Wastwater

Gallery - Western Lakes, Wastwater and Ennerdale

The most spectacular mountain scenery lies in the west of the Lake District where England's highest mountain, Scafell Pike, towers over the head of the valley of Wadale. Historic rock climbs are here and on Great Gable and Pillar Rock. Wasdale's tiny Church, St Olaf's, has interesting gravestones of mountaineers. To the south of Wastwater is unspoilt Eskdale where the village of Boot is the terminus of 'La'al Ratty', a narrow-gauge railway that starts at Ravenglass on the coast. Ennerdale is one of the quietest lakes where pleasant walks on Forestry Commission tracks lead along the lake overlooked by Pillar mountain.

Bassenthwaite Lake and snow-covered Skiddaw seen from Sale Fell

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With Ullock Pike between
Bassenthwaite Lake and snow-covered Skiddaw seen from Sale Fell

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From Sale Fell
View across Wythop Valley from Sale Fell

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View across Wythop Valley from Sale Fell
Skiddaw, Ullock Pike and Dodd Fell seen from Sale Fell

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From above the Wythop Valley over Bassenthwaite Lake with the Helvellyn range in the distance
Skiddaw and Ullock Pike seen from Sale Fell

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Glimpse of Bassenthwaite Lake beyond the Wythop Valley
Skiddaw and Ullock Pike seen from Sale Fell

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Grown out hedgerow above the Wythop Valley
Broughton High Bridge over the River Derwent, Cumbria

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Old stone bridge with Brigham Church and western fells in the background
Broughton High Bridge over the River Derwent, Cumbria

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Old stone bridge with Cockermouth and Skiddaw in the distance
Spectators with binoculars watching a hound trail

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at Wasdale Show with Great Gable beyond
The start of a hound trail

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at Wasdale Show with Great Gable beyond
Packhorse bridge over the Mosedale Beck at Wasdale Head

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With Pillar Fell beyond
A line of Herdwick sheep on the craggy fellside above Boot in Eskdale ...

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... with a distant view of Scafell