Location : Eskdale Green / Ulpha
Map - Ordnance Survey - SD 160970
On Birker Fell, between Eskdale and Ulpha.
Devoke Water and Yoadcastle from Rough Crag. Photo by Andrew Leaney.
Devoke Water is the largest, and one of the highest, tarns in the Lake District, and lies on Birker Fell, half a mile to the west of the road between Ulpha and Eskdale. It is at an altitude of 770 feet (223m), has a depth of 46 feet, and is almost a mile in length.
It can be reached via a bridle track from the fell road. There is a two-storey stone boathouse-cum-refuge and a ruined stable. Devoke Water has an outlet in the northwest, via Black Beck, which, after a short distance, plunges over rocks down a 26ft cascade, towards the River Esk.
Photo by David Hall.
Devoke Water from the side of Hesk Fell. Photo by David Hall.
Photo by David Hall.
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