Sticklebarn and Great Langdale

The smallest of the Langdale lakes, its reedy bays giving views to the Langdale Pikes above Elterwater village.

1 km W

A short, powerful fall where the combined Brathay and Langdale Beck force through the rocks at Skelwith Bridge.

1 km S

A quarry mouth above Rydal Water big enough to swallow a house, its floor pool crossed on stepping stones — the void left by Loughrigg's slate men.

1.7 km NE

Between Grasmere and Ambleside, this small lake sits close to Rydal Mount, where Wordsworth spent his later years.

2.1 km NE

Wordsworth's lake and village, where the poet lies in the churchyard and Dove Cottage stands close by the shore.

2.2 km N