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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 .
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.
Windermere (/ ˈ w ɪ n d ər m ɪər /) is a town in the civil parish of Windermere and Bowness, in the Westmorland and Furness district in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England; it is within the Lake District National Park. The town lies about half a mile (1 km) east of the lake, Windermere, from which it takes its name. [2]
Millions of litres of raw sewage was pumped into one of the UK's most famous lakes after a fault.
Ambleside & District Golf Club founded in 1903 ended in the late 1950s; Windermere Golf Club is a few miles along the lake's east side. [14] The Armitt Library and Museum opened in 1912 in memory of Sophia and Mary Louisa Armitt is notable as a resource for history. Its main resident collection overviews Lake District artists and writers with ...
Windermere Lake or Lake Windermere may refer to: Windermere, the largest natural lake in England; Windermere Lake (British Columbia), a popular recreational lake ...
The council is expected to increase fees in the face of "unprecedently high inflation".
They include Windermere, which with a length of 11 miles (18 km) and an area of 5.69 square miles (14.73 km 2) is the longest and largest lake in England, and Wast Water, which at 79 metres (259 ft) is the deepest lake in England.