# The prettiest villages in the Lake District

Slate villages between the lakes and fells of Cumbria.

- 1015 votes · 11 items
- Aug 25, 2024 · mseatsalot
- https://even.best/en/l/3690/the-prettiest-villages-in-the-lake-district

## Top 11

1. **Grasmere** (113 · ▲122 ▼9) — Wordsworth's village and its gingerbread shop.
2. **Hawkshead** (105 · ▲110 ▼5) — Whitewashed cottages, cobbles and medieval squares.
3. **Elterwater** (79 · ▲92 ▼13) — Quiet village at the entrance to Great Langdale.
4. **Buttermere** (79 · ▲88 ▼9) — Hamlet between Buttermere and Crummock Water.
5. **Ambleside** (64 · ▲76 ▼12) — Bridge House and the head of Windermere.
6. **Coniston** (60 · ▲71 ▼11) — Lakeside village below the Old Man of Coniston.
7. **Near Sawrey** (59 · ▲75 ▼16) — Hill Top, Beatrix Potter's farmhouse.
8. **Glenridding** (50 · ▲67 ▼17) — On Ullswater at the foot of Helvellyn.
9. **Troutbeck** (48 · ▲58 ▼10) — Old farmhouses strung along the valley.
10. **Keswick** (44 · ▲59 ▼15) — Market town on Derwentwater.
11. **Cartmel** (38 · ▲59 ▼21) — Priory and the home of sticky toffee pudding.

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