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Ullswater & Haweswater

Ullswater is the second largest lake in the English Lake District, being approximately 9 miles long and 0.75 miles wide with a maximum depth of slightly more than 197 feet. Many regard Ullswater as the most beautiful of the English lakes. The village of Glenridding, situated at the southern end of the lake, is popular with tourists of all kinds but especially fell walkers who can scale England's third highest mountain, Helvellyn, and many other challenging peaks from there. Ullswater's attractions include the Ullswater Steamers which offer trips around the lake. Haweswater is a reservoir in the English Lake District. It is 4 miles long and 1/2 mile wide, with a maximum depth of 200 feet. It is the most easterly of the lakes, and has no settlements on its shores. In 1929, despite many petitions against it, Parliament authorised the use of Haweswater as a reservoir for Manchester. A concrete dam was built which raised the lake level by 95 feet drowning the villages of Mardale and Measland. The remains of Mardale can still be seen in times of drought when the water level is low. The Haweswater valley is the only place in England where Golden eagles nest. There is an RSPB observation post in the remote valley of Riggindale where the pair have their eyrie.

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