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Buttermere

/ ˈbʌtəˌmɪə /

noun

  1. a lake in NW England, in Cumbria, in the Lake District, southwest of Keswick. Length: 2 km (1.25 miles)


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That poor "Buttermere Lake" is still the only picture by Turner that you have ever seen.

In the deeper valleys, especially, as Wastdale and Buttermere, the traveller is often sorely disappointed by incessant rain.

Buttermere, a pleasant stopping-place from which many of the Cumberland fells can be explored.

Honister, one of the grandest crags in Cumberland, is reached from either Buttermere or Borrowdale.

It is one of the chief attractions of the 'Buttermere Round' made by the breaks from Keswick.

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