Lake District Walks | A Circuit of Haweswater - flooded Mardale, Withnail and I film location

On a gloriously sunny day in mid-November 2023, Neil visits the epic Haweswater Reservoir, to the west of the Lake District. There, he explores the beautiful autumnal scenery and dark past of a vanished community - uprooted by the flooding of their homes in 1935, and finds the location of an iconic scene from Withnail and I (Dir. Bruce Robinson, 1987).

The tree he refers to is not, as he guesses, a spruce, but a larch - one the few deciduous conifers.

Full route available here: https://explore.osmaps.com/route/2090...

United Utilities advise against using the lakeside footpath shown on OS Maps for the eastern return leg of the walk (assuming an anti-clockwise circuit), but following the road does allow for great views on the way back, and possibly a visit to the Haweswater Hotel - www.haweswaterhotel.com

There is limited parking at Burnbanks (please park carefully and leave a donation).

Ordnance Survey maps used with permission. OS Explorer maps: OL7 and OL5: English Lakes - https://getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co....

Old maps reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland - https://maps.nls.uk/index.html

Old photograph of the Dun Bull Inn in public domain.

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