Loweswater remains relatively untouched by tourism, and is much quieter than the neighbouring lakes, Buttermere and Crummock Water.

The south side of the lake is the site of Holme Wood, a small forest.

Within this forest is Holme Force, a waterfall of great beauty, which is rarely visited as it is not noticeable from the lakeside path.

"This is usually assumed (e.g. 'PN Cumb'[2]) to be 'the leafy lake' (ON 'laufsær', preserved in various instances of Swed[ish] 'Lövsjö(n)'), with the explanatory 'wæter'/'water' 'lake' added later" [3] Loweswater is owned by the National Trust.

Recently the National Trust has done much work on the north side of the lakeside path, cutting down trees to improve views across the lake.