This list contains the lakes, tarns and reservoirs in the

Lake District National Park The Lake District National Park is a national park in North West England that includes all of the central Lake District, though the town of Kendal, some coastal areas, and the Lakeland Peninsulas are outside the park boundary. The area was desi ...

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, England. Only one body of water,

Bassenthwaite Lake Bassenthwaite Lake is one of the largest water bodies in the English Lake District. It is long and narrow, approximately long and wide, but is also extremely shallow, with a maximum depth of about . It is the only body of water in the Lake ...

, is traditionally named a ''lake''.Bassenthwaite Lake was previously known as either Broadwater or Bastunthwaite Water, according to different sources, but is no longer known by these names. 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).

Lakes, tarns and reservoirs

* Alcock Tarn, east of Grasmere, below

Heron Pike Heron Pike is a fell in the English Lake District, two kilometres east of Grasmere. It is part of the Fairfield group in the Eastern Fells. It should not be confused with the Heron Pike that forms part of Sheffield Pike, although it appea ...

* Angle Tarn, north of

Bowfell Bowfell (named ''Bow Fell'' on Ordnance Survey maps) is a pyramid-shaped mountain lying at the heart of the English Lake District, in the Southern Fells area. It is the sixth-highest mountain in the Lake District and one of the most popular ...

* Angle Tarn, east of

Patterdale Patterdale (Saint Patrick's Dale) is a small village and civil parish in the eastern part of the English Lake District in the Eden District of Cumbria, in the traditional county of Westmorland, and the long valley in which they are found, also ...

, by Angletarn Pikes *

* Beacon Tarn in the Blawith fells, west of Coniston Water * Bigland Tarn near

Haverthwaite Haverthwaite is a small village and civil parish in the Furness region of Cumbria, England. It is also within the boundaries of the Lake District National Park. It is located several miles east of Ulverston and is near the southern end of Winde ...

* Blackbeck Tarn on Haystacks * Bleaberry Tarn, north of Red Pike, near

Buttermere Buttermere is a lake in the Lake District in North West England. The adjacent village of Buttermere takes its name from the lake. Historically in Cumberland, the lake is now within the county of Cumbria. Owned by the National Trust, it forms p ...

* Blea Tarn, near Boot, Eskdale * Blea Tarn, between Pike of Blisco and

Lingmoor Fell Lingmoor Fell is a fell in the English Lake District, situated eight kilometres (five miles) west of Ambleside. The fell reaches a height of 469 m (1,540 ft) and divides the valleys of Great Langdale and Little Langdale. The fell's na ...

* Blea Tarn, on Watendlath fell, north of

Ullscarf Ullscarf is a fell in the English Lake District close to the geographical centre of the Cumbrian hills. It forms part of the watershed between the Derwentwater and Thirlmere catchments, a ridge running broadly north-south. Topography Ulls ...

* Blea Water, below

High Street High Street is a common street name for the primary business street of a city, town, or village, especially in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth. It implies that it is the focal point for business, especially shopping. It is also a metonym fo ...

* Blelham Tarn, west of

Windermere Windermere (sometimes tautology (language), tautologically called Windermere Lake to distinguish it from the nearby town of Windermere, Cumbria (town), Windermere) is the largest natural lake in England. More than 11 miles (18 km) in leng ...

* 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 Burnmoor Tarn, on Eskdale Fell in Cumbria, England, is one of the largest entirely natural tarns in the Lake District. Its waters flow into Whillan Beck at the tarn's north-eastern corner, which immediately turns south and flows into Eskdale, ...

, Between Eskdale and

Wasdale Wasdale () is a valley and civil parish in the western part of the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England. The River Irt flows through the valley to its estuary at Ravenglass. A large part of the main valley floor is occupied by Wastwa ...

Chapelhouse Reservoir Chapelhouse Reservoir is a water reservoir near Uldale in Cumbria, England. History The reservoir, which is around long, was built by John Laing & Son in around 1900.Ritchie, p. 26 It involved damming the River Ellen above Uldale to provid ...

, south-east of Uldale * Codale Tarn, east of High Raise and the Langdale Pikes *

Cogra Moss Cogra Moss is a shallow reservoir to the east of the village of Lamplugh Lamplugh () is a scattered community and civil parish located in West Cumbria on the edge of the English Lake District and historically part of Cumberland. It had a p ...

, between Ennerdale Water and Loweswater *

Coniston Water Coniston Water in the English county of Cumbria is the third-largest lake in the Lake District by volume (after Windermere and Ullswater), and the fifth-largest by area. It is five miles long by half a mile wide (8 km by 800 m), has ...

Crummock Water Crummock Water is a lake in the Lake District in Cumbria, North West England situated between Buttermere to the south and Loweswater to the north. Crummock Water is long, wide and deep. The River Cocker is considered to start at the north of ...

* Dalehead Tarn, between

Dale Head Dale Head is a fell in the north-western sector of the Lake District, in northern England. It is 753 metres or 2,470 feet above sea level and stands immediately north of Honister Pass, the road between Borrowdale and Buttermere. Topo ...

and

High Spy High Spy is a fell in the English Lake District it is situated on the ridge that separates the Newlands Valley from Borrowdale, eight kilometres (five miles) south of Keswick. Topography The fell reaches a height of 653 metres (2142 ...

Derwent Water Derwentwater, or Derwent Water, is one of the principal bodies of water in the Lake District National Park in north west England. It lies wholly within the Borough of Allerdale, in the county of Cumbria. The lake occupies part of Borrowda ...

* Devoke Water * Dock Tarn, east of Rosthwaite, south of Watendlath * Easedale Tarn, west of Grasmere *

Elter Water Elter Water is a small lake that lies half a mile (800 m) south-east of the village of Elterwater. Both are situated in the valley of Great Langdale in the English Lake District. The lake is 1030 yd (930 m) long and varies in wi ...

Ennerdale Water Ennerdale Water is the most westerly lake in the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England. It is a glacial lake, with a maximum depth of 150 feet (45 metres), and is ½ mile to a mile (700 to 1,500 metres) wide and 2½ miles (3.9 kilo ...

Esthwaite Water Esthwaite Water is one of the smaller and lesser known lakes in the Lake District National Park in northern England. It is situated between the much larger lakes of Windermere and Coniston Water, in the traditional county of Lancashire; since 1 ...

* Floutern Tarn, north of

Great Borne Great Borne is a fell in the English Lake District with a height of . It is a rather secluded hill situated at the western end of the long ridge which divides the Ennerdale and Buttermere valleys. Name The name Great Borne only really applies t ...

Foxes Tarn Foxes Tarn is one of the smallest named tarns in the Lake District of England,The Tarns of Lakeland, Volume 1: West, John Nuttall & Anne Nuttall, p98, Cicerone, 1995 situated slightly to the east of the summit of Sca Fell. Foxes Tarn is also o ...

, north of

Scafell Scafell ( or ; also spelled Sca Fell, previously Scawfell) is a mountain in the English Lake District, part of the Southern Fells. Its height of makes it the second-highest mountain in England after its neighbour Scafell Pike, from which i ...

* Goat's Water, west of the

Old Man of Coniston The Old Man of Coniston is a fell in the Furness Fells in the Cumbria, English Lake District and is the highest point (county top) of the historic county of Lancashire. It is at least high, and lies to the west of the village of Coniston and ...

* Grasmere * Greendale Tarn, by Middle Fell near Wasdale * Green Hows tarn

Graythwaite ''Graythwaite'' is a heritage-listed former private home and former hospital and now school administration building located at 20 Edward Street, North Sydney, New South Wales, North Sydney, North Sydney Council, New South Wales, Australia. It ...

* Upper Green How’s tarn

Grisedale Tarn Grisedale Tarn is a tarn in the Lake District of England between Fairfield and Dollywagon Pike. It is the legendary resting place of the crown of the kingdom of Cumbria, after the crown was conveyed there in 945 by soldiers of the last king, ...

, between Fairfield and Dollywaggon Pike * Gurnal Dubs, west of Garnett Bridge * Harrop Tarn, in the Wythburn fells, west of

Thirlmere Thirlmere is a reservoir in the Borough of Allerdale in Cumbria and the English Lake District. The Helvellyn ridge lies to the east of Thirlmere. To the west of Thirlmere are a number of fells; for instance, Armboth Fell and Raven Crag both ...

Haweswater Reservoir Haweswater is a reservoir in the valley of Mardale, Cumbria in the Lake District, England. Work to raise the height of the original natural lake was started in 1929. It was controversially dammed after the UK Parliament The Parliament ...

Hayeswater Hayeswater is a small lake within the Lake District of Cumbria, England. The lake is situated about a mile (1.6 km) SE of the hamlet of Hartsop in the Patterdale Valley. It nestles between The Knott to its east and Gray Crag to the we ...

* Heights Tarn * Helton Tarn, northwest of

Witherslack Witherslack is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Witherslack, Meathop and Ulpha, in the south of Cumbria. It lies on the north eastern side of Morecambe Bay, England. The eastern side of the village borders Whitbarrow ...

* High Dam Tarn, west of the southern end of Windermere * High House Tarn, south of

Glaramara Glaramara is a fell in the English Lake District in Cumbria. It is a substantial fell that is part of a long ridge that stretches for over six kilometres from Stonethwaite in Borrowdale up to the important mountain pass of Esk Hause. Th ...

* Innominate Tarn, on Haystacks * Kelly Hall Tarn, south-east of

Torver Torver is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the South Lakeland district of Cumbria, England, south west of the village of Coniston, Cumbria, Coniston and west of Coniston Water. Farming has always played an important par ...

Kentmere Reservoir Kentmere Reservoir is a water storage facility situated in the Kentmere valley in the county of Cumbria, England. It is located north-northeast of the town of Windermere. The reservoir is fed by the streams which form the headwaters of the Rive ...

* Knipe Tarn, south-east of

Bowness-on-Windermere Bowness-on-Windermere is a town in the South Lakeland district of Cumbria, England. It lies next to Windermere lake and the town of Windermere to the north east with which it forms the civil parish of Windermere and Bowness. The town was histor ...

* Lanty's Tarn, west of Patterdale * Launchy Tarn, on

Levers Water Levers Water is a small lake in the English Lake District. It is located at the head of the Coppermines Valley, above Coniston village. To its south-west is Raven Tor, a spur of Brim Fell, and to its north-west are Little How Crags and Great Ho ...

, on the east side of the Coniston fells * Lily Tarn, north of

Clappersgate Clappersgate is a village in the South Lakeland district, in the county of Cumbria, England. Clappersgate is located on the B5286 road and on the River Brathay. It is near the town of Ambleside Ambleside is a town and former civil par ...

* Lingmoor Tarn, on

* Little Langdale Tarn * Little Tarn, near Orthwaite, south of Uldale * Littlewater Tarn, near Bampton * Long Moss, between

and Coniston Water * Loughrigg Tarn, below Loughrigg *

Loweswater Loweswater is one of the smaller lakes in the English Lake District. The village of Loweswater is situated to the east of the lake. Geography The lake is not far from Cockermouth and is also easily reached from elsewhere in West Cumbria. Th ...

* Low Tarn, south of Red Pike, between

Yewbarrow Yewbarrow is a fell, in the English Lake District, which lies immediately north of the head of Wast Water. It is 628 metres (2,060 feet) high and in shape resembles the upturned hull of a boat or a barrow. Yewbarrow is on the left in the ...

and the

Seatallan Seatallan is a mountain in the western part of the English Lake District. It is rounded, grassy and fairly unassuming, occupying a large amount of land. However, it is classed as a Marilyn because of the low elevation of the col connecting it to ...

-Haycock ridge *

Low Water Tides are the rise and fall of sea levels caused by the combined effects of the gravitational forces exerted by the Moon (and to a much lesser extent, the Sun) and are also caused by the Earth and Moon orbiting one another. Tide tables ca ...

, north of the

* Meadley Reservoir, by Flat Fell, Ennerdale * Mortimere, south of Clappersgate *

Moss Eccles Tarn Moss Eccles Tarn is a tarn on Claife Heights, near Near Sawrey in the Lake District, Cumbria. It is currently owned by the National Trust and known as an attractive tarn for fishing and walking. It is known for its association with Beatrix Pott ...

, between

and Esthwaite Water *

Over Water Over Water is a small lake or tarn in the north of the English Lake District, southwest of the hamlet of Longlands. Binsey, Great Cockup and Longlands Fell overlook the lake. Over Water was a small natural waterbody which was dammed in 1904 to ...

, south of Uldale * Parkgate Tarn, near Eskdale * Potter Tarn, west of Garnett Bridge * Red Tarn (Helvellyn), below the summit of

Helvellyn Helvellyn (; possible meaning: ''pale yellow moorland'') is a mountain in the English Lake District, the highest point of the Helvellyn range, a north–south line of mountains to the north of Ambleside, between the lakes of Thirlmere and Ulls ...

* Red Tarn (Langdale), between Cold Pike and Pike of Blisco *

Rydal Water Rydal Water is a small body of water in the central part of the English Lake District, in the county of Cumbria. It is located near the hamlet of Rydal, between Grasmere and Ambleside in the Rothay Valley.Parker, 2004, page 35 The lake is 1, ...

* Scales Tarn, below the summit of

Blencathra Blencathra, also known as Saddleback, is one of the most northerly hills in the English Lake District. It has six separate fell tops, of which the highest is the Hallsfell Top at 2,848 feet (868 metres). Name For many years, Ordnance Sur ...

and Sharp Edge * Schoolknott Tarn, south east of the town of

* Scoat Tarn, below Red Pike and Scoat Fell *

Seathwaite Tarn Seathwaite Tarn is a reservoir in the Furness Fells within the English Lake District. It is located to the south of Grey Friar and to the west of Brim Fell (on the ridge between The Old Man of Coniston and Swirl How) and north east of the vil ...

, west of the Coniston fells * Simpson Ground Reservoir, east of Staveley-in-Cartmel * Siney Tarn, north of Eskdale * Skeggles Water, between Kentmere and

Longsleddale Longsleddale () is a valley and civil parish in the South Lakeland district of the English county of Cumbria. It includes the hamlet of Sadgill. The parish has a population of 73. As the population taken at the 2011 Census was less than 100, deta ...

* Slew Tarn, east of

Skelwith Bridge Skelwith Bridge is a small village in the southern area of the Lake District in Cumbria, England. Historically, Skelwith Bridge is part of Westmorland, lying on the ancient boundary with Lancashire. The civil parish is called Skelwith. Its ...

* Small Water, between

Mardale Ill Bell Mardale Ill Bell is a fell in the English Lake District, rising to the south west of Haweswater Reservoir. It stands on the watershed between Mardale and Kentmere and is the highpoint of the south-eastern ridge of High Street, midway on its cour ...

and Harter Fell * Sow How Tarn *

Sprinkling Tarn Sprinkling Tarn is a body of water at the foot of Great End, in the Southern Fells in Lake District, from Seathwaite, Cumbria, England. It is noted for its trout Trout are species of freshwater fish belonging to the genera '' Oncorhync ...

, between

Scafell Pike Scafell Pike () is the highest and the most prominent mountain in England, at an elevation of above sea level. It is located in the Lake District National Park, in Cumbria, and is part of the Southern Fells and the Scafell massif. Scafell Pi ...

and

Seathwaite Fell Seathwaite Fell is an area of the Lake District in Cumbria, England. It stands above the hamlet of the same name at the head of Borrowdale. Position of the summit The fell is very rugged with several small tops along the summit of the ri ...

* Stickle Tarn, Langdale, below Pavey Ark in the Langdale Pikes *

Styhead Tarn Styhead Tarn is a tarn in the English Lake District, near the top of the Sty Head pass, at the head of Borrowdale. It is on the route from Wasdale to Borrowdale, and is therefore a well visited point in the Lake District. It is also passed by wa ...

, at the head of Styhead Gill, at Sty Head Pass, between

and

Great Gable Great Gable is a mountain in the Lake District, United Kingdom. It is named after its appearance as a pyramid from Wasdale, though it is dome-shaped from most other directions. It is one of the most popular of the Lakeland fells, and there are ...

* Tarn at Leaves on Rosthwaite Fell *

Tarn Hows Tarn Hows is an area of the Lake District National Park in North West England, It contains a picturesque tarn, approximately northeast of Coniston and about northwest of Hawkshead. It is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the a ...

* Tewet Tarn, below Low Rigg near St John's in the Vale *

* Three Dubs Tarn, between Windermere and Esthwaite Water * Three Tarns, between

and

Crinkle Crags Crinkle Crags is a fell in the English Lake District in the county of Cumbria. It forms part of two major rings of mountains, surrounding the valleys of Great Langdale and Upper Eskdale. The name reflects the fell's physical appearance ...

* Torver Tarn, disused reservoir on Torver Low Common * Tosh Tarn, south east of Wast Water, near the River Irt *

Ullswater Ullswater is the second largest lake in the English Lake District, being about long and wide, with a maximum depth a little over . It was scooped out by a glacier in the Last Ice Age. Geography It is a typical Lake District "ribbon lake", ...

Wast Water Wast Water or Wastwater () is a lake located in Wasdale, a valley in the western part of the Lake District National Park, England. The lake is almost long and more than wide. It is a glacial lake, formed in a glacially 'over-deepened' valle ...

* Watendlath Tarn * Wet Sleddale Reservoir *

* 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 Holme Fell or Holm Fell is a fell in the Lake District in Cumbria, England. It is located between Coniston Water and Little Langdale, almost isolated from the neighbouring Coniston Fells by Yewdale Beck. Topography Holme Fell is an eastern outl ...

and Tarn Hows

Former lakes, tarns and reservoirs

* Baystone Bank Reservoir, east of Black Combe (disused and then removed in 2011) * Keppel Cove Tarn, north of Catstycam, dam destroyed by flood, 1931

References

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Lake District The Lake District, also known as the Lakes or Lakeland, is a mountainous region in North West England. A popular holiday destination, it is famous for its lakes, forests, and mountains (or ''fells''), and its associations with William Wordswor ...

* Lakes in the Lake District *