Esthwaite Water

Near Hawkshead and Beatrix Potter's Hill Top, this gentle lake is thick with reeds and birdlife.

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Esthwaite Water is a lake in Cumbria. It sits inside the Lake District National Park. Windermere Station is 5.7 km away to the north-east. Other lakes & lochs nearby include Windermere and Tarn Hows.

More places to visit near Esthwaite Water

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

Traditional Lake District village inn named by olive among the best country pubs.

1.6 km SW

A National Trust gallery in Hawkshead's old solicitor's office showing Beatrix Potter's original book illustrations.

2 km NW

England's longest lake, a ribbon of water threaded with steamers and wooded islands between Ambleside and Newby Bridge.

3.1 km E

A working forest between Coniston and Hawkshead threaded with walking and cycling trails and nearly a hundred outdoor sculptures.

3.4 km SW

A much-loved beauty spot near Coniston, an artificial tarn among wooded knolls with the Coniston fells rising beyond.

4.2 km NW