Crummock Water

Crummock Water
Crummock Water from Rannerdale Knotts
map (1925)
Location	Lake District, Cumbria
Coordinates	54°33′N 3°18′W / 54.55°N 3.3°W / 54.55; -3.3Coordinates: 54°33′N 3°18′W / 54.55°N 3.3°W / 54.55; -3.3
Lake type	Ribbon
Primary inflows	Buttermere Dubs
Primary outflows	River Cocker
Basin countries	United Kingdom
Max. length	2.5 miles
Max. width	0.6 miles
Surface area	2.57 km2
Shore length1	6.26 miles
Surface elevation	96 metres
Islands	6
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Crummock Water is a lake in the Lake District in Cumbria, North West England situated between Buttermere to the south and Loweswater to the north. Crummock Water is two and a half miles long, three quarters of a mile wide and 140ft deep. The River Cocker is considered to start at the north of the lake, before then heading into Lorton Vale. The hill of Mellbreak runs the full length of the lake on its western side; as Alfred Wainwright described it 'no pairing of hill and lake in Lakeland have a closer partnership than these'.

It is owned by the National Trust. Scale Force, the highest waterfall in the Lake District feeds the lake and has a drop of 170ft. ^[1]

References

1. ^ "Crummock Water". Waterscape. http://www.waterscape.com/canals-and-rivers/crummock-water. 

External links

• Crummock Water
• An Ilustrated Guide -Crummock Water
• The Cumbria Directory - Crummock Water

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  Crummock Water with Grasmoor in the distance

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  Looking down Crummock towards Buttermere

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  High Crag, Pillar, Buttermere and Crummock Water from Haystacks

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  Crummock Water from Red Pike summit.