Wast Water
Here’s a pub quiz question: what’s the deepest lake in England? The answer is Wastwater, which isn’t just 4.6km long and 600 metres wide, but stretches down to a depth of 79 metres. This means that nine Routemaster buses can be stacked end-to-end without breaking the surface, or you could easily submerge Nelson’s Column and still have 27 metres left over.
This makes for a lake that’s as staggering to view on terra firma as it is from below the surface. After all, views don’t need to be lengthy vistas stretching all the way to the horizon. For those who want to keep their feet firmly on dry land, however, a view of Wastwater from atop the nearby Scafell Pike provides a scene taking in England’s deepest lake from atop its highest peak.
England Culture & Tourism Route © Monika Simon Newbound 2020
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