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Haweswater

Haweswater is in The Lake District National Park in England.

Haweswater is an artificially extended reservoir formed from the much smaller original lake that was roughly half the size and occupying the Northern half of the current reservoir. The villages of Mardale and Measand were lost to the much higher water level, together with a church, an inn and several roads with bridges. The dam at Haweswater was constucted to allow the existing lake in the valley to fill up to a higher level to create the reservoir we see today. Dissapointingly the dam is not accessible to walk along, as is the case at other reservoirs.

Created: 27  November  2016  Edited: 29  November  2023

Haweswater Details

Haweswater is a large freshwater lake in Cumbria, situated at an altitude of around 246 meters and is deep.

The shoreline of Haweswater is approximately 15.661 Kilometers all the way round.

  • Altitude: 246 m
  • Shoreline: 15.661 Km
  • Depth: Deep

Haweswater

Haweswater Woodland

Haweswater is a woodland area in Cumbria, managed by RSPB.

Wildlife in and around Haweswater

Haweswater Birds

There are 133 species of birds recorded as found near Haweswater.

Barn Owl (Tyto alba)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)
Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)

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