The Top 11 Lakes around Ashbourne
Looking to visit the best lakes around Ashbourne? After all, there’s nothing better than the serenity of the lakeshore — or a quick dip when the weather’s warm. So, browse our list of Ashbourne’s top lakes below as recommended by the komoot community, and experience more on your next adventure!
Last updated: November 22, 2025
Carsington Water
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If you are looking for an easier life cycle around the reservoir anticlockwise as this way you get the harder part out of the way in the first half of …
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Osmaston Park Sawmill
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Osmaston Estate is a beautiful park with plenty of ancient woodlands to explore. It is well worth planning a route which ventures through this park. The sawmill is a beautiful …
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Shirley Park Woodland and Pond
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The nearby village of Shirley was once the seat of Earl Ferrers and the Shirley family. The parkland and woods of the estate is still called Shirley Park although the …
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Roadford Lake Dam
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Planning for the reservoir started in the 1960s and construction started in 1979. In 1984, there was a partial collapse of the dam before it was filled. The dam was …
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Drip Off Tower
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This tower was initially a mystery to us, but we later discovered that it houses the pumping system for the water. It also looks quite cool floating on the water.
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HathersageHathersageBradwellBaslow and Bubnell CPOffertonGrindlefordAbney and Abney Grange CPFroggattEyamHighlowHazlebadgeCurbarMatlock TownChatsworth CPFoolowStoney MiddletonDarley DaleBeeleyEdensorSouth DarleyHulland WardPilsleyCalverMercastonRowsleyWirksworthNorthwood and Tinkersley CPBrailsfordMiddletonBrassingtonCromfordBonsallBigginKirk IretonTansleyCallowEltonWinsterMatlock Bath CP CPHognastonHulland CPHassopHoptonBakewellBirchoverBradley CPAtlowCarsingtonNether HaddonStanton CPOsmastonOffcote and Underwood CPSnelstonMapletonYeldersleyIbleFenny BentleyClifton And ComptonAldwarkIvonbrook Grange CP CPBradbourneKnivetonGrattonEdlaston and Wyaston CPRodsleyHollingtonShirleyRowlandThorpeTissington and Lea Hall CPAshford In The WaterHarthillLongford CPNorbury and Roston CPMarston MontgomeryGrindlow CP CPGreat HucklowGreat LongstoneWardlowOver HaddonParwichBallidonYoulgreaveCubleyTideswellLittle LongstoneSheldonEaton and Alsop CPNewton Grange CPHartington Nether Quarter CPHungry Bentley CPSudburyBoylestoneAlkmontonLittle Hucklow CP CPHartington Middle QuarterChelmortonBrushfieldDoveridgeYeaveleyWhestonBlackwell in the Peak CPLittonCarsington WaterSomersal HerbertMiddleton And Smerrill
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