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An early morning visit to Derwentwater in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria

A frozen Derwentwater in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria

Derwentwater in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria looking towards Keswik and the Skiddaw Range

A frozen Derwentwater in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria

A frozen Derwentwater in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria

Derwentwater in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria

Looking over Derwentwater towards the town of Keswick on a summer afternoon. Behind the town rise with the slopes of Skiddaw. The lake is surrounded by magnificent fells and, as a result, the area is popular with walkers. Here pleasure boats tie up and take on passengers for tours of the lake which is 3 miles long, a mile wide - and 72 feet deep! The image has been textured to simulate an impressionist style painting.

Derwentwater in the English Lake District. Looking across the lake from near the town of Keswick.

Derwentwater from Keswick

Standing by a rocky outcrop on the eastern shore of Derwentwater in Cumbria's beautiful Lake District and looking across to Catbells and the surrounding western fells. Derwentwater, 3 miles long,1 mile wide and 72 feet deep is fed by the River Derwent which rises high in Borrowdale and subsequently flows into Bassenthwaite and on to the Irish Sea at Workington. Being so close to the market town of Kewich here, it is sometimes unsurprisingly known as 'Keswick's Lake'.

The view from the shoreline at Crow Park on the edge of Keswick in Cumbria, looking south west towards Catbells and the western fells. Derwentwater is one of the main bodies of water within the Lake District National Park. It is approximately 3 miles long and 1 mile wide with a maximum depth of about 72 feet. The shore at Keswick is extremely popular with tourists who can hire rowing boats or take a less arduous trip on a launch. There are many walks around the lake and on the surrounding fells.

The view from the shoreline at Crow Park on the edge of Keswick in Cumbria, looking south west towards Catbells and the western fells. Derwentwater is one of the main bodies of water within the Lake District National Park. It is approximately 3 miles long and 1 mile wide with a maximum depth of about 72 feet. The shore at Keswick is extremely popular with tourists who can hire rowing boats or take a less arduous trip on a launch. There are many walks around the lake and on the surrounding fells.

Two kayakers leaving the Keswick shore and paddling across Derwentwater towards the distant fells. Derwentwater is one of the main bodies of water within the Lake District National Park. It is approximately 3 miles long and 1 mile wide with a maximum depth of about 72 feet. The shore at Keswick is extremely popular with tourists who can hire rowing boats, take a less arduous trip on a launch - or paddle!

Catbells and Lake District fells appearing through the mist at Derwentwater taken from Crow Park in Keswick, with a view of the Autumn trees on Derwent Isle and the well known sunken gate!

Rowing boats ready for hire and drawn up on to the shore of Derwentwater at Keswick in Cumbria. Derwentwater is one of the main bodies of water within the Lake District National Park. It is approximately 3 miles long and 1 mile wide with a maximum depth of about 72 feet. The shore here at Keswick is extremely popular with tourists who can hire these rowing boats or take a less arduous trip on a launch. There are many walks around the lake and on the surrounding fells.

The view from Crow Park on the edge of Kewick in Cumbria, looking south west towards Catbells and the western fells. Derwentwater is one of the main bodies of water within the Lake District National Park. It is approximately 3 miles long and 1 mile wide with a maximum depth of about 72 feet. The shore at Keswick is extremely popular with tourists who can hire rowing boats or take a less arduous trip on a launch. There are many walks around the lake and on the surrounding fells.

A digital coloured pencil drawing of an early evening scene on Derwentwater in late June with a flotilla of geese and ducks heading away from the shore at Keswick to their evening roost. In the foreground are rowing boats for hire drawn up on to the shore, waiting for passengers next morning. Derwentwater is one of the main bodies of water within the Lake District National Park. It is approximately 3 miles long and 1 mile wide with a maximum depth of about 72 feet.

The sun sets over a misty Derwentwater. Derwentwater, at 3 miles long, 1 mile wide and 72 feet deep, is fed by the River Derwent catchment area in the high fells at the head of Borrowdale, and has a long historical and literary background. The Lake is very much a landscape of moods, varying from the dramatic waves splashing against Friar’s Crag when driven by southerly gales, to the absolute mirror calm of early mornings.

Rowing boats ready for hire and drawn up on to the shore of Derwentwater at Keswick in Cumbria. Derwentwater is one of the main bodies of water within the Lake District National Park. It is approximately 3 miles long and 1 mile wide with a maximum depth of about 72 feet. The shore here at Keswick is extremely popular with tourists who can hire these rowing boats or take a less arduous trip on a launch. There are many walks around the lake and on the surrounding fells.

A4 watercolour based on a photograph of Derwentwater in The English Lake District

Derwentwater is a lake at Keswick in the English Lake District. BEST VIEWED LARGER

View from Derwentwater in The Lake District valley of Borrowdale, with Lord Island to the left, In the distance and beyond the town of Keswick is the Skiddaw Range of mountains.

Ashness Bridge close to Derwentwater in the Lake District is an iconic packhorse bridge that is a draw for photographers and tourists alike. Here the bridge is shown from its less often taken viewpoint, caught after a heavy rain storm with the stream flowing strongly.

Standing on the shore of Derwentwater in Cumbria, looking over the water to Catbells (or Cat Bells), a fell on its western shore. Catbells is a popular climb, fairly undemanding, and so is quite suitable for families to tackle. Behind us is the market town of Keswick which lies on the lake's northern shore. Derwentwater itself is about 3 miles long and a mile wide, ideal for taking out a rowing boat or having a trip on one of its launches.

Derwentwater is the widest of the lakes in Cumbria - the Lake District. Overlooked by the mighty Skiddaw and with the bustling market town of Keswick.

Derwentwater in the English Lake District. Looking down the lake from near the town of Keswick.

Derwentwater in the English Lake District. Looking across the lake from near the town of Keswick.

One of the most photographed jettys in the Lake District. Ashness Jetty lies on Derwentwater in the Borrowdale Valley. Stunning reflections can be captured, especially when the water is still. Here, the area is captured in a panoramic image, in an attempt to do justice to such a fantastic view. Canon 5D Mk3 L series 24-105 lens

Derwentwater is a lake at Keswick in the English Lake District. BEST VIEWED LARGER

Derwentwater in the English Lake District. Looking across the lake from near the town of Keswick.

Lookout at Derwentwater

The stream flowing under Ashness Bridge near Derwentwater is known as Barrow Beck which flows down from Bleaberry Fell.. The building in the picture is Bark House, originally built to store oak bark from the nearby woods for processing in Keswick.

Borrowdale Valley from Derwentwater

A charcoal effect image of the rocky shoreline of Derwentwater at Keswick, Cumbria,looking south west towards Catbells and the western fells. Derwentwater is one of the main bodies of water within the Lake District National Park. It is approximately 3 miles long and 1 mile wide with a maximum depth of about 72 feet. The shore at Keswick is extremely popular with tourists who can hire rowing boats or take a less arduous trip on a launch.

At Surprise View you can look out over the whole of the Derwentwater, Keswick, and beyond to Bassenthwaite Lake. EOS 1D MkIII 17-40mm (L) @ 17mm

Keswick's local lake is only a ten minute walk from the centre of town. To its west rise the fells of Cat Bells. To the east is the fantastic viewpoint of Friar's Crag, jutting into the lake. And its southern foot is the entrance to the beautiful Borrowdale valley