Pillar is a fell in the EnglishLake District. It is situated between the valleys of Ennerdale to the north and Wasdale to the south. On the northern slope lies Pillar Rock, a large rocky outcrop surrounded by cliffs which is popular with rock climbers.
The Lakes, as the region is also called, were made famous during the early 19th century by the poetry and writings of William Wordsworth.
The LakeDistrict is only about 55 km (34 miles) across (north-to-south or west-to-east), but manages to pack into that relatively small area a wide variety of scenery, dominated by various formations left over by the last ice age.
The LakeDistrict is intimately associated with the history of English literature in the 18th and 19th centuries.
These two lakes are in a class apart from all the rest, being broader for their length, and quite shallow (about 18 ft. average and 70 ft. maximum), as distinct from the long, narrow and deep troughs occupied by the other chief lakes, which average from 40 to 135 ft. deep.
This lake collects waters by the Brathay from Langdale, the head of which, between Bow Fell and Langdale Pikes (240, ft.), is very fine; and by the Rothay from Dunmail Raise and the small lakes of Grasmere and Rydal Water, embowered in woods.
The principal centres in the LakeDistrict are Keswick (Derwentwater), Ambleside, Bowness, Windermere and Lakeside (Windermere), Coniston and Boot (Eskdale), all of which, except Ambleside and Bowness (which nearly joins Windermere) are accessible by rail.
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