Descriptive plaque. Watendlath, Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe.
Watendlath is a hamlet and tarn (a small lake) in Cumbria in England. Watendlath is owned by the National Trust and sits high between the Borrowdale and Thirlmere valleys at 863 feet (263 m) above sea level. Blea Tarn Gill, 700 feet (210 m) above Watendlath Tarn, provides the tarn with its water. Water from Watendlath Tarn flows into the beck of the same name and eventually feeds Lodore Falls, and ends up in Derwent Water. The tarn is 7 acres (28,000 m2) in size, with a maximum depth of 56 feet (17 m). It was given to the National Trust by Queen Victoria's daughter, Princess Louise, in memory of her brother, King Edward VII. Watendlath Tarn is stocked with brown trout and rainbow trout and is a popular fly fishing water, with wading and boat fishing used. The traditional Lakeland farm in Watendlath is rented out by the National Trust and, as is the case with Lakeland farms owned by the Trust, the herd of Herdwick sheep are owned by the Trust and not the farmer, changing hands with each tenant. This is part of the National Trust's policy aimed at ensuring this rare breed's survival. The descriptive plaque reads as follows:- WATENDLATH. Once owned by the monks of Furness Abbey, the hamlet sits high between the Borrowdale and Thirlmere Valleys. The name came from the Old Norse vatn-endih-hlada 'water-end barn'. Watendlath Beck is the source of the Lodore Falls. Fold End Farmhouse, fictional home of Judith Paris in Sir Hugh Walpole's Herries saga of four novels published in the early 1930s, is a fine example of a traditional 'longhouse' with domestic and farm buildings in a single block.
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Location: Watendlath, Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe.
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