque Village in the county of Cumbria

(1.4 miles, 2.3 km, direction NW of Watendlath)

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Borrowdale (38 Pictures) in the county of Cumbria

(1.8 miles, 3.0 km, direction SW of Watendlath)

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Castlerigg (10 Pictures) in the county of Cumbria

(3.7 miles, 5.9 km, direction N of Watendlath)

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Keswick (465 Pictures) a Historic Market Town in the county of Cumbria

(4.4 miles, 7.0 km, direction N of Watendlath)

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.....

Looking down on Buttermere, Lake District, Cumbria.

Buttermere (102 Pictures) in the county of Cumbria

(6.2 miles, 10.0 km, direction W of Watendlath)

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The Bowder Stone (6 Pictures)

(1.3 miles, 2.1 km, direction W)

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Derwentwater as the daylight starts to go

Derwentwater (424 Pictures)

(4.1 miles, 6.7 km, direction N)

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Castlerigg Stone Circle (41 Pictures)

(4.6 miles, 7.5 km, direction N)

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The Lake District (1476 Pictures)

(4.8 miles, 7.8 km, direction S)

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(5.7 miles, 9.1 km, direction S)

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(6.0 miles, 9.6 km, direction NW)

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