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'''Esthwaite Water''' is a privately-owned, picturesque lake, nestled between [[Windermere]] and [[Coniston Water]] in relatively lowland areas, set against a backdrop of beautiful, rolling hills, with coniferous and deciduous woodlands to the east, south and west. The 11th largest lake from our list has a surface area of 100 hectares (247 acres), 7 kilometres (4.35 miles) of shoreline, and has a maximum depth of 15.5 metres (50 feet). Historically, it used to be in Lancashire until 1974 when a major Government reform of the counties took place under the {{w1|Local Government Act 1972}}. Lancashire lost all of its possession in the Lake District, and the ceremonial county of Cumbria became the new governing county.
Esthwaite Water Trout Fishery operates varied fishing experiences on the lake, offering boat and bank fishing, tuitions, self-drive boat cruises and osprey safaris.<ref>[https://www.esthwaitewater.com/savage/services Services - Esthwaite Water]. Accessed 5 July, 2023.</ref> Farmland occupies much of the lakeside, except where the ground is taken over to wetland in relatively large pockets at [[Out Dubs Tarn]] to the south, and [[
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===SSSI status===
Esthwaite Water is nutrient rich and biologically productive,<ref>Smith (2012), p.67</ref> and present-day is generally agreed to be the most productive or {{w2|Eutrophication|eutrophic}} lake in the Lake District.<ref>[https://ecn.ac.uk/sites/site/lakes/esthwaite Esthwaite Water – UK Environmental Change Network] Accessed 6 July, 2023.</ref> Scientifically, a great deal is known about the lake and it’s environs. In 1987 the lake including [[
<blockquote>It is an example of a moderately nutrient rich (mesotrophic) lake, the most productive of the larger lakes in the Lake District and despite the fact that the waters are artificially nutrient enriched by sewage, it is one of the best examples of its kind in England and Wales. It has been studied intensively by the Freshwater Biological Association for over 45 years and the fen at its northern end adjacent to the inflow, North Fen National Nature Reserve, is famous for long term studies on plant community succession on lake margins (the hydrosere). The site includes the tarns of Priest Pot and Out Dubs....The complex of open water, fen and grassland communities within the site support a characteristic flora including examples of nationally rare and local species and have a range of breeding birds typical of these habitats.<ref name="sssi">[https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/PDFsForWeb/Citation/1003123.pdf Esthwaite Water SSSI – Natural England] Accessed 6 July, 2023.</ref></blockquote>
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