List of English loughs
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The following is a list of lough
Lough
A lough is a body of water and is either:* A lake* A sea lough, which may be a fjord, estuary, bay, or sea inlet.It can also be used as a surname, with various pronunciations: law, loch, low, lowe, loth, loff....

s that can be found in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. The term is not commonly used, but when it is, is often pronounced "luff". In many cases, "loughs" have been renamed, and the bodies of water are generally quite small, e.g. pond sized. The bulk of English loughs are to be found in the counties of Northumberland
Northumberland
Northumberland is the northernmost ceremonial county and a unitary district in North East England. For Eurostat purposes Northumberland is a NUTS 3 region and is one of three boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "Northumberland and Tyne and Wear" NUTS 2 region...

 and Cumbria
Cumbria
Cumbria , is a non-metropolitan county in North West England. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local authority, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumbria's largest settlement and county town is Carlisle. It consists of six districts, and in...

, often near Hadrian's Wall
Hadrian's Wall
Hadrian's Wall was a defensive fortification in Roman Britain. Begun in AD 122, during the rule of emperor Hadrian, it was the first of two fortifications built across Great Britain, the second being the Antonine Wall, lesser known of the two because its physical remains are less evident today.The...

.

On Haughton Common, near Hadrian's Wall
  • Broomlee Lough
    Broomlee Lough
    Broomlee Lough is an inland lake in Northumberland, England at the southern edge of Northumberland National Park. The lough lies immediately north of the course of Hadrian's Wall. Old legends portray the lake as a repository of hidden treasure....

  • Crag Lough
    Crag Lough
    Crag Lough is an inland lake at the southern edge of Northumberland National Park, north of Bardon Mill, and north of the B6318 Military Road road in Northumberland, northern England. At this point Hadrian's Wall is at the top of a line of crags with Crag Lough at the foot of the crags....

  • Greenlee Lough
    Greenlee Lough
    Greenlee Lough is a lough or lake and National Nature Reserve north of Bardon Mill, and north of the B6318 road in Northumberland, northern England....

  • Grindon Lough
  • Halleypike Lough
    Halleypike Lough
    Halleypike Lough is an inland lake on Haughton common at the southern edge of Northumberland National Park, northeast of Bardon Mill, and north of the B6318 Military Road road in Northumberland, northern England. The lake is of Victorian origin and is fished....



Elsewhere in Northumberland
Northumberland
Northumberland is the northernmost ceremonial county and a unitary district in North East England. For Eurostat purposes Northumberland is a NUTS 3 region and is one of three boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "Northumberland and Tyne and Wear" NUTS 2 region...

  • Black Lough, Northumberland
  • Blackaburn Lough
  • Blaxter Lough
  • Coldmartin Lough
  • Darden Lough
  • Harbottle Lough
  • Kimmer Lough
  • Little Lough
  • Sweethope Loughs
    Sweethope Loughs
    Sweethope Loughs are two freshwater lakes almost in length, the smaller one just east of the larger, in the southern part of Northumberland, England and lying between the A68 road, and the A696 road. They lie about west of Morpeth; west of Kirkwhelpington; and east of Bellingham. There is a...

  • Whitfield Lough
  • The Lough, on Lindisfarne
    Lindisfarne
    Lindisfarne is a tidal island off the north-east coast of England. It is also known as Holy Island and constitutes a civil parish in Northumberland...



In the Lake District
Lake District
The Lake District, also commonly known as The Lakes or Lakeland, is a mountainous region in North West England. A popular holiday destination, it is famous not only for its lakes and its mountains but also for its associations with the early 19th century poetry and writings of William Wordsworth...

 and Cumbria
Cumbria
Cumbria , is a non-metropolitan county in North West England. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local authority, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumbria's largest settlement and county town is Carlisle. It consists of six districts, and in...

  • Loughrigg Tarn
    Loughrigg Tarn
    Loughrigg Tarn is a small, natural lake in the Lake District, Cumbria. Situated north of Windermere, just north of the village of Skelwith Bridge, and at the foot of Loughrigg Fell...

    , and the hill Loughrigg Fell
    Loughrigg Fell
    Loughrigg Fell is a hill in the central part of the English Lake District. It stands on the end of the long ridge coming down from High Raise over Silver How towards Ambleside, and is separated from its neighbours by the depression of Red Bank....

    , possibly named after it.


Elsewhere in Cumbria
Cumbria
Cumbria , is a non-metropolitan county in North West England. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local authority, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumbria's largest settlement and county town is Carlisle. It consists of six districts, and in...

  • Monkhill Lough
  • Thorngill-Lough, North Pennines
  • Thurstonfield Lough
    Thurstonfield Lough
    Thurstonfield Lough is the largest, species-rich area of open water in the lowlands of north and east Cumbria, England. Within this area it supports some of the best examples of a range of vegetation types: from the submerged aquatics through an extensive fringing marsh to good wet sallow and...

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