Lakes

Lakes is a civil parish in the district of , England. It covers the town of , and the villages and hamlets of , , , Troutbeck, , , and Waterhead.
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  • Type: Locality with 4,280 residents
  • Description: civil parish in Cumbria, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Lakes (civil parish), Cumbria” and “Lakes, Cumbria”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dove Cottage and Allan Bank.

Museum
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is a house on the edge of in the of England. It is best known as the home of the poet William Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy Wordsworth from December 1799 to May 1808, where they spent over eight years of "plain living, but high thinking".

Manor estate
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is a grade II listed two-storey villa standing on high ground slightly to the west of village in the heart of the . It is best known for being from 1808 to 1811 the home of William Wordsworth, but it was also occupied…

Peak
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is a fell in the English , standing over the . How, derived from the Old Norse word haugr, is a common local term for a hill or mound.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Grasmere and Ambleside.

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is a lakeside village in the , best known as the home to poet William Wordsworth.

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is a town in . It is located at the head of Windermere, England’s largest lake, within the .

Village
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is a village in , England. It is a small cluster of houses, a hotel, and St Mary's Church, on the A591 road midway between and .

Lakes

Latitude
54.4412° or 54° 26′ 28″ north
Longitude
-3.0182° or 3° 1′ 6″ west
Population
4,280
Elevation
564 feet (172 metres)
Open location code
9C6RCXRJ+FP
Geo­Names ID
7298104
Wiki­data ID
Q2510182
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Welsh—“Lakes” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “লেকস”
  • Cebuano: “Lakes (parokya)”
  • Cebuano: “Lakes”
  • Chinese: “Lakes”
  • Chinese: “雷克斯”
  • Dutch: “Lakes”
  • French: “Lakes”
  • German: “Lakes”
  • Gujarati: “લેક્સ”
  • Irish: “Lakes”
  • Japanese: “レークス”
  • Kannada: “ಲೇಕ್ಸ್”
  • Korean: “레이크스”
  • Lithuanian: “Lakesas”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Lakes (Cumbria)”
  • Polish: “Lakes”
  • Portuguese: “Lakes”
  • Russian: “Лейкс”
  • Slovenian: “Lakes”
  • Spanish: “Lakes”
  • Swedish: “Lakes, Cumbria”
  • Swedish: “Lakes”
  • Tamil: “லெக்ஸ்”
  • Telugu: “లేక్స్”
  • Turkish: “Lakes, Cumbria”
  • Urdu: “لیکس”
  • Welsh: “Lakes, Cumbria”
  • Welsh: “Lakes”
  • “Lakes”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Loughrigg Fell and Grasmere.

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