Matterdale
Matterdale is a civil parish in the Lake District of Cumbria, England.
Matterdale is a civil parish in the Lake District of Cumbria, England. It lies on the northern shore of Ullswater. The parish includes the settlements of Dockray, Matterdale End, Ulcat row, Watermillock and Wreay. It had a population of 526 in 2001, reducing to 483 at the 2011 Census.
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Worth seeing in and around Matterdale
9 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Ullswater
Ullswater is a glacial lake in Cumbria, England. It is part of the Lake District and is the second largest lake in the region by both area and volume, after Windermere.
3.1 km · lake in the English Lake District · Wikipedia - 02Gowbarrow Fell
Gowbarrow Fell is a low fell in the English Lake District. It is an outlier of the Eastern Fells, standing to the north of Ullswater, bounded on one side by Aira Beck with its waterfall Aira Force.
2.5 km · mountain in Cumbria, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 03Little Mell Fell
Little Mell Fell is a small fell in the English Lake District. It is an outlier of the Eastern Fells, standing to the north of Ullswater near the village of Watermillock, and connected to other high ground by a narrow col to the south.
1.4 km · mountain in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 04Aira Force
Aira Force is a waterfall in the English Lake District, in the civil parish of Matterdale and the county of Cumbria. The site of the waterfall is owned by the National Trust.
4 km · waterfall in Cumbria, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Bonscale Pike
Bonscale Pike is a fell in the English Lake District, standing above Howtown on Ullswater. It is the northern end of a spur running north north west from Loadpot Hill on the main ridge of the Far Eastern Fells.
3.5 km · mountain in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 06Hallin Fell
Hallin Fell is a hill in the English Lake District surrounded on three sides by Ullswater.
3.1 km · mountain in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 07All Saints Church, Watermillock
All Saints Church is a Grade II listed Church of England parish church in the village of Watermillock, Cumbria. It serves the scattered settlement of Watermillock, as well as outlying farms and hamlets on the northern shore of Ullswater.
100 m · church in Matterdale, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria , England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Arthur's Pike
Arthur's Pike is a fell in the English Lake District, near Ullswater. It is a subsidiary top on the ridge falling north from Loadpot Hill in the Far Eastern Fells.
3.8 km · fell in the English Lake District · Wikipedia - 09St Peter's Church, Martindale
St Peter’s Church is situated in the valley of Martindale in Cumbria, England. The church is located at the top of the hause on the minor road between Martindale and Howtown.
3.8 km · church in Martindale, Cumbria, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
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Getting to Matterdale
- Airports
- Newcastle (NCL), 91 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 114 km · Isle of Man (IOM), 127 km
- Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Matterdale94 km · quickest by road, 2h 24m · £11–15
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Matterdale126 km · quickest by road, 2h 52m · £17–23
- Liverpool → Matterdale132 km · quickest by road, 2h 40m · £15–20
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Matterdale
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Matterdale. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundYou can take your bike on the Transport for London Woolwich Ferry across the River Thames.
- Get aroundThe ferry operates between Woolwich and North Woolwich (Silvertown) and is free.
- Get aroundYou can take your bike on Wightlink ferries betweenː Lymington, Hampshire and Yarmouth, Isle of Wight Portsmouth, Hampshire and Fishbourne, Isle of Wight Portsmouth, Hampshire and Ryde, Isle of Wight You must make a reservation at no additional cost.
- Get aroundBikes are stowed on the ferry car decks of car ferries or the bike store on Portsmouth–Ryde Pier Head FastCats.
- Get aroundYou can take your bike on Red Funnel ferries betweenː Southampton, Hampshire and West Cowes, Isle of Wight Southampton, Hampshire and East Cowes, Isle of Wight You can bring bicycles on board free of charge.
From Wikivoyage: Cycling in England and Wales, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-04.
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If you know how people move in Matterdale – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.