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

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Watendlath

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Hidden tarn hamlet with a packhorse bridge.

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Watendlath is a small National Trust hamlet beside a tarn, hidden in a hanging valley high above Borrowdale and reached by a single narrow lane. The road up passes Ashness Bridge and the Surprise View over Derwentwater. A packhorse bridge crosses the beck by the tarn, and paths lead over the fell to Rosthwaite. Hugh Walpole set part of his Herries saga here.

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

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