Watermillock Explained

Country:England
Coordinates:54.594°N -2.859°W
Official Name:Watermillock
Static Image Name:Parish Church of All Saints, Watermillock - geograph.org.uk - 101021.jpg
Static Image Caption:Parish Church of All Saints, Watermillock
Civil Parish:Matterdale
Unitary England:Westmorland and Furness
Lieutenancy England:Cumbria
Region:North West England
Constituency Westminster:Penrith and The Border
Post Town:PENRITH
Postcode District:CA11
Postcode Area:CA
Dial Code:017684
Os Grid Reference:NY445224
Pushpin Map:United Kingdom Eden
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Eden, Cumbria

Watermillock is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Matterdale, in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England. It is on the western shore of Ullswater, in the English Lake District. In 1931 the civil parish had a population of 448.[1] On 1 April 1934 the civil parish was merged into Matterdale.[2]

The settlement is popular with tourists, with several campsites and two hotels.[3] [4] The village and outlying farms are widely scattered between the lake and Little Mell Fell. Much of the high ground around the village was once deer forest, popular with the local gentry for hunting. All Saints Church, Watermillock was built in 1881 of slate and red sandstone, replacing an earlier church at the site of what is now known as the Old Church Hotel. All the windows are memorials to various people, including Cecil Spring Rice and Stephen Spring Rice, who grew up in the village.

The village is accessed by the A592 road.[5] The Outward Bound Trust own the village manor next to the lake. The waterfall of Aira Force is situated to the west of the village.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Population Statistics Watermillock Tn/CP through time. Vision of Britain. 25 November 2018.
  2. Web site: Relationships and changes Watermillock Tn/CP through time. Vision of Britain. 25 November 2018.
  3. Darwin Porter and Danforth Prince, Frommer's England 2010 (John Wiley & Sons, 19 Aug 2009), 650.
  4. Jules Brown, The Rough Guide to the Lake District (Rough Guides UK, 24 Jan 2013), 213.
  5. Darwin Porter and Danforth Prince, Frommer's England 2010 (John Wiley & Sons, 19 Aug 2009), 650.