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Armboth Fells

Open accessin a National Nature Reserve open to the public

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Armboth Fells is one of 235 Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Cumbria. It is among the largest in the county. It lies within the Lake District National Park.

For arrivals by rail, Windermere Station is about 18.5 km to the south-east. Other SSSIs nearby include Great Wood, Stonethwaite Woods and Thirlmere Woods.

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

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You’re inside itNational Park near Grasmere

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

Photo of Watendlath, a village in the Lake District, Cumbria, north west England.Iconic

Watendlath

Village

Remote tarn-side hamlet reached by a single lane and a packhorse bridge, National Trust-owned in a hanging valley above Borrowdale.

0.2 km SW · Cumbria

Photo along the Coast to Coast, a 190-mile National Trail running from St Bees to Robin Hood's Bay, England.Highlight

Coast to Coast

National Trail

Wainwright's own invention: St Bees to Robin Hood's Bay through three national parks.

0.4 km S · North Yorkshire & Cumbria

Photo of Thirlmere, a reservoir near Watendlath in the Lake District, Cumbria, north west England.Highlight

Thirlmere

Reservoir near Watendlath

Dammed and raised to supply Manchester, its forested shores run beneath the long ridge of Helvellyn.

0.5 km SE

Photo of Galleny Force, a waterfall near Stonethwaite in the Lake District, Cumbria, north west England.Highlight

Galleny Force

Waterfall near Stonethwaite

A string of pools and small falls on the beck above Stonethwaite, a much-loved wild-swimming spot known as the Fairy Glen.

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Photo of Derwentwater, a Lake near Grange-in-Borrowdale in the Lake District, Cumbria, north west England.Iconic

Derwentwater

Lake near Grange-in-Borrowdale

Keswick's lake, ringed by fells and dotted with islands, with the jaws of Borrowdale opening to the south.

1.3 km NW