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Windermere or Lake Windermere [a] is a ribbon lake in Cumbria, England, and part of the Lake District. [5] It is the largest lake in England by length, area, and volume, but considerably smaller than the largest Scottish lochs and Northern Irish loughs .
The village of Windermere is located on the east side of the lake, and the larger town of Invermere is located on the lake's northwestern corner. The average depth of the lake is only 15 feet (4.6 m). Lake Windermere is a popular vacationing spot, especially for residents of Calgary, which is a three-hour
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.
The Kendal and Windermere Railway was the first to penetrate the Lake District, reaching Kendal in 1846 and Windermere in 1847. The line to Coniston opened in 1848 (although until 1857 this was only linked to the national network by ferries between Fleetwood and Barrow-in-Furness); the line from Penrith through Keswick to Cockermouth in 1865 ...
The Brockhole Lake District Visitor Centre, also known as the Brockhole National Park Visitor Centre, is a visitor centre and tourist attraction managed by the Lake District National Park Authority. It is situated on the shore of Lake Windermere , roughly equidistant between the towns of Bowness-on-Windermere and Ambleside .
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Map of Belle Isle, Windermere. Belle Isle is the largest of 18 islands on Windermere, a mere in the English Lake District, [1] and the only one ever to have been inhabited. [1] It is 1 km in length. It is rumoured that in Roman times a villa was once built on the island, with a possible connection to the Roman fort at Ambleside. [2]
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