Keswick & North Lakes · Lake
Thirlmere is a reservoir lake between Helvellyn and the central ridge, on the main Keswick–Grasmere road. Victorian dam-building drowned two villages; today it is a place of conifer shores, quiet la...
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Thirlmere is a reservoir lake between Helvellyn and the central ridge, on the main Keswick–Grasmere road. Victorian dam-building drowned two villages; today it is a place of conifer shores, quiet laybys and the launch-pad for Helvellyn from the west.
Swimming is restricted; walking the shore and going up the fells is the point.
The steep west-side path; less famous than Striding Edge, still a big mountain.
Short, steep viewpoint over the whole reservoir.
Places to eat, stay, shop and visit
King's Head Inn is a pub in Thirlmere, in the Thirlmere area of the Lake District. A local pint stop...
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Camping on the east shore of Thirlmere, under Helvellyn's western flanks. A high, atmospheric pitch ...
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Reservoir-shore trails between Helvellyn and the central ridge - quieter than the honeypot lakes aft...
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