For Sale: A chunk of the Lake District

Sometimes an idle browse of estate agents’ websites will unearth a cool cottage, or a converted Welsh chapel (or an unconverted one, ripe for conversion and a pumptrack round the graveyard), but it was the rather rural location of this 24 acre one that caught our eyes.

Photo from Rightmove’s listing. Looks lovely

Stickle Tarn – it’s a lake, in the Lake District. And it’s for sale. It seems the Lake District National Park has decided (or has been told that it has decided) to shift a few assets and so is selling a lake – plus the shoreline. Unfortunately for mountain bikers, there’s not much easy access – and you’ll never get planning permission for that Chilcotins-style lakeshore shack* to float-plane in to – but what might be next? Loughrigg Terrace anyone?

If you’re keen, then it could be yours for £20-£30K. Here’s the full listing:
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/commercial-property-for-sale/property-48254758.html

Needless to say, there’s a petition.

* You might be able to get away with a Bond villain-style subterranean lair…

Chipps Chippendale

Singletrackworld's Editor At Large

With 23 years as Editor of Singletrack World Magazine, Chipps is the longest-running mountain bike magazine editor in the world. He started in the bike trade in 1990 and became a full time mountain bike journalist at the start of 1994. Over the last 30 years as a bike writer and photographer, he has seen mountain bike culture flourish, strengthen and diversify and bike technology go from rigid steel frames to fully suspended carbon fibre (and sometimes back to rigid steel as well.)

Comments (5)

AlexSimonAlexSimon March 8, 2015 at 12:40 pm

Very strange. Wonder what the liabilities would be?
Beautiful spot though.

puncturopuncturo March 8, 2015 at 11:52 pm

That’s not a lake – that’s a reservoir. Don’t touch it with a barge pole! The Reservoirs Act 1975 requires the owners of designated reservoirs to employ one of a handful of approved engineers to carry out annual, and more detailed ten yearly inspections. Recommendations from those must be complied with or a criminal act has been committed by the owner/operator.
It’s all about maintaining the safety of the dam, to prevent sudden failure washing away properties/people downstream (think Dambusters). Unless you’ve got a real need for one, it’s best not to own a reservoir. Obviously the National Parks don’t want it either!

billyboybillyboy March 9, 2015 at 2:40 pm

Cumbria is a VERY CORRUPT place. What TF is going on here? And why TF would anyone buy it?

billyboybillyboy March 9, 2015 at 2:41 pm

I could be wrong but I’m pretty sure Stickle Tarn is not a reservoir.

billyboybillyboy March 9, 2015 at 2:46 pm

No…puncturo is right..the ad says it is maintained under The Reservoir Act.
Cumbria may look pretty, but scratch under the surface and you will find shit supported by more shit on pretty much all sides.

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