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Bassenthwaite

British  
/ ˈbæsənˌθweɪt /

noun

  1. a lake in NW England, in Cumbria near Keswick. Length: 6 km (4 miles)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Mr Oliver, from Bassenthwaite, told BBC Radio Cumbria it was a "great way to get down a fellside".

From BBC Jul. 4, 2023

Max's final public outing was a sponsored walk at Bassenthwaite on 2 April attended by about 100 people and their dogs which raised more than £7,500 for the Great North Air Ambulance.

From BBC Apr. 6, 2022

If you want to be technically correct, however, there is only one official lake — Bassenthwaite.

From Seattle Times Sep. 8, 2016

Ringed as KL, she successfully mated at the site last year with an unringed male after ousting a female from the nest at Bassenthwaite near Keswick.

From BBC Apr. 17, 2014

He braced himself to both, as he sped homeward through the high snowy roads, and dropped through sleeping Keswick to Bassenthwaite and Carton.

From Missing by Mrs. Humphry Ward

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