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Thirlmere Reservoir

Thirlmere reservoir offers a huge breadth of walking trails for different abilities and activities. With walking trails which form part of the Trans Pennine Trail, enhanced accessibly paths with viewing platforms, and even trails for horse riding!

Discover Thirlmere reservoir for yourself! It also provides an excellent opportunity for a long wooded walk alongside the reservoirs that provide a vital source of water for Manchester.

Storm damage is now repaired and West Road fully reopened

We have now completed the stabilisation work on Rough Crag.  The storm damage has been repaired and the road and lakeshore footpath fully reopened. For more information about the work we carried out please click the link below. 

FIND OUT MORE

Thirlmere Reservoir

Keswick, CA12 4TW. Tel: 017687 72334. Open all day, every day.

Activities and site information

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Toilets

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Picnic area

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Walking routes

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Bridleways

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Cycling

Toilets located at Armboth, Dob Gill and Swirls car park - closed in Winter.

Picnic areas are available across sites.

Circular route around the reservoir with more challenging routes in the surrounding fells.

Bridleways available as shown on the OS map of the area.

Reservoir circular route suitable for cycling. Fell and forest trails suitable for mountain biking.

 

Acres of nature podcast

As custodians of over 56,000 hectares of beautiful country parks and reservoirs, this podcast series is all about bringing you closer to nature

Education Pack

Download our education pack and let's go on an adventure

Reservoir safety

Find out how to stay safe at our countryside parks and reservoirs

 

For more information on rules and guidance, click the button below.

Rules and reservoir guidance

If you have any general enquiries, please speak to our friendly team on 0345 672 3723.

You may also want to read about:

Blue-green algae

Giant hogweed

Recreation permits

Thirlmere Reservoir map

Important notice

Heavy rainfall and sewer flooding

The heavy rainfall may be causing flooding in some parts of the region.

Our teams are out working hard across the region helping our customers who have experienced sewer flooding in their homes.

If you’re experiencing flooding from a road or footpath and there is no evidence of sewage (toilet paper etc.) please report this to your local council, who are responsible for highways drainage flooding.

Please be aware that our phone lines are much busier than normal, take a look at our flooding page for further advice on what to do if you’re affected by flooding.

Heavy rainfall across the North West may be causing flooding in some parts of the region. Our teams are out working hard across the region helping our customers who have experienced sewer flooding in their homes.

Flooding advice

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