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Hayeswater
- Area
- 0.17 km²
- Tonight
- 3°CPartly cloudy · Wind 18 km/h W
Hayeswater is a lake at 423 m above sea level in England, United Kingdom, 0.17 km² in area and 1.0 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 423 m
- Length
- 1.0 km
- Shoreline
- 2.3 km
Hayeswater in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 2.3 km≈30 min to walk around
Hayeswater 3D map
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Hayeswater 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.
Hayeswater elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Hayeswater weather
Tonight · Partly cloudy · 3°C (37°F) · Wind 18 km/h W
Hayeswater forecast for about 423 m.
- Tonight3°–18 km/h W
- Today4°10°36.0 mm48 km/h W
- Sun6°8°4.5 mm47 km/h W
- Mon5°12°17.9 mm35 km/h SW
- Tue7°11°10.8 mm41 km/h S
- Wed8°10°3.9 mm24 km/h SW
- Thu7°9°0.9 mm14 km/h S
- Fri8°10°10.2 mm20 km/h S
- Sat4°9°4.3 mm22 km/h SE
- Sun4°6°0.4 mm21 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 Hayeswater
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Hayeswater, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
Hartsop
Nearest hut
Sykeside Bunkhouse
Nearest campsite
Sykeside Camping Site
Nearest caravan site
Hartsop Fold
All mapped places 12
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| HartsopParking | 2.3 km WNW |
| Parking | 2.6 km W |
| Sykeside BunkhouseHut | 2.8 km W |
| Parking | 2.9 km WSW |
| Sykeside Camping SiteCampsite | 2.9 km W |
| Hartsop FoldCaravan site | 2.9 km WNW |
| Hartsop Fold Holiday LodgesCaravan site | 3.0 km WNW |
| Noran Bank Farm BunkhouseHut | 4.4 km NW |
| Patterdale Youth Hostel camp siteCampsite | 4.7 km NW |
| George Starkey HutHut | 5.4 km NW |
| Side Farm CampsiteCampsite | 5.9 km NW |
| Gillside Caravan ParkCaravan site | 7.1 km NW |
Slope
Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.
- Steeper than 30°
- 29.8% of the 16 km² view
- Relief in view
- 649 m low point 179 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 2 km of Hayeswater.
Summit list 4
- 1Rampsgill Head791 m 1.2 km ENE
- 2Rampsgill Head (summit)792 m 1.4 km ENE
- 3High Street (summit)829 m 1.5 km SE
- 4Kidsty Pike781 m 1.6 km ENE
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 2 km; 41 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Mountain Ringlet5
- Common Butterwort3
- Fox Moth3
- Red Deer3
- European Common Frog2
- Pebbled Pixie Cup2
Where Hayeswater sits
- Range
- Lake District28
- Region
- England120United Kingdom371Europe2,143
- Protected area
- Lake District National Park27
Nearby places
Blea WaterLake · 488 m↑2.2 km SE
Angle TarnLake · 479 m↑2.4 km NW
Brothers WaterLake · 157 m↑3.0 km W
Mardale↑4.6 km ENE
Haweswater ReservoirLake · 246 m↑5.2 km ENE
More in the Lake District 6
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- Terrain
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- 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)