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Overwater

Photo of Overwater, a country estate near Uldale in the Lake District, Cumbria, north west England.

Overwater

© Andrew Curtis / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

© Andrew Curtis / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Overwater

Open accessNational Trust land — free to wander

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Overwater is open-access countryside in the care of the National Trust in Cumbria. It is one of 26 National Trust places the Albion Guide maps in the county. It sits inside the Lake District National Park.

While you're in the area, you could pick up Cumbria Way, or look for wildlife at Skiddaw Group. The closest station is Aspatria, about 12.4 km to the north-west.

More places to visit near Overwater

Photo of the Lake District, a National Park in Cumbria, north west England.Iconic

Lake District

You’re inside itNational Park near Grasmere

England's highest mountains and deepest lakes — the fells that invented British hillwalking.

Photo along the Cumbria Way, a 70-mile long-distance path running from Ulverston to Carlisle, north west England.

Cumbria Way

Long-distance path

Through the Lake District's heart at valley level — Coniston, Langdale, Borrowdale and Caldbeck between the old market towns of Ulverston and Carlisle.

0.5 km SE · Cumbria

Photo of Whitewater Dash (Dash Falls), a waterfall near Uldale in the Lake District, Cumbria, north west England.Highlight

Whitewater Dash (Dash Falls)

Waterfall near Uldale

A long ribbon of falls on the northern flank of Skiddaw, reached by an old track from the Bassenthwaite fells.

4.2 km SE

Photo of Bassenthwaite Lake, a Lake in the Lake District, Cumbria, north west England.Highlight

Bassenthwaite Lake

Lake near Bassenthwaite

Alone among the Cumbrian waters in being called a lake by name, a shallow sheet under Skiddaw where ospreys returned to breed.

6.7 km SW

Photo of The Howk, a waterfall near Caldbeck in the Lake District, Cumbria, north west England.Highlight

The Howk

Waterfall near Caldbeck

A limestone ravine and waterfalls on the beck at Caldbeck, past the ruin of a bobbin mill that once held a huge water wheel.

8.2 km NE

Photo of Caldbeck, a village in the Lake District, Cumbria, north west England.Highlight

Caldbeck

Village

Fellside village on the northern edge of the Lakes, with John Peel's grave, a millpond and the wooded Howk gorge.

8.6 km NE · Cumbria