Crummock Water on the Around-England Blog

Crummock Water is one of a group of three lakes (Loweswater and Buttermere being the other two) close to one another in the Western Lake District near to Cockermouth. Here is the blog content so far relating to Crummock Water. I’ll try to add more as time goes on as it certainly deserves more attention than I’ve given it on the blog so far.

Lake District Directory – Western Area – Where to Go and What to Do.
(This currently focuses on the West Cumbria Coast. More shortly)

The Western Lake District: Crummock Water – for much more about this lake.

Accommodation nearby: Cockermouth area – Keswick area

Crummock Water Today

October 10, 2012

“Around-England” temporarily moved office today to The Rock, Hause Point, Crummock Water. Back in my usual base at Appleby in Westmorland tomorrow morning!

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Lanthwaite Wood – Memory of 2009

August 19, 2011

Lanthwaite Wood is a National Trust property at the foot of Crummock Water in the Lake District, alongside the point where the River Cocker leaves the lake. The car park there provides an excellent starting point for walks, which often give opportunity to see Red Squirrels. The River Cocker flows from here down Lorton Vale [...]

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Keswick, Cockermouth and the Northern Lakes

August 4, 2009

My time in the Lake District has been very limited so far this year but I did get three days there last week, the primary reason for the visit being to visit elderly relatives. In addition to an overnight in Workington I managed to spend two nights in one of the sleeping ‘pods’ of a [...]

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