Boat detail at Southern end of Ullswater, Lake Disrtrict, England
Ullswater is the second largest lake in the English Lake District, being approximately 9 miles ( kilometres) long and miles (1,200 metres) wide with a maximum depth of sightly more than 60 metres (197 ft). Many regard Ullswater as the most beautiful of the English lakes[2]: it has been compared to Lake Lucerne in Switzerland. It is a typical Lake District narrow "ribbon lake" formed after the last ice age when a glacier scooped out the valley floor, the deepened section filled with meltwater when the glacier retreated, and it became a lake. The surrounding mountains give Ullswater the shape of an elongated "Z" giving it three separate segments (or "reaches") that wend their way through the surrounding hills. Ullswater is a lake and valley of moods and majesty. The second largest lake in the English Lake District, it gently curves through eight miles of magnificent mountain scenery, and although popular with, and welcoming to tourists, the area has not been spoiled by overt commercialism and retains an ambience of peace and cheerfulness. There is a timeless quality to Ullswater. Its name is believed to derive from an early Viking settler, but there is evidence of earlier history in the mysterious stone circle, known as The Cockpit on Barton Fell. The hamlet of Bennet Head derived its name from a long-gone Benedictine monastery. The High Street Roman road (of which nothing remains but name and legend) offers a glorious stride from Pooley Bridge on the northern tip of Ullswater, over the mountains to Ambleside. Within a few miles of the lake there are two medieval castles – Greystoke and Dacre; there are historic houses at Dalemain and Hutton-in-the Forest, and around the lake, now largely converted to hotels, are the summer homes of wealthy nineteenth century industrialists
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Location: Ullswater, Lake District, England
Photo credit: © Simon Hathaway / Alamy / Afripics
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