Ullswater: The Steamers and Aira Force
North West, England
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Ullswater: The Steamers and Aira Force
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Ullswater runs about seven miles between the fells and is 63m deep, and the Ullswater 'Steamers' call at Pooley Bridge, Glenridding, Howtown and Aira Force. On the western shore Aira Beck drops 20m into a wooded ravine at Aira Force, on National Trust land; it was on this shore that Dorothy Wordsworth saw the daffodils her brother later wrote about.
Required Activities
1
of 4
Take the steamer from Glenridding to Howtown
2
of 4
Walk back along the shore path from Howtown to Glenridding
3
of 4
Walk up to the falls at Aira Force
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of 4
Look for daffodils along the Ullswater shore in spring
Take the steamer from Glenridding to Howtown
Walk back along the shore path from Howtown to Glenridding
Walk up to the falls at Aira Force
Look for daffodils along the Ullswater shore in spring
Before you go
Daffodils flower along the Ullswater shore in spring, where Dorothy Wordsworth saw them.
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