Where in the Lake District? Trivia Quiz

Answer: Borrowdale

The Bowder Stone weighs approximately 200 tonnes and stands an impressive 30 feet high. The Stone probably originated from Scotland after being brought down by the last Ice Age.

Answer: A white painted commemorative stone on a fell side.

The rock is on the slopes of Barf, a fell on the western shores of Bassenthwaite Lake. In the late 1700's, the then Bishop of Derry, to prove his faith in God, and after a few drinks in the local pub, had a bet with the locals that he could ride up the fell on his horse.

Unfortunately all didn't go as planned, as the horse tried to climb up the steep sides it slipped and fell, killing him. The white rock makes the place where he died.

The rock is painted white by the locals of the pub at nearby Thornthwaite.

Answer: Derwentwater

The "Floating Island" appears at intervals on the surface of the lake. This can be seen in the SE corner. It's supposed to owe its appearance to the formation of gas, formed by the decay of vegetable matter, detaching and rising from the bed of the lake.

Answer: A UFO

In February of 1954, Stephen Darbishire was walking on the fells near to Coniston Old man, when he spotted a strange object. It was seen first by his cousin Adrian near to Dow Crag. He managed to take a few blurred photographs before it disappeared at high speed. A report of his encounter was published in the Lancashire Evening Post.

Answer: Riggindale

Riggindale is on the shores of Haweswater. In 1929 it became a reservoir for Manchester. As a result the villages of Mardale and Measand were demolished. In times of little rainfall the remains of the villages can still be seen.

Answer: Vendace

The vendace occurs in only two other areas in Britain, both of those are in Scotland. Fertilized eggs from the fish in Bassenthwaite have been shipped to Scotland to boost the population there.

Answer: Penrith

This is the third biggest stone circle in the British Isles, and the sixth largest in the world.
Research suggests that the circle originally consisted of 70 stones, but now there are only 59 left.

Answer: Fourteen

The largest is Belle Isle.

Answer: Wrynose Pass

The Three Shire Stone is a boundary stone which marks the location at which the historic counties of Lancashire, Cumberland and Westmoreland used to meet. In 1974 they were incorporated into the present-day county of Cumbria.

Answer: Bassenthwaite

The house has links with poets Tennyson, Wordsworth and Southey. Lord Alfred Tennyson stayed at Mirehouse in 1835 while he was writing his poem Morte D'Arthur.