Rydal Water
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| Rydal Water from Nab Scar seen from | ||
| Geographical location | Lake District , Cumbria , England | |
| Tributaries | River Rothay | |
| Drain | River Rothay | |
| Places on the shore | Rydal | |
| Location close to the shore | Ambleside , Grasmere | |
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| Coordinates | 54 ° 26 '49 " N , 2 ° 59' 47" W | |
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| length | 1.1 km | |
| width | 370 m | |
| Maximum depth | 16 m | |
Rydal Water is one of the smaller lakes in Northern England's Lake District National Park . With a maximum depth of 16 m, it is 1.1 km long and 370 m wide.
The lake is located near the village of Rydal between the two villages of Ambleside and Grasmere in the Rothay Valley . It is traversed by the River Rothay in a north-south direction, which flows into Lake Windermere at Ambleside .
The place where the poet William Wordsworth lived after he moved from Dove Cottage to Rydal Mount .
Another well-known country estate on the banks of Rydal Water is Nab Cottage , where the writers Thomas de Quincey and Hartley Coleridge lived.