Rydal Water

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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 Coordinates: 54 ° 26 '49 "  N , 2 ° 59' 47"  W.
Rydal Water (England)
Rydal Water
length 1.1 km
width 370 m
Maximum depth 16 m
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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.

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