The middle and lower reaches of Ullswater from Hallin Fell

Ullswater is the second largest lake in the English Lake District, being approximately 9 miles (14.5 kilometres) long and 0.75 miles (1200 metres) wide with an average depth of around 200 feet (60 metres). Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2048x324, 279 KB)The middle and lower reaches of Ullswater in the English Lake District from Hallin Fell. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2048x324, 279 KB)The middle and lower reaches of Ullswater in the English Lake District from Hallin Fell. ... Hallin Fell is a hill in the Lake District of north-western England, on the edge of Ullswater. ... The panorama across Eskdale from Ill Crag. ...

Many people regard Ullswater as the most beautiful of the English lakes: it has been compared to the superb 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 melt water 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") which wend their way through the surrounding hills. Lake Lucerne (German: Vierwaldstättersee, lit. ... Variations in CO2, temperature and dust from the Vostok ice core over the last 400 000 years For the animated movie, see Ice Age (movie). ... A glacier is a large, long-lasting river of ice that is formed on land and moves in response to gravity. ...

The origin of the name "Ullswater" is uncertain. Some say it comes from the name of the Nordic chief Ulf who ruled over the area; however, there was a Saxon Lord of Greystoke called Ulphus whose land came down to the lake shore. The lake may have been named Ulf's Water in honour of either of these. The village of Glenridding is situated at the southern end of the lake, popular with tourists of all kinds but especially mountain walkers who can scale England's third highest mountain, Helvellyn, and many other challenging peaks from here. The village has ample accommodation including two Youth Hostels and good camping sites. The village of Pooley Bridge is at the northern extremity of the lake. Its narrow 16th-century bridge straddling the River Eamont as it flows out of Ullswater, it is overlooked by Dunmallard Hill which was the site of an Iron Age fort. Helvellyn, at 950 metres (3,117 feet) above sea-level, is the third highest mountain in the English Lake District. ... Youth hostel in Rome. ...

One of the Ullswater steamers leaves Howtown on its way to Pooley Bridge.

One of the great attractions of Ullswater is the lake steamers which offer tourist trips around the lake calling at Pooley Bridge and Glenridding, and also at Howtown during the summer. The steamers were originally working boats which from the 1850s moved mail, workers and goods to and from the Greenside lead mine at Glenridding which closed in 1962. Today there are three steamers plying the waters of Ullswater, "Raven", "Lady of the Lake", and "Lady Dorothy". Many people catch the steamer from Glenridding to Howtown during the summer and then return on foot back along the lakeshore to complete one of the most popular and scenic low level walks in the Lake District. Download high resolution version (1100x825, 73 KB)Personal photograph taken by Mick Knapton on 15th September 2002 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Download high resolution version (1100x825, 73 KB)Personal photograph taken by Mick Knapton on 15th September 2002 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Ullswater is very popular as a sailing location with sailing marinas situated around the lake. At weekends especially the lake is dotted with many yachts but there are facilities also for diving, rowing and motorboats. Another of Ullswater's attractions is the spectacular waterfall of Aira Force midway along the lake on the western side. (Ullswater lies partly within the National Trust's Ullswater and Aira Force property.) Close to the falls is Lyulph's Tower, a pele tower or castellated building, built by a former Duke of Norfolk as a shooting box. Aira Force Aira Force is a waterfall in the English Lake District, in the county of Cumbria. ... The standard of the National Trust The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, usually known as The National Trust, NT or The Trust, is an organisation which works to preserve and protect coastline, countryside and buildings in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. ... Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk holding the baton of the Earl Marshal. ...

Sir Donald Campbell set the World water speed record on Ullswater. On 23 July 1955 he piloted the jet-propelled hydroplane "Bluebird K7" to a speed of 202.32 mph (325.53 km/h). The highly renowned Sharrow Bay Hotel is also situated on the shore of Ullswater on the road between Pooley Bridge and Howtown. Donald Malcolm Campbell (March 23, 1921 - January 4, 1967) was a British car and motorboat driver who broke many speed records. ... July 23 is the 204th day (205th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 161 days remaining. ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Just south of Pooley Bridge on the lake's eastern shore is Eusemere, where anti-slavery campaigner Thomas Clarkson (1760–1846) lived; the house gives one of the best views of the lower reach of Ullswater. William and Dorothy Wordsworth were friends of Clarkson and visited on many occasions. After visiting Clarkson in April 1802 Wordsworth was inspired to write the poem "Daffodils"' after seeing daffodils growing on the shores of Ullswater on his journey back to Grasmere. Wordsworth once wrote of Ullswater: "it is the happiest combination of beauty and grandeur, which any of the lakes affords". Thomas Clarkson (28 March 1760 - 26 September 1846), born at Wisbech in Cambridgeshire, England, was a leading campaigner against the slave trade in the British Empire. ... 1760 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1846 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... William Wordsworth, English poet William Wordsworth (April 7, 1770 – April 23, 1850) was a major English romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped launch the Romantic Age in English literature with their 1798 joint publication, Lyrical Ballads. ... Dorothy Wordsworth (December 25, 1771 - January 25, 1855) was an English poet and diarist. ... --69. ... Grasmere village and lake as seen from the fell of Stone Arthur This article is about the village in the UK. For the neighborhood in Staten Island, New York, USA, see Grasmere, Staten Island. ...

External links

• Ullswater and Aira Force information at the National Trust
• Lake District Desktops — More Ullswater information and photographs.

Ullswater steamer leaves Glenridding