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Block Heritage

Ullswater is the second largest lake in the English Lake District, being approximately 9 miles (14.5 kilometres) long and 0.75 miles (1,200 metres) wide with a maximum depth of sightly more than 60 metres (197 ft).

Many regard Ullswater as the most beautiful of the English lakes[2]: it has been compared to Lake Lucerne in Switzerland. It is a typical Lake District narrow “ribbon lake” formed after the last ice age when a glacier scooped out the valley floor, the deepened section filled with meltwater when the glacier retreated, and it became a lake. The surrounding mountains give Ullswater the shape of an elongated “Z” giving it three separate segments (or “reaches”) that wend their way through the surrounding hills.

The origin of the name “Ullswater” is uncertain. Some say it comes from the name of a Nordic chief ‘Ulf’ who ruled over the area[3]; however, there was a Saxon Lord of Greystoke called ‘Ulphu’s whose land bordered the lake. The lake may have been named Ulf’s Water in honour of either of these or it may be named after the Norse god Ullr, also known as Ull.