Buttermere by munki-boy
Buttermere
Buttermere is in The Lake District National Park in England.
Buttermere is a lake in the English Lake District. It measures 1 1/2 miles long, 3/4 of a mile wide and 75 feet deep. There is a footpath running round the perimeter of the lake, which takes in some beautiful scenery.
The area provides plenty of low level walks, including the walk around Buttermere lake itself, as well as the extensive mountain ranges surrounding the Buttermere valley, such as Haystacks, Fleetwith Pike and Rannerdale Knotts. Along with Red Pike, High Stile and High Crag, known as the Buttermere Round, these mountains provide superb and exciting high level walking and climbing.
Buttermere is a small hamlet situated between the lakes of Buttermere and Crummock Water. The two lakes were originally one post-glacial lake.
Buttermere village takes its name from the lake.
St James’ church situated just above the village of Buttermere is famous for the memorial to Alfred Wainwright. You can see his favourite mountain ‘Haystacks’ from the church window.
The name Buttermere means “the lake by the dairy pastures”.
Buttermere lake is owned by The National Trust.
Created: 28 August 2016 Edited: 29 November 2023
Buttermere
Local History around Buttermere
There are some historic monuments around including:
Gillerthwaite and Dodsgill Beck medieval settlements, associated field systems and cairnfields 790m ENE and 370m north-east of Low GillerthwaiteDale Head copper mine dressing floors and associated buildings 400m north of Dale HeadPrehistoric cairnfield 1.0km ESE of Low GillerthwaitePrehistoric cairnfield and a Romano-British farmstead and its associated field system 1.24 km ESE of Low GillerthwaiteRomano-British farmstead 200m west of Lambing KnottForce Crag mines and barytes mill and a prehistoric cairnfieldShieling settlement close to the mouth of Scale BeckRomano-British enclosed hut circle settlement and associated annexe at Lanthwaite GreenDale Head copper mine 300m north east of Dale HeadRound cairn on GrasmoorMedieval shielings at Great Cove, 2.68km south of Low GillerthwaiteMoated site of Loweswater Pele.Wildlife in and around Buttermere
Buttermere Birds
There are 130 species of birds recorded as found near Buttermere.
| Barn Owl (Tyto alba) |
| Black Grouse (Tetrao tetrix) |
| Blackbird (Turdus merula) |
| Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) |
| Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) |
| Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis) |
| Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) |
| Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla) |
| Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla) |
| Buzzard (Buteo buteo) |
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