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attraction · Keswick and Borrowdale
Mirehouse
A literary house and garden on the east shore of Bassenthwaite Lake.
Mirehouse is a seventeenth-century house on the east shore of Bassenthwaite Lake, with a garden and a walk to the church at the lake. Writers including Tennyson stayed here. It is a quiet alternative to Keswick on a Bassenthwaite day.
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Bassenthwaite Lake
lakeKeswick and Borrowdale
Surface area: 5.1 km² (1.98 sq mi) · Length: 6.4 km (4 mi) · Max depth: 63 m (207 ft)
The most northerly lake, under Skiddaw and beside the A66.
Dodd (Skiddaw)
fellKeswick and Borrowdale
502 m (1,647 ft) · Easy
502 m fell above Keswick.
Keswick
townKeswick and Borrowdale
Population: 4,658
The main town in the north, between Derwentwater and Skiddaw.