Facts about lakes and coastline

The deepest lake in England is Wastwater at 74m (243ft)

England’s longest lake is Windermere which is 10.5 miles long

There is only one official lake Bassenthwaite Lake. All the others are ‘meres’ or ‘waters’

The National Park includes 26 miles of coastline and estuaries

In the heavy rains of November 2009, Windermere lake rose 1.57m. Over the week, that translates into an extra 35,700,000,000lt – 2,100,000,000lt of those were added in just 36 hours!