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Blea Water

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Blea Water is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Cumbria, covering 1 km². The county has 235 Sites of Special Scientific Interest; this is one. The surrounding countryside is part of the Lake District National Park.

The closest station is Windermere, about 12 km to the south. Other SSSIs nearby include Troutbeck, Jumb Quarry and Naddle Forest.

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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: High Street, an 829m Lake District fell near Patterdale, Cumbria, north west England.Highlight

High Street

Wainwright · Hewitt near Patterdale

Broad far-eastern fell on a Roman road.

0.6 km NW

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.

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Photo of Haweswater Reservoir, a reservoir near Patterdale in the Lake District, Cumbria, north west England.Highlight

Haweswater Reservoir

Reservoir near Patterdale

England's last golden eagle held on at this remote eastern Lakeland reservoir, which drowned the village of Mardale for Manchester.

4.8 km NE

Photo: Kirkstone Pass, a viewpoint near Rydal in the Lake District, Cumbria, north west England.Iconic

Kirkstone Pass

Viewpoint near Rydal

The highest road pass in the Lakes open to traffic, climbing from Ullswater past England's third-highest inn.

4.9 km SW

Photo of The Kirkstone Pass Inn, a pub near Ambleside in the Lake District, Cumbria, north west England.Highlight

The Kirkstone Pass Inn

Pub near Ambleside

Remote 16th-century inn near the top of the Kirkstone Pass, one of the highest pubs in England, above Ambleside.

5.2 km SW