Lough is the name given to many lakes in the far north of England in the counties of

Northumberland Northumberland () is a county in Northern England, one of two counties in England which border with Scotland. Notable landmarks in the county include Alnwick Castle, Bamburgh Castle, Hadrian's Wall and Hexham Abbey. It is bordered by land ...

and

Cumbria Cumbria ( ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in North West England, bordering Scotland. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local government, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. ...

they are often located near the Whin Sill escarpment on which

Hadrian's Wall Hadrian's Wall ( la, Vallum Aelium), also known as the Roman Wall, Picts' Wall, or ''Vallum Hadriani'' in Latin, is a former defensive fortification of the Roman province of Britannia, begun in AD 122 in the reign of the Emperor Hadrian. Ru ...

runs. In northern England the word lough in this context is usually pronounced as 'loff'. This reflects the loss in modern standard English of the guttural 'ch' sound (as in Scottish 'loch') which in middle English was represented by 'gh' (as it still is in modern

Hiberno-English Hiberno-English (from Latin '' Hibernia'': "Ireland"), and in ga, Béarla na hÉireann. or Irish English, also formerly Anglo-Irish, is the set of English dialects native to the island of Ireland (including both the Republic of Ireland ...

and Ulster Scots). On Haughton Common, near Hadrian's Wall * Broomlee Lough * Crag Lough * Greenlee Lough * Grindon Lough * Halleypike Lough Elsewhere in

* Black Lough, Northumberland * Blackaburn Lough * Blaxter Lough * Coldmartin Lough *

Darden Lough Darden may refer to: People *Christine Darden (born 1942), American mathematician and engineer *Christopher Darden (born 1956), American lawyer * Colgate Darden (1897–1981), American congressman, governor, and University of Virginia president *G ...

* Harbottle Lough * Kimmer Lough * Little Lough *

Sweethope Loughs Sweethope Loughs are two freshwater lakes almost in length, the smaller one just east of the larger, in the southern part of Northumberland, England and lying between the A68 road, and the A696 road. They lie about west of Morpeth; west of Ki ...

Whitfield Lough Whitfield may refer to: Places Australia * Whitfield, Queensland, a suburb of Cairns * Whitfield, Victoria, an agricultural township England * Whitfield, Derbyshire, a hamlet and former parish * Whitfield, Gloucestershire, a hamlet * Whitfie ...

The Lough ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the m ...

, on

Lindisfarne Lindisfarne, also called Holy Island, is a tidal island off the northeast coast of England, which constitutes the civil parish of Holy Island in Northumberland. Holy Island has a recorded history from the 6th century AD; it was an important ...

In the

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 ...

and

Loughrigg Tarn Loughrigg Tarn () is a small, natural lake in the Lake District, Cumbria, England. It is situated north of Windermere, just north of the village of Skelwith Bridge, and at the foot of Loughrigg Fell. "Loughrigg Tarn" is a bit of a tautology, ...

, and the hill Loughrigg Fell, possibly named after it. Elsewhere in

Monkhill Lough Monkhill may refer to the following places in England: * Monkhill, Cumbria is a small village in Cumbria * Monkhill, West Yorkshire, an area of Pontefract ** Pontefract Monkhill railway station Pontefract Monkhill railway station is the busi ...

* Thorngill-Lough, North Pennines *

Thurstonfield Lough Thurstonfield Lough is an open water lough near Carlisle, Cumbria, and a Site of Special Scientific Interest A Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Great Britain or an Area of Special Scientific Interest (ASSI) in the Isle of Man ...

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Loughs ''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch. In English English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised spellin ...

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