LakeHidden gem
Watendlath
Borrowdale, North West England
A tiny hamlet with a tarn, a packhorse bridge and a tea room at the end of a narrow lane.
- Booking
- No need to book
- Time to allow
- 2 hours
Watendlath is a handful of farm buildings around a quiet tarn on a shelf above Borrowdale, owned by the National Trust. The lane up is narrow and steep, and the reward is a stone bridge, a farmhouse tea room and walks to Lodore Falls or Rosthwaite. It is a classic Lakes stop for a slow morning.
Good to know
- Arrive before 10am, the small car park fills up
- Walk back down to Rosthwaite or Lodore if you have time
- Best time
- Early morning
- Open
- All year
- Getting there
- Steep single-track lane from the Borrowdale road with small pay car park
- Vehicles
- Fine in any car
Facilities
- Picnic tables
- Toilets
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