Carsington Water
- Area
- 2.76 km²
- Tonight
- 5°CPartly cloudy · Wind 24 km/h W
Carsington Water is a lake at 197 m above sea level in United Kingdom, 2.76 km² in area and 3.6 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 197 m
- Length
- 3.6 km
- Shoreline
- 15.9 km
Carsington Water in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 15.9 km≈4 h to walk around
Carsington Water 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 5.6 × 5.6 km
Carsington Water terrain and contours
10 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
Carsington Water elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Carsington Water weather
Tonight · Partly cloudy · 5°C (41°F) · Wind 24 km/h W
Carsington Water forecast for about 197 m.
- Tonight5°–24 km/h W
- Today5°11°16.6 mm42 km/h SW
- Sun5°9°3.5 mm49 km/h W
- Mon6°14°7.3 mm34 km/h SW
- Tue8°14°1.9 mm39 km/h SW
- Wed8°12°0.8 mm24 km/h SW
- Thu9°9°0.5 mm11 km/h SE
- Fri8°10°5.5 mm14 km/h SE
- Sat5°9°12.4 mm22 km/h NW
- Sun4°8°0.1 mm26 km/h NW
Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 24, 01:17 UTC.
Camping & parking near Carsington Water
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Carsington Water, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
0.9 km WNW
Nearest campsite
Uppertown Farm
Nearest caravan site
Carsington Water Caravan Club Site
All mapped places 9
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 0.9 km WNW |
| Uppertown FarmCampsite | 1.3 km WNW |
| MillfieldsParking | 1.4 km S |
| Parking | 1.4 km S |
| Carsington Water Caravan Club SiteCaravan site | 1.6 km S |
| Knockerdown Caravan & CampingCampsite | 1.6 km WNW |
| The Pudding RoomCampsite | 1.6 km WNW |
| Carsington Fields Caravan ParkCaravan site | 2.0 km S |
| Offcote House FarmCaravan site | 6.1 km WSW |
Slope
Share of the 5.6 × 5.6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly gentle: 95% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 0.0% of the 31 km² view
- Relief in view
- 206 m low point 124 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 2.8 km; 288 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Great Crested Grebe25
- Common Pochard21
- Common Coot19
- Tufted Duck19
- Green-winged Teal15
- Canada Goose15
Where Carsington Water sits
- Region
- United Kingdom371Europe2,143
Nearby places
Dovedale↑10 km W
Monsal Dale↑22 km NNW
Harpur Hill QuarryLake↑27 km NW
Tittesworth ReservoirLake↑27 km WNW
Padley Gorge↑27 km N
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- Terrain
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- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-13)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Camping & parking, Geometry
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)