List of lakes of the Lake District

Physical characteristics of the main lakes

Map of major lakes

Lakes, tarns and reservoirs

• Alcock Tarn, east of Grasmere, below Heron Pike
• Angle Tarn, north of Bowfell
• Angle Tarn, east of Patterdale, by Angletarn Pikes
• Bassenthwaite Lake
• Beacon Tarn in the Blawith fells, west of Coniston Water
• Bigland Tarn near Haverthwaite
• Blackbeck Tarn on Haystacks
• Bleaberry Tarn, north of Red Pike, near Buttermere
• Blea Tarn, near Boot, Eskdale
• Blea Tarn, between Pike of Blisco and Lingmoor Fell
• Blea Tarn, on Watendlath fell, north of Ullscarf
• Blea Water, below High Street
• Blelham Tarn, west of Windermere
• Blind Tarn, on the east side of the ridge south of Dow Crag
• Boretree Tarn, west of the southern end of Windermere
• Bowscale Tarn, on the slopes of Bowscale Fell
• Brothers Water
• Burnmoor Tarn, Between Eskdale and Wasdale
• Buttermere
• Chapelhouse Reservoir, south-east of Uldale
• Codale Tarn, east of High Raise and the Langdale Pikes
• Cogra Moss, between Ennerdale Water and Loweswater
• Coniston Water
• Crummock Water
• Dalehead Tarn, between Dale Head and High Spy
• Derwent Water
• Devoke Water
• Dock Tarn, east of Rosthwaite, south of Watendlath
• Easedale Tarn, west of Grasmere
• Elter Water
• Ennerdale Water
• Esthwaite Water
• Floutern Tarn, north of Great Borne
• Foxes Tarn, north of Scafell
• Goat's Water, west of the Old Man of Coniston
• Grasmere
• Greendale Tarn, by Middle Fell near Wasdale
• Green Hows tarn Graythwaite
• Upper Green How’s tarn Graythwaite
• Grisedale Tarn, between Fairfield and Dollywaggon Pike
• Gurnal Dubs, west of Garnett Bridge
• Harrop Tarn, in the Wythburn fells, west of Thirlmere
• Haweswater Reservoir
• Hayeswater
• Heights Tarn
• Helton Tarn, northwest of Witherslack
• High Dam Tarn, west of the southern end of Windermere
• High House Tarn, south of Glaramara
• Innominate Tarn, on Haystacks
• Kelly Hall Tarn, south-east of Torver
• Kentmere Reservoir
• Knipe Tarn, south-east of Bowness-on-Windermere
• Lanty's Tarn, west of Patterdale
• Levers Water, on the east side of the Coniston fells
• Lily Tarn, north of Clappersgate
• Lingmoor Tarn, on Lingmoor Fell
• Little Langdale Tarn
• Little Tarn, near Orthwaite, south of Uldale
• Littlewater Tarn, near Bampton
• Long Moss, between Torver and Coniston Water
• Loughrigg Tarn, below Loughrigg
• Loweswater
• Low Tarn, south of Red Pike, between Yewbarrow and the Seatallan-Haycock ridge
• Low Water, north of the Old Man of Coniston
• Meadley Reservoir, by Flat Fell, Ennerdale
• Mortimere, south of Clappersgate
• Moss Eccles Tarn, between Windermere and Esthwaite Water
• Over Water, south of Uldale
• Parkgate Tarn, near Eskdale
• Potter Tarn, west of Garnett Bridge
• Red Tarn, below the summit of Helvellyn
• Red Tarn, between Cold Pike and Pike of Blisco
• Rydal Water
• Scales Tarn, below the summit of Blencathra and Sharp Edge
• Schoolknott Tarn, south east of the town of Windermere
• Scoat Tarn, below Red Pike and Scoat Fell
• Seathwaite Tarn, west of the Coniston fells
• Simpson Ground Reservoir, east of Staveley-in-Cartmel
• Siney Tarn, north of Eskdale
• Skeggles Water, between Kentmere and Longsleddale
• Slew Tarn, east of Skelwith Bridge
• Small Water, between Mardale Ill Bell and Harter Fell
• Sow How Tarn
• Sprinkling Tarn, between Scafell Pike and Seathwaite Fell
• Stickle Tarn, Langdale, below Pavey Ark in the Langdale Pikes
• Styhead Tarn, at the head of Styhead Gill, at Sty Head Pass, between Scafell Pike and Great Gable
• Tarn at Leaves on Rosthwaite Fell
• Tarn Hows
• Tewet Tarn, below Low Rigg near St John's in the Vale
• Thirlmere
• Three Dubs Tarn, between Windermere and Esthwaite Water
• Three Tarns, between Bowfell and Crinkle Crags
• Torver Tarn, disused reservoir on Torver Low Common
• Tosh Tarn, south east of Wast Water, near the River Irt
• Ullswater
• Wast Water
• Watendlath Tarn
• Wet Sleddale Reservoir
• Windermere
• Wise Een Tarn, between Windermere and Esthwaite Water
• Woodhow Tarn, south east of Wast Water, near the River Irt
• Yew Tree Tarn, between Holme Fell and Tarn Hows

  Former lakes, tarns and reservoirs

• Baystone Bank Reservoir, east of Black Combe
• Keppel Cove Tarn, north of Catstycam, dam destroyed by flood, 1931