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Wasdale
- 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.
All facts
- Floor
- 54 m
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.
Wasdale elevation profile
West → east through the centre
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Depth of Wasdale
Up to 738 m deep (typically 462 m) along the 11.2 km in view.
Rim = the lower side's highest point within 6 km.
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 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
Nearest campsite
Church Stile Farm And Holiday Park
Nearest caravan site
5.6 km WSW
All mapped places 7
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 0.1 km WSW |
| Church Stile Farm And Holiday ParkCampsite | 0.1 km N |
| Parking | 0.2 km SW |
| Parking | 0.4 km SE |
| The Old Post Office CampsiteCampsite | 2.8 km SSW |
| The Barn CampsiteCampsite | 4.0 km S |
| Caravan site | 5.6 km WSW |
Slope
Share of the 12 × 12 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly gentle: 51% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 14.5% of the 144 km² view
- Relief in view
- 952 m low point 23 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 6 km of Wasdale.
Summit list 9
- 1Illgill Head (summit)609 m 1.6 km S
- 2Illgill Head604 m 1.8 km S
- 3Middle Fell582 m 1.9 km WNW
- 4Yewbarrow629 m 2.0 km NNE
- 5Yewbarrow North Top617 m 2.7 km NNE
- 6Buckbarrow423 m 3.3 km W
- 7Seatallan693 m 3.4 km WNW
- 8Glade How440 m 3.5 km W
- 9Whin Rigg537 m 3.5 km SSW
Where Wasdale sits
- Region
- England120United Kingdom371Europe2,143
- Protected area
- Lake District National Park27
Nearby places
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)