Windermere
A long ribbon lake in the Lake District, the largest in England by length, area and volume. Boats cross it between Bowness, Ambleside and Lakeside, and wooded shores rise to the fells on either side.
- Where
- Bowness-on-Windermere, England, United Kingdom
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 54.3583, -2.9361
Get the Windermere stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Windermere. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your England volume with your photos and a note.
Near Windermere
Hill Top 2.3 km
A 17th-century Lakeland house of rough stone walls and slate roof in Near Sawrey, once home to Beatrix Potter. She left it to the National Trust, and it is kept just as she would have known it.
Dove Cottage 12 km
A small house on the edge of Grasmere, home to William Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy from 1799 to 1808. Here he wrote much of his best-remembered poetry, including I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud and parts of The Prelude.
Scafell Pike 21 km
England's highest and most prominent mountain, rising to 978 metres in the Lake District. It is part of the Scafell massif, the remains of an extinct volcano, and its rocky summit draws walkers up from Wasdale and Borrowdale.
Lake District 22 km
A mountainous national park in Cumbria of lakes, fells and coast. It is bound up with Beatrix Potter, John Ruskin, Arthur Ransome and the Lake Poets, and holds both England's highest mountain and its largest lake.
Ullswater 24 km
A glacial lake about 11 km long and up to 63 metres deep, second only to Windermere in the Lake District. It once marked part of the border between Cumberland and Westmorland, and the daffodils of Wordsworth's poem grew along its shore.
Derwentwater 29 km
A lake in the northern Lake District, lying immediately south of the market town of Keswick. Wooded islands dot its surface, launches circle its shore, and Catbells and the fells of Borrowdale rise around it.
Yorkshire Dales 56 km
A series of valleys cut into the Pennines, mostly in North Yorkshire, crossed by dry stone walls and dotted with field barns. Most of the dales lie within a national park created in 1954, and all are within the historic boundaries of Yorkshire.
Blackpool Tower 61 km
A seaside tower inspired by the Eiffel Tower, opened on 14 May 1894 and, at 158 metres, then the tallest man-made structure in the British Empire. The red-brick block at its base holds the Tower Circus, the Tower Ballroom and roof gardens.
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Questions
Where is Windermere?
Windermere is in Bowness-on-Windermere, England, United Kingdom. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Hill Top (2.3 km), Dove Cottage (12 km), Scafell Pike (21 km).
How do I get the Windermere stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Windermere and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your England volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Windermere before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your England volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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