River Rothay

[clarification needed] It rises close to Rough Crag above Dunmail Raise at a point about 1542 feet (470 m) above sea level (grid reference NY306108).

[1] From its source the Rothay descends through the valley of Greenburn Bottom to the hamlet of Helmside not far from the main A591 road over Dunmail Raise.

In the village the river flows close to the churchyard where the poet Wordsworth is buried.

The Rothay drains Rydal from its easternmost point and then flows in a general southerly direction for about three miles (4.8 km) before merging with the River Brathay at Croft Lodge south-west of Ambleside.

About a mile (1.6 km) north of Ambleside the Rothay is crossed by a well-known set of stepping stones.