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Derwentwater  Derwentwater, at the heart of the Lake District, a popular tourist destination. In the background is Skiddaw, a fell or mountain, rising to a height of 931 m/3,054 ft above sea level. The landscape of this area provided the Victorian children's author and local resident, Beatrix Potter, with material for several of her books. | Lake in Cumbria, England, part of the Lake District. Derwentwater stretches for 5 km/3 mi south of Keswick into Borrowdale. |
| Derwentwater was part of the area forming the core of the National Trust when it was founded. |
| Derwentwater's especially attractive surroundings prompted Canon Rawnsley, Vicar of Crosthwaite, Keswick, and others to found the Trust in 1895, in order to make such areas of natural beauty accessible to all. The Ruskin memorial on Friar's Crag at Keswick was given to the Trust in 1900. |
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