Crummock Water

Crummock Water
Crummock Water from Red Pike
map (1925)
Location	Lake District, Cumbria
Coordinates	54°33′N 3°18′W
Type	Ribbon
Primary inflows	Buttermere Dubs
Primary outflows	River Cocker
Basin countries	United Kingdom
Max. length	2.5 miles
Max. width	0.6 miles
Surface area	2.57 km2
Shore length1	6.26 miles
Surface elevation	96 metres
Islands	6
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Crummock Water is a lake in the Lake District in Cumbria, North West England situated between Buttermere to the south and Loweswater to the north. Crummock Water is two and a half miles long, three quarters of a mile wide and 140 feet deep. The River Cocker is considered to start at the north of the lake, before then flowing into Lorton Vale. The hill of Mellbreak runs the full length of the lake on its western side; as Alfred Wainwright described it 'no pairing of hill and lake in Lakeland have a closer partnership than these'.

"The meaning of 'Crummock' seems to be 'Crooked one', from British" (Brythonic Celtic) "'crumbaco'-'crooked'". This may refer to the winding course of the River Cocker, which flows out of the lake, or refer to the bending nature of the lake itself. The word "'water' is the main Lakeland term for 'lake'"

The lake is owned by the National Trust. Scale Force, the highest waterfall in the Lake District, feeds the lake and has a drop of 170 feet.

Water from the lake is treated at Cornhow water treatment works, near Loweswater, and is distributed to the towns of Silloth-on-Solway, Maryport, Workington, Whitehaven, and many smaller towns, villages, and hamlets in the surrounding area for drinking and all other uses.

External links

• Crummock Water
• An Illustrated Guide -Crummock Water
• The Cumbria Directory - Crummock Water

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  Crummock Water with Grasmoor in the distance
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  Looking down Crummock towards Buttermere
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  High Crag, Pillar, Buttermere and Crummock Water from Haystacks
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  The western end of Crummock Water from Rannerdale Knotts.