Lodore Falls
The spectacular Lodore Falls lie where the beck (stream) that flows down the hanging valley of Watendlath tumbles over the edge into Borrowdale.
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Lodore Falls Details
Lodore Falls are located behind the Lodore Falls Hotel near the Grange end of Derwentwater. Once a must for Victorian tourists staying at Keswick, the falls are formed by the beck from Watendlath Tarn cascading over huge boulders for a distance of some 100 feet. This cataract is best seen after rain, but is worth seeing at any time. Access is by a gate from the road near the Lodore Hotel. Access may also be made from the road above, Ashness Road which leads to Watendlath. Robert Southey, one of the Lake District's most celebrated poets, wrote "The Cataract of Lodore" in 1820 about these falls. It's worth reading in full but this extract offers a flavour of what you might witness after heavy rain: _Advancing and prancing and glancing and dancing, Recoiling, turmoiling and toiling and boiling, And gleaming and streaming and steaming and beaming, And rushing and flushing and brushing and gushing, And flapping and rapping and clapping and slapping, And curling and whirling and purling and twirling, And thumping and plumping and bumping and jumping, And dashing and flashing and splashing and clashing; And so never ending, but always descending, Sounds and motions for ever and ever are blending, All at once and all o'er, with a mighty uproar, And this way the water comes down at Lodore._ Grid Reference: NY 26464 18814 Address (near): B5289, Keswick CA12, UK
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