Watermillock is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Matterdale, on the western shore of Ullswater, in the English Lake District, Cumbria. In 1931 the civil parish had a population of 448.[1] On 1 April 1934 the civil parish was merged into Matterdale.[2]

Watermillock
Parish Church of All Saints, Watermillock
Watermillock Location in Eden, Cumbria Show map of Eden Watermillock Location within Cumbria Show map of Cumbria
OS grid reference	NY445224
Civil parish	Matterdale
District	Eden
Shire county	Cumbria
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	PENRITH
Postcode district	CA11
Dialling code	017684
Police	Cumbria
Fire	Cumbria
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Penrith and The Border
List of places UK England Cumbria 54.594°N 2.859°W / 54.594; -2.859

The settlement is popular with tourists, with several campsites and two hotels.[3][4] The village and outlying farms are widely scattered between the lake and Little Mell Fell. Much of the high ground around the village was once deer forest, popular with the local gentry for hunting. All Saints Church, Watermillock was built in 1881 of slate and red sandstone, replacing an earlier church at the site of what is now known as the Old Church Hotel. All the windows are memorials to various people, including Cecil Spring Rice and Stephen Spring Rice, who grew up in the village.^{[citation needed]}

The village is accessed by the A592 road.[5] The Outward Bound Trust own the village manor next to the lake. The waterfall of Aira Force is situated to the west of the village.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• Listed buildings in Matterdale

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Watermillock.

External links

• Cumbria County History Trust: Watermillock (nb: provisional research only – see Talk page)