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Ullswater

145 m476 ft

Area: 8.71 km²
Max depth: 63 m
Tonight: 5°CCloudy · Wind 21 km/h W

Ullswater is a lake at 145 m above sea level in England, United Kingdom, 8.71 km² in area and 11.1 km long.

All facts

Surface elevation: 145 m
Length: 11.1 km
Shoreline: 31.5 km

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Lake

Ullswater in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline: 31.5 km≈7¾ h to walk around

3D map

Ullswater 3D map

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Surface

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Topographic map

Ullswater 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.

Index contours every 125 mShowing west → east through the centre

Ullswater elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Ullswater weather

Tonight · Cloudy · 5°C (41°F) · Wind 21 km/h W

Ullswater forecast for about 145 m.

Tonight5°–21 km/h W
Today6°11°29.3 mm51 km/h W
Sun7°9°2.7 mm52 km/h W
Mon7°9°15.2 mm32 km/h S
Tue8°12°6.6 mm38 km/h S
Wed10°12°2.1 mm23 km/h SW
Thu8°11°0.3 mm11 km/h S
Fri9°12°9.6 mm22 km/h S
Sat5°10°4.3 mm22 km/h SE
Sun5°8°0.4 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

Camping & parking near Ullswater

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

Nearest parking
0.6 km NNE
+2 more within 0.7 km
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Nearest caravan site
Knotts Hill Lodge Park
2.5 km NE · +2 more within 3.9 km
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Nearest campsite
Ullswater Holiday Park
3.5 km NNE · +2 more within 4.5 km
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Nearest hut
George Starkey Hut
4.6 km SSW · +2 more within 6.6 km
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All mapped places 12

Place	Distance
Parking	0.6 km NNE
Parking	0.7 km WNW
Parking	0.7 km NNE
Knotts Hill Lodge ParkCaravan site	2.5 km NE
Ullswater Holiday ParkCampsite	3.5 km NNE
Cove ParkCaravan site	3.7 km NNE
Side Farm CampsiteCampsite	3.9 km SW
The Quiet SiteCaravan site	3.9 km NNE
Campsite	4.5 km NE
George Starkey HutHut	4.6 km SSW
Noran Bank Farm BunkhouseHut	5.3 km SSW
Rookin House Camping BarnHut	6.6 km NW

Slope

Share of the 13.1 × 13.1 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 69% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

68.8%

Moderate, 15–30°

23.7%

Steep, 30–45°

7.3%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.2%

Steeper than 30°: 7.5% of the 172 km² view
Relief in view: 618 m low point 139 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 81.6%Trees 11.8%Water 5.8%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 6.6 km of Ullswater.

Summit list 8

1Loadpot Hill672 m 3.9 km SE
2Place Fell657 m 4.0 km SSW
3Wether Hill673 m 4.8 km SE
4Wether Hill (summit)676 m 5.1 km SE
5High Kop662 m 5.6 km SE
6Heron Pike612 m 5.8 km WSW
7Red Crag711 m 5.8 km SSE
8Sheffield Pike676 m 6.0 km WSW

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 6.6 km; 780 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Eurasian Red Squirrel52
Common Chaffinch36
Common Harebell28
European wood-sorrel27
Fly Agaric26
Purple foxglove26

Where it sits

Where Ullswater sits

Nearby

Nearby places

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Print & wall

JPGUllswater satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2025-09-22.

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GIS & GPS

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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 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)
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: Official website · Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia

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