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The Top 18 Lakes on the Derbyshire Dales

Looking to visit the best lakes on the Derbyshire Dales? 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 Derbyshire Dales’s top lakes below as recommended by the komoot community, and experience more on your next adventure!

Last updated: November 23, 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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Foolow Village

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A gorgeous little village, with a duck pond, ancient stone cross and a very lovely pub (The Bull's Head) which, if you time your journey right, makes for a great place to stop and refuel.

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Emperor Lake at Chatsworth

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A lovely peaceful place to sit and watch the world go by. The Emporer Lake provides water for the Emporer Fountain, at one time the highest gravity fed fountain in the world.

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Emperor Lake

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The 6th Duke tasked Paxton with engineering a new record-breaking gravity-fed fountain in anticipation of a visit by Tsar Nicholas 1 in 1844.  The 8-acre Emperor lake was fed by …

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Bentley Brook and Upper Pond

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Bentley Brook runs through Lumsdale Valley into the River Derwent.

The Upper Pond was constructed in the 1780s by Watts, Lowe and Co to supply water for their cotton mill. …

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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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Amazing spot down by a lake and stream on a tiny ancient bridge. Perfect for the lunch stop!

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A quaint little pond with a babbling brook feeding into it and numerous cascades nearby.

Tansley Pond (AKA The Middle Pond at Lumsdale) is a mixed fishery with carp to …

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Find the best lakes on the Derbyshire Dales per region:

BirchoverLittonHulland CPCurbarMiddletonYeaveleyBradley CPWinsterMapletonRodsleyChatsworth CPTideswellNorthwood and Tinkersley CPCarsingtonEyamMiddleton And SmerrillSnelstonBigginLittle Hucklow CP CPHartington Middle QuarterLongford CPGrindlefordEdlaston and Wyaston CPBradwellGreat LongstoneOffcote and Underwood CPEaton and Alsop CPCallowMercastonStoney MiddletonHoptonSouth DarleyHathersageHollingtonRowsleyNether HaddonGreat HucklowDarley DaleAshford In The WaterAtlowOver HaddonHulland WardEdensorYeldersleyBaslow and Bubnell CPTissington and Lea Hall CPBallidonChelmortonBoylestoneSheldonHartington Nether Quarter CPCalverCromfordDoveridgeWardlowFroggattHognastonCarsington WaterBrassingtonMarston MontgomeryHazlebadgeFoolowMatlock TownHungry Bentley CPAbney and Abney Grange CPThorpeGrindlow CP CPSudburyNorbury and Roston CPBonsallShirleyCubleyFenny BentleyHighlowMatlock Bath CP CPNewton Grange CPHathersageBeeleyBradbourneKirk IretonGrattonWirksworthHarthillParwichClifton And ComptonAldwarkKnivetonHassopOffertonOsmastonIvonbrook Grange CP CPLittle LongstoneIbleBakewellBrushfieldPilsleyRowlandAlkmontonBlackwell in the Peak CPBrailsfordEltonStanton CPAshbourneSomersal HerbertYoulgreaveTansleyWheston

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