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Lake · England

Derwentwater

74 m243 ft

Area: 5.07 km²
Max depth: 22 m
Tonight: 5°CPartly cloudy · Wind 17 km/h W

Derwentwater is a lake at 74 m above sea level in England, United Kingdom, 5.07 km² in area and 4.6 km long.

All facts

Surface elevation: 74 m
Length: 4.6 km
Shoreline: 21.1 km

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Lake

Derwentwater in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline: 21.1 km≈5¼ h to walk around

3D map

Derwentwater 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 6.6 × 6.6 km

Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Derwentwater terrain and contours

20 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.

Index contours every 100 mShowing west → east through the centre

Derwentwater elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Derwentwater weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 5°C (41°F) · Wind 17 km/h W

Derwentwater forecast for about 74 m.

Tonight5°–17 km/h W
Today6°11°30.4 mm58 km/h W
Sun7°10°5.6 mm51 km/h W
Mon7°14°15.6 mm35 km/h SW
Tue8°12°10.3 mm38 km/h S
Wed10°12°3.9 mm27 km/h W
Thu8°11°0.3 mm12 km/h S
Fri10°12°8.4 mm21 km/h SE
Sat6°10°4.1 mm22 km/h SE
Sun6°8°0.9 mm19 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

Camping & parking near Derwentwater

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Derwentwater, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

Nearest parking
0.9 km NNW
+2 more within 1.1 km
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Nearest caravan site
Derwentwater Camping and Caravan Club
1.8 km NNE · +2 more within 1.9 km
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Nearest campsite
1.8 km W
+2 more within 2.6 km
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Nearest hut
Causeway Foot
3.7 km E · +2 more within 6.6 km
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All mapped places 12

Place	Distance
Parking	0.9 km NNW
Parking	1.0 km WSW
Parking	1.1 km WSW
Derwentwater Camping and Caravan ClubCaravan site	1.8 km NNE
Campsite	1.8 km W
Keswick Camping and Caravanning Club SiteCaravan site	1.9 km N
Derwent Water Caravan ParkCaravan site	1.9 km N
Keswick Scouts Ashness HutCampsite	2.4 km SE
Castlerigg Hall Caravan & Camping ParkCampsite	2.6 km ENE
Causeway FootHut	3.7 km E
Grange Old SchoolHut	4.0 km S
Armboth Hall SummerhouseHut	6.6 km SE

Slope

Share of the 6.6 × 6.6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 72% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

71.5%

Moderate, 15–30°

21.0%

Steep, 30–45°

7.1%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.4%

Steeper than 30°: 7.5% of the 44 km² view
Relief in view: 532 m low point 71 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 60.2%Trees 25.4%Water 11.8%Built-up 2.5%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3.3 km; 885 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

European Robin96
Mallard85
Greylag Goose84
Canada Goose80
Ring-necked Pheasant72
Eurasian Jackdaw64

Where it sits

Where Derwentwater sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Bassenthwaite Lake68 m9.3 km NNW

Derwentwater downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGDerwentwater satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-07-15.

3D printing & 3D apps

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Sources

Data sources

Terrain: Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-07-15)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Panorama: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Derwentwater

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