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Haweswater Reservoir
- Area
- 3.41 km²
- Tonight
- 4°CCloudy · Wind 22 km/h W
Haweswater Reservoir is a lake at 237 m above sea level in England, United Kingdom, 3.41 km² in area and 6.1 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 237 m
- Length
- 6.1 km
- Shoreline
- 16.2 km
Haweswater Reservoir in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 16.2 km≈4 h to walk around
Haweswater Reservoir 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 8.1 × 8.1 km
Haweswater Reservoir terrain and contours
25 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.
Haweswater Reservoir elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Haweswater Reservoir weather
Tonight · Cloudy · 4°C (39°F) · Wind 22 km/h W
Haweswater Reservoir forecast for about 237 m.
- Tonight4°–22 km/h W
- Today4°10°33.1 mm44 km/h SW
- Sun6°8°1.8 mm48 km/h W
- Mon6°8°18.2 mm35 km/h S
- Tue7°11°9.0 mm43 km/h S
- Wed9°10°2.7 mm23 km/h SW
- Thu7°9°0.8 mm15 km/h S
- Fri8°11°9.1 mm21 km/h S
- Sat4°9°4.3 mm23 km/h SE
- Sun4°7°0.2 mm22 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 23, 23:18 UTC.
Camping & parking near Haweswater Reservoir
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Haweswater Reservoir, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
1.4 km S
Nearest campsite
Aragon Camping
Nearest hut
Mosedale Cottage
Nearest caravan site
Hartsop Fold Holiday Lodges
All mapped places 7
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 1.4 km S |
| Parking | 2.1 km S |
| Parking | 2.7 km NE |
| Aragon CampingCampsite | 3.7 km NE |
| Mosedale CottageHut | 4.8 km SSE |
| Hartsop Fold Holiday LodgesCaravan site | 7.4 km W |
| Hartsop FoldCaravan site | 7.4 km W |
Slope
Share of the 8.1 × 8.1 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly gentle: 61% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 9.7% of the 66 km² view
- Relief in view
- 654 m low point 174 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.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 4.0 km of Haweswater Reservoir.
Summit list 5
- 1Low Raise754 m 2.6 km W
- 2Raven Howe718 m 3.3 km W
- 3High Raise804 m 3.4 km W
- 4Kidsty Pike781 m 3.7 km WSW
- 5Rampsgill Head792 m 4.0 km WSW
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4.0 km; 378 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Bog asphodel17
- Round-leaved sundew16
- Dark Brocade16
- Common Butterwort15
- Woodland Dor Beetle14
- Parsley fern13
Where Haweswater Reservoir sits
- Range
- Lake District28
- Region
- England120United Kingdom371Europe2,143
- Protected area
- Lake District National Park27
Nearby places
Mardale↑1.0 km SW
Blea WaterLake · 488 m↑4.6 km SW
HayeswaterLake · 426 m↑5.4 km WSW
Angle TarnLake · 479 m↑6.4 km W
Wet Sleddale ReservoirLake · 277 m↑7.2 km ESE
More in the Lake District 6
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- 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 2025 (scene 2025-09-22)
- 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)