Derwentwater Webcam
 
 
 

Location

Lingholm Estate on the west side of Derwentwater

Type

Live video
Rating
Usefulness for assessing weather
Fair. Gives a good idea of cloud and snow cover over the Skiddaw range and wind or rain on the lake.
Usefulness in different lighting conditions and times of day
Good. Rarely affected by changing light.Sometimes visibilty is affected by mist from the lake.
Historical reliability
Very good
Other Comments

Can produce very beautiful, moody and artistic views.

Sometimes seems be knocked out of focus and sometimes remains like this for several days which can be frustrating.

The web page is set up in a slightly strange way which means that zooming IN to the picture makes more of the lake visible in the foreground, which is the opposite of what you would think. If I zoom in to 150% an icon appears in the bottom right corner which lets me switch to full screen view but below 150% this is not visible.

 

 
   
 

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  Sometimes boats disappearing from the right edge of Portinscale webcam can be seen appearing on the left edge of this one.
 
 
  Clouds over Skiddaw are often shwon to good effect from this angle.
 
 
  This webcam often gives lovely impressionistic images

Derwentwater Webcam