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Lake
Ullswater
Second-largest lake in the Lake District, about seven and a half miles long and under a mile across.
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Ullswater & Pooley Bridge: things to do
Places worth your time in Ullswater & Pooley Bridge
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Things to do in Ullswater & Pooley Bridge
Landmarks, museums, parks and viewpoints in and around the area.
Boat trips
Ullswater 'Steamers'
Boat company founded in 1855, based at Glenridding, with landings at Aira Force, Howtown and Pooley Bridge.
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Waterfall
Aira Force
Waterfall of 21 metres in several drops, with viewing bridges, owned by the National Trust.
Fell
Gowbarrow Fell
Low fell north of Ullswater beside Aira Beck, with the Aira Force waterfall on one side.
Mountain
Helvellyn
England's third-highest mountain at about 950 metres, with Striding Edge and Swirral Edge on its eastern side.
Fell
Place Fell
Fell above Glenridding and Patterdale at the corner between the upper and middle reaches of Ullswater.
Village
Glenridding
Village at the southern end of Ullswater with an information centre, a steamer pier and routes up Helvellyn.
Village
Pooley Bridge
Village at the north-east end of Ullswater, where the River Eamont runs through a cluster of houses and pubs.
Steamer stop
Howtown
Hamlet and steamer stop about half way along the lake on its eastern shore.
Historic house
Dalemain
Grade I listed country house near Pooley Bridge, on the Ullswater Way, with a tearoom.
Fell
Hallin Fell
Small hill surrounded on three sides by Ullswater, close to the Howtown steamer stop.
Lake
Brothers Water
Small lake in the Hartsop valley at the foot of Kirkstone Pass, renamed after two brothers drowned there in the 19th century.
Church
St Patrick's Church
Church at Patterdale that replaced an earlier one built about 1600; the village is named after the saint.
Church
St Andrew's Church, Dacre
Grade I listed church at Dacre with four stone bears in the churchyard, near the private castle.
Church
Old St Martin's Church, Martindale
Church of 1634 in Martindale, with a churchyard yew said to be more than a thousand years old.
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- Ullswater & Pooley Bridge (area photo): Steve Daniels, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Ullswater: Gareth James, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Ullswater 'Steamers': Colin Gregory, CC BY 2.0, source
- Aira Force: Ballantyne108, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Gowbarrow Fell: Roger Templeman, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Helvellyn: Michael Earnshaw, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Place Fell: The original uploader was StephenDawson at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Glenridding: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Pooley Bridge: Martin Dawes, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Howtown: Gordon Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Dalemain: Ikcur, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Hallin Fell: Clive Giddis, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Brothers Water: David Robinson, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- St Patrick's Church: David Purchase, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- St Andrew's Church, Dacre: User:Laplacemat, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Old St Martin's Church, Martindale: Marathon, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Coniston & Hawkshead: Martin Jeffries, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Wasdale & Eskdale: John260660, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Windermere & Bowness: Anthony Foster, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Ambleside & Grasmere: Bill Boaden, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Keswick & Derwentwater: Antiquary, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, used under the licences shown. All photo credits
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