Photo taken from a Keswick Launch cruise. Tickets can be purchased on the boat or at Keswick Boat Landings. For more details about the Keswick Launch, and Derwentwater visit keswick-launch.co.uk

These cruises sail past Derwentwater's four islands, now owned by the National Trust and each with its own special history; Derwent Island, Lord’s Island, Rampsholme (pictured) and St Herbert’s Island. The latter is named after the saint who brought Christianity to the area in 685 AD.

St Herbert’s is also the inspiration for the fictional Owl Island in Beatrix Potter’s ‘The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin’, published in 1903. Derwentwater and St. Herbert’s Island was also used as a filming location for the 1974 and 2016 Swallows and Amazons films.

Information on St Herbert’s taken from the Keswick Launch website.

Andrew Jackson

November 13, 2023

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Elevation 130 m

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Location: Borrowdale, Allerdale, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom

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