Wast Water
Wast Water or Wastwater is a lake located in Wasdale, a valley in the western part of the Lake District National Park, England. The lake is almost three miles long and more than one-third mile wide.Photo: Andrew Hayward, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in the United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Wastwater”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Illgill Head and Middle Fell.
Illgill Head
Peak
Photo: Archie424, Public domain.
Illgill Head is a fell in the English Lake District. It is known more commonly as the northern portion of the Wastwater Screes. The fell is 609 metres high and stands along the south-east shore of Wastwater, the deepest lake in England.
Middle Fell
Peak
Photo: Espresso Addict, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Middle Fell is a hill or fell in the English Lake District. It is a satellite of Seatallan standing above the northern shore of Wastwater. Middle Fell can be climbed from Greendale near the foot of Wastwater, and a fine view of the lake backed by the Wastwater Screes is visible from the summit.
Yewbarrow
Peak
Yewbarrow is a fell, in the English Lake District, which lies immediately north of the head of Wast Water. It is 628 metres high and in shape resembles the upturned hull of a boat or a barrow. Yewbarrow is situated 2 miles northeast of Wast Water.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wasdale Head and Nether Wasdale.
Wasdale Head
Hamlet
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wasdale Head is a scattered agricultural hamlet in the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England. Wasdale Head claims to be home of the highest mountain, deepest lake, smallest church and biggest liar in England. Wasdale Head is situated 2½ miles northeast of Wast Water.
Nether Wasdale
Village
Photo: Peter Eckersley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Nether Wasdale is a village in Cumbria, England, located in the valley and civil parish of Wasdale, near the River Irt and just over a mile to the west of the Wastwater lake. Nether Wasdale is situated 2½ miles southwest of Wast Water.
Boot
Village
Photo: Steve Partridge, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Boot is a small village in Eskdale on the western side of the English Lake District. It lies within the civil parish of Eskdale, the unitary authority of Cumberland, and the ceremonial county of Cumbria. Boot is situated 3 miles south of Wast Water.
Wast Water
- Category: body of water
- Location: Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Western Panjabi—“Wast Water” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Wast Water”
- Cebuano: “Wast Water”
- Chinese: “沃斯特湖”
- Dutch: “Wast Water”
- French: “Wast Water”
- German: “Wast Water”
- Hebrew: “אגם ווסט ווטר”
- Italian: “Wast Water”
- Lithuanian: “Vast Voteris”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Wast Water”
- Polish: “Wast Water”
- Spanish: “Wast Water”
- Swedish: “Wast Water”
- Turkish: “Wast Water”
- Venetian: “Wast Water”
- Welsh: “Wast Water”
- Western Panjabi: “واسٹواٹر”
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