Matterdale
Matterdale is a civil parish in the Lake District of Cumbria, England. It lies on the northern shore of Ullswater. The parish includes the settlements of Dockray, Matterdale End, Ulcat row, Watermillock and Wreay.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 419 residents
- Description: civil parish in Cumbria, UK
- Also known as: “Matterdale (civil parish), Cumbria” and “Matterdale, Cumbria”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gowbarrow Fell and Aira Force.
Gowbarrow Fell
Peak
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gowbarrow Fell is a low fell in the English Lake District. It is an outlier of the Eastern Fells, standing to the north of Ullswater, bounded on one side by Aira Beck with its waterfall Aira Force.
Aira Force
Waterfall
Photo: Ballantyne108, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Aira Force is a waterfall in the English Lake District, in the civil parish of Matterdale and the county of Cumbria. The site of the waterfall is owned by the National Trust.
Great Mell Fell
Peak
Photo: Simon Ledingham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Great Mell Fell is an isolated hill or fell in the English Lake District, north of Ullswater and adjacent to the Eastern Fells. It rises from a level plain to a height of 537 m.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Glenridding and Troutbeck.
Glenridding
Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Glenridding is a village at the southern end of Ullswater, in the English Lake District. The village is popular with mountain walkers who can scale England's third-highest mountain, Helvellyn, and many other challenging peaks from there.
Troutbeck
Village
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Troutbeck is a hamlet within Cumbria, England, a few miles to the west of Penrith. It was previously in the county of Cumberland. It lies within the Lake District, the civil parish of Hutton, and the unitary authority of Westmorland and Furness Great Mell Fell is situated immediately to the east of Troutbeck. Troutbeck is situated 2½ miles north of Matterdale.
Ulcat Row
Hamlet
Photo: Bob Jenkins, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ulcat Row is a village in the civil parish of Matterdale, in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the county of Cumbria, England. In the 2011 census, the parish had 483 residents, roughly an 8% decrease from 526 residents in 2001.
Matterdale
- Category: civil parish
- Location: Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Turkish—“Matterdale” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Матердале”
- Cebuano: “Matterdale”
- Chinese: “Matterdale”
- Dutch: “Matterdale”
- French: “Matterdale”
- Irish: “Matterdale”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Matterdale”
- Polish: “Matterdale”
- Swedish: “Matterdale”
- Turkish: “Matterdale”
- “Matterdale”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Matterdale End and Dockray.
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Highlights include Cockley Moor and Bracken How.
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