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Wasdale

Floor54 m177 ft
Depth
738 m
Rim
839 m
Length
11.2 km
Tonight
2°CCloudy · Wind 23 km/h NW

Wasdale is up to 738 m deep: the rim reaches 839 m and the floor 54 m, along 11.2 km.

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Floor
54 m
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Wasdale 3D map

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Wasdale topographic map

50 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.

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Wasdale elevation profile

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Depth

Depth of Wasdale

Up to 738 m deep (typically 462 m) along the 11.2 km in view.

02004006008001,000738 mrimfloor0511.2 km

Rim = the lower side's highest point within 6 km.

Weather

Wasdale weather

Tonight · Cloudy · 2°C (36°F) · Wind 23 km/h NW

Wasdale forecast for about 839 m.

  • Tonight2°–23 km/h NW
  • Today3°8°37.6 mm65 km/h W
  • Sun3°6°10.2 mm61 km/h W
  • Mon3°9°14.1 mm39 km/h S
  • Tue5°8°12.4 mm41 km/h S
  • Wed5°7°9.5 mm32 km/h W
  • Thu4°6°0.4 mm17 km/h SE
  • Fri5°8°7.5 mm22 km/h SE
  • Sat2°6°4.5 mm22 km/h SE
  • Sun2°4°3.6 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 24, 01:17 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Wasdale

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

  • Nearest parking

    0.1 km WSW

    +2 more within 0.4 km

  • Nearest campsite

    Church Stile Farm And Holiday Park

    0.1 km N · +2 more within 4.0 km

  • Nearest caravan site

    5.6 km WSW

All mapped places 7
PlaceDistance
Parking0.1 km WSW
Church Stile Farm And Holiday ParkCampsite0.1 km N
Parking0.2 km SW
Parking0.4 km SE
The Old Post Office CampsiteCampsite2.8 km SSW
The Barn CampsiteCampsite4.0 km S
Caravan site5.6 km WSW
Slope

Slope

Share of the 12 × 12 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 51% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
50.5%
Moderate, 15–30°
35.0%
Steep, 30–45°
13.5%
Cliffs, 45° and over
1.0%
Steeper than 30°
14.5% of the 144 km² view
Relief in view
952 m low point 23 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 87.1%Trees 10.5%Water 2.3%

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

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 6 km of Wasdale.

NESW2 km5 km123456789
Summit list 9
  1. 1Illgill Head (summit)609 m 1.6 km S
  2. 2Illgill Head604 m 1.8 km S
  3. 3Middle Fell582 m 1.9 km WNW
  4. 4Yewbarrow629 m 2.0 km NNE
  5. 5Yewbarrow North Top617 m 2.7 km NNE
  6. 6Buckbarrow423 m 3.3 km W
  7. 7Seatallan693 m 3.4 km WNW
  8. 8Glade How440 m 3.5 km W
  9. 9Whin Rigg537 m 3.5 km SSW
Where it sits

Where Wasdale sits

Region
England120United Kingdom371Europe2,143
Protected area
Lake District National Park27
Nearby

Nearby places

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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)
Camping & parking, Geometry
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
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