Lakes and Water
The Lake District has 16 major lakes and waters, below are direct links to individual pages for each of the Lakes.
There are 4 main lakes that have companies offering to take visitors around the lake or provide rowing boats and self drive motorized boats for hire so you can take in the splendour of the surrounding area at your own pace, these are usually hired on a per hour basis.
The main lakes with this facility are;
Windermere | Windermere Lake Cruises | Coniston Water | Coniston Launch | Ullswater | Ullswater Steamers | Derwent Water | Keswick Launch
Tourist Stats
Lakes of the Northern Lake District
Derwent Water | Bassenthwaite | Watendlath Tarn | Thirlmere | Crummock Water, Loweswater | Innominate Tarn | Grisedale Tarn | Elterwater
Lakes of the Southern Lake District
Lake Windermere | Tarn Hows | Esthwaite Water | Loughrigg Tarn | Blea Tarn | Coniston Water | Rydal Water | Brothers Water | Easedale Tarn | Grasmere Lake
Lakes of the Western Lake District
Buttermere | Ennerdale Water | Wast Water | Burnmoor Tarn | Seathwaite Tarn
Lakes of the Eastern Lake District
Ullswater and Haweswater Reservoir
Main Tourist Towns
Windermere | Bowness on Windermere | Ambleside | Coniston | Hawkshead | Keswick
All Towns & Villages
Lake District Categories
Northern Lake District | Southern Lake District | Western Lake District | Eastern Lake District
Lake District Lakes and Waters
Lake Windermere | Coniston Water | Derwent Water | Ullswater