Windermere

[ win-der-meer ]

noun

1. Lake, a lake in NW England, between Westmorland and Lancashire: the largest lake in England. 10.5 miles (17 km) long; 5.67 sq. mi. (15 sq. km).

Windermere

/ ˈwɪndəˌmɪə /

noun

1. a lake in NW England, in Cumbria in the SE part of the Lake District: the largest lake in England. Length: 17 km (10.5 miles) Sometimes (less correctly) calledLake Windermere

Example Sentences

United Utilities repeatedly dumped millions of litres of raw sewage illegally into Lake Windermere between 2021 and 2023 and failed to declare it, the BBC has revealed.

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In those three years, we found that United Utilities illegally pumped sewage into Windermere for 165 hours, of which at least 118 hours was not reported to the environmental regulator.

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During the election campaign, the now Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said he was "furious and sickened" to hear the BBC’s earlier revelations about sewage pumped illegally into Windermere and promised "severe and automatic fines that no water companies can ignore".

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Environment Secretary Steve Reed said it was "disgusting that somewhere as beautiful as Lake Windermere is swilling with raw sewage" but said the government is already taking action, introducing legislation to ban polluting bosses from receiving bonuses or even send them to prison.

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More than 140 million litres of waste were pumped into Windermere between 2021 and 2023 at times when it was not permitted, our analysis shows, and United Utilities failed to report most of it.

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