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Buttermere Fells

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Buttermere Fells is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Cumbria, covering 61 km². It is one of 235 SSSIs in the county. It is among the largest in the county. It lies inside the Lake District National Park.

For more of the same, Chapel Bridge Meadows and Hollows Farm Section are close by. Aspatria Station is about 16.5 km away to the north.

More places to visit near Buttermere Fells

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 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.

adjoining · North Yorkshire & Cumbria

Photo of Crummock Water, a Lake near Buttermere in the Lake District, Cumbria, north west England.Iconic

Crummock Water

Lake near Buttermere

Fed by the falls of Scale Force, this Buttermere-valley lake is ringed by Mellbreak and the high western fells.

0.3 km W

Photo of Buttermere, a mere near Little Town in the Lake District, Cumbria, north west England.Iconic

Buttermere

Mere near Little Town

A quiet Lakeland water ringed by high fells, its shoreline circuit among the loveliest short walks in Cumbria.

0.3 km SW

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

Honister Pass

Viewpoint near Seatoller

A dramatic road pass of slate crags and hairpins linking Borrowdale with Buttermere, one of the steepest in the Lakes.

0.4 km S

Photo of Ashness Bridge, a landmark near Watendlath in the Lake District, Cumbria, north west England.Iconic

Ashness Bridge

Landmark near Watendlath

Perhaps the most photographed packhorse bridge in the Lakes, framing Derwentwater and Skiddaw from the Watendlath lane.

0.5 km E