Devoke Water

Devoke Water is a small lake in the mid-west region of the English Lake District, in the county of Cumbria. It is the largest tarn in the Lake District.[1]

Devoke Water
Devoke Water
Location in the Lake District
Devoke Water
Location in Copeland Borough
LocationLake District, Cumbria
Coordinates54°21′33″N 3°18′10″W
Primary outflowsBlack Beck
Basin countriesUnited Kingdom
Max. length.75 mi (1.21 km)
Max. width.27 mi (0.43 km)
Max. depth46 ft (14 m)
Surface elevation770 ft (230 m)

It lies on Birker Fell, 1 km to the west of the road between Ulpha and Eskdale, at an altitude of 770 feet (223 m). It has a depth of 46 ft (14 m).

It can be reached via a bridle track. There is a two-storey stone boathouse-cum-refuge and a ruined stable.

Devoke Water has an outlet in the north west, via Linbeck Gill, which joins the River Esk at the hamlet of Linbeck.

The fishing rights to Devoke Water are owned by Millom Anglers and it is stocked with brown trout. It also holds perch.

The Circuit of Devoke Water

One of the chapters of Alfred Wainwright's The Outlying Fells of Lakeland is a circular walk anticlockwise around Devoke Water, starting and finishing on the road to the east. He describes the summits Rough Crag at 1,049 feet (320 m), Water Crag at 997 feet (304 m), White Pike at 1,370 feet (420 m), Yoadcastle at 1,610 feet (490 m), Woodend Height at 1,597 feet (487 m) and Seat How at 1,020 feet (310 m), and says that "it is predominantly for the mountain prospect that this walk gains a strong recommendation", noting that the view from the summits includes Pillar and nearby fells to the north, the Scafell group to the north north east and the Bowfell group to the north east, as well as the Isle of Man and Sellafield power station. He warns that "Linbeck Gill is uncrossable dryshod after rain".[2] All six summits are classified as Birketts.

References
  1. "Guide to Lake District tarns". Ordnance Survey Magazine. Archived from the original on December 31, 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  2. Wainwright, A. (1974). "The Circuit of Devoke Water". The Outlying Fells of Lakeland. Kendal: Westmorland Gazette. pp. 144–149.


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