A couple walking the shore of Buttermere, then hanging a painting of it at home

The Lake District

Buttermere

Paintings, prints and posters of the lake beneath High Stile, and a guide to the views they were painted from.

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Buttermere at a glance

A small lake under big fells

Buttermere lies at the head of a quiet valley in the north-west of the Lake District. The High Stile ridge rises along one shore and Robinson along the other, while Fleetwith Pike closes the far end, with Haystacks just beyond it. Crummock Water lies to the north-west, and the village of Buttermere sits on the strip of land between the two lakes.

It is a lake people come back to, often for the same few views. Those views are what this page is about: our artists' impressions of them, and the prints, posters and maps they have become.

2.1 kmlong
101 mabove sea level
12Wainwrights within 4 km
2,644 ftHigh Stile, the top of the ridge
Relief map of Buttermere and Crummock Water with High Stile, Red Pike, High Crag, Haystacks, Fleetwith Pike, Robinson, Whiteless Pike and Rannerdale Knotts marked with their heights
Buttermere and Crummock Water, with Wainwright's heights in feet. Relief: Environment Agency LIDAR. Water: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

The views

The pines on the shore

A line of Scots pines stands at the water's edge, and on a still morning the whole row is doubled in the lake. It is the picture most people take home from Buttermere, and our artists keep coming back to it: in gold, in dusk pink, in the first grey light.

More paintings of the pines
Buttermere Pines Mirrored in Gold - lake district lake art print and canvas by Harrison Blythe A.I Buttermere Pines Mirrored in Gold From £59.99 Buttermere Pines in Golden Light - lake district lake art print and canvas by Silas Thorne A.I Buttermere Pines in Golden Light From £59.99 Luminous Pines at Buttermere - lake district lake art print and canvas by Celia Harding A.I Luminous Pines at Buttermere From £59.99 Buttermere Pines in Still Water - lake district lake art print and canvas by Arabella Knight A.I Buttermere Pines in Still Water From £59.99

The views

The lone tree

A single slender tree stands in the shallows a few steps from the shore. On a calm day it has a perfect twin in the water, and the fells behind it change colour with every hour.

More paintings of the tree
Vibrant Lone Tree at Buttermere - lake district lake art print and canvas by Celia Harding A.I Vibrant Lone Tree at Buttermere From £59.99 Lone Tree on Buttermere Shore - lake district lake art print and canvas by Silas Thorne A.I Lone Tree on Buttermere Shore From £59.99 Buttermere Tree with Golden Sky - lake district lake art print and canvas by Silas Thorne A.I Buttermere Tree with Golden Sky From £59.99 Buttermere Tree and Violet Fells - lake district lake art print and canvas by Marshall Davies A.I Buttermere Tree and Violet Fells From £59.99

The views

The fence into the lake

An old wooden fence runs down the shore and carries on out into the water. It leads the eye straight across the lake to the fells on the far side, which is why so many photographs of Buttermere, and so many of these paintings, begin with it.

Vibrant Light over Buttermere Lake - lake district lake art print and canvas by Celia Harding A.I Vibrant Light over Buttermere Lake From £59.99 Buttermere Reflections in Blue and Gold - lake district lake art print and canvas by Elias Thorne A.I Buttermere Reflections in Blue and Gold From £59.99 Vibrant Buttermere and White Fence - lake district lake art print and canvas by Genevieve Moore A.I Vibrant Buttermere and White Fence From £59.99 Buttermere Fence and Sunlit Fells - lake district lake art print and canvas by Daphne Morley A.I Buttermere Fence and Sunlit Fells From £59.99

The views

A walk round the lake

A path runs all the way round Buttermere, close to the water for most of its length, and on any fine day it is busy with walkers, families and a great many dogs. Our artists have painted them too.

Gifts for dog walkers
Sunset Dog Walk at Buttermere - gifts for dog walkers art print and canvas by Celia Harding A.I Sunset Dog Walk at Buttermere From £59.99 Autumn Dog Walk at Buttermere - gifts for dog walkers art print and canvas by Celia Harding A.I Autumn Dog Walk at Buttermere From £59.99 Dog Walker at Vibrant Buttermere - gifts for dog walkers art print and canvas by Marshall Davies A.I Dog Walker at Vibrant Buttermere From £59.99 Winding Path at Buttermere - lake district lake art print and canvas by Reuben Shaw A.I Winding Path at Buttermere From £59.99

The views

Rannerdale in bluebell time

Just along the shore of Crummock Water, the slopes of Rannerdale turn blue each spring, usually from late April into May. It is one of the best-loved bluebell sights in the Lakes.

Read our Rannerdale bluebells guide
Path Through Vivid Rannerdale Bluebells - lake district lake art print and canvas by Gideon Wright A.I Path Through Vivid Rannerdale Bluebells From £59.99 Vivid Spring Over Crummock Water - lake district lake art print and canvas by Marshall Davies A.I Vivid Spring Over Crummock Water From £59.99 Pastel Crummock Water From Rannerdale - lake district lake art print and canvas by Diana Sutherland A.I Pastel Crummock Water From Rannerdale From £59.99 Vibrant Rannerdale Bluebells Crummock Water - lake district lake art print and canvas by Diana Sutherland A.I Vibrant Rannerdale Bluebells Crummock Water From £59.99

Framed canvases and prints

Buttermere on your wall

Every painting is made to order as a canvas or a fine art print, at 40, 70 or 90 cm, unframed or framed in natural wood, black or white. Prints start at £59.99.

Glowing Buttermere Pebble Shore lake district lake canvas wall art in natural frame Glowing Buttermere Pebble Shore From £59.99 Pink Sunset Over Buttermere Pines lake district lake canvas wall art in black frame Pink Sunset Over Buttermere Pines From £59.99 Vivid Buttermere Shore and Fells lake district lake canvas wall art in white frame Vivid Buttermere Shore and Fells From £59.99 Buttermere Tree Under Pink Skies lake district lake canvas wall art in natural frame Buttermere Tree Under Pink Skies From £59.99 Neon Sunset Over Buttermere Pines lake district lake canvas wall art in black frame Neon Sunset Over Buttermere Pines From £59.99 Vibrant Buttermere Lake Reflections lake district lake canvas wall art in white frame Vibrant Buttermere Lake Reflections From £59.99 Vibrant Fells at Buttermere lake district lake canvas wall art in natural frame Vibrant Fells at Buttermere From £59.99 Buttermere Pines and Apricot Reflections lake district lake canvas wall art in black frame Buttermere Pines and Apricot Reflections From £59.99
See every Buttermere painting

Panoramic canvases

The whole valley, up to 152 cm wide

Some views are too wide for a square. These are painted long and low, the way the valley opens out from the shore, and made as float-framed canvases at 30 × 91 cm or 51 × 152 cm, in six frame colours.

Vibrant Sunset Glow over Buttermere Lake District Lake panoramic canvas wall art displayed above a bed Vibrant Sunset Glow over Buttermere From £169.99 Sunset Glow over Wastwater Fells Lake District Lake panoramic canvas wall art displayed above a sideboard Sunset Glow over Buttermere and Fleetwith Pike From £169.99 Vivid Light Over Fleetwith Pike Lake District Lake panoramic canvas wall art displayed above a sideboard Vivid Light Over Fleetwith Pike From £169.99 Vibrant Sunset over Buttermere Valley Lake District Lake panoramic canvas wall art displayed above a sideboard Vibrant Sunset over Buttermere Valley From £169.99 Vivid Buttermere Shoreline and Fells Lake District Lake panoramic canvas wall art displayed above a sofa Vivid Buttermere Shoreline and Fells From £169.99 Violet Fells Above Buttermere Lake District Lake panoramic canvas wall art displayed above a dining table Violet Fells Above Buttermere From £169.99
All panoramic art

Linocut style

Buttermere in linocut style

Bold cut lines, flat colour and the grain of the block. These are printed reproductions in the style of a hand-cut linocut, in every size and frame.

Bold Pink Fells of Buttermere - lake district lake art print and canvas by Christopher Seaton A.I Bold Pink Fells of Buttermere From £59.99 Cobalt Blue Buttermere Landscape - lake district lake art print and canvas by Hugh Lancaster A.I Cobalt Blue Buttermere Landscape From £59.99 Monochrome Buttermere and Lone Tree - lake district lake art print and canvas by Isaac Denton A.I Monochrome Buttermere and Lone Tree From £59.99 Graphic Buttermere in Red and Blue - lake district lake art print and canvas by Christopher Seaton A.I Graphic Buttermere in Red and Blue From £59.99 Black and White Buttermere Fells - lake district lake art print and canvas by Isaac Denton A.I Black and White Buttermere Fells From £59.99 Buttermere Valley in Navy and Terracotta - lake district lake art print and canvas by Leon Baxter A.I Buttermere Valley in Navy and Terracotta From £59.99 Buttermere in Slate and Navy - lake district lake art print and canvas by Alfred Morland A.I Buttermere in Slate and Navy From £59.99 Bold Fells Above Buttermere - lake district lake art print and canvas by Reuben Shaw A.I Bold Fells Above Buttermere From £59.99
More linocut art prints
Buttermere lake map poster in a white frame, hanging in a living Buttermere — Watercolour Map Poster From £89.99 Crummock Water lake map poster in a natural frame, hanging in a living Crummock Water — Watercolour Map Poster From £89.99

The watercolour map

Buttermere, drawn from its true shoreline

The lake's real outline in a wash of blue, with the fells around it traced in fine contour lines from survey data and its name across the top. Printed to order and framed in natural wood, black or white, in three sizes up to 50 × 70 cm.

Crummock Water, next door, has a map of its own.

See the Buttermere map

Travel posters

Buttermere as a travel poster

The same lake in a range of poster styles, from railway screen print to Japanese woodblock and Swiss modernist. Framed in natural wood, black or white, in three sizes up to 50 × 70 cm.

Buttermere travel poster in a black frame, hanging in a bedroom3 Buttermere — Railway Screen Print Travel Poster From £89.99 Buttermere travel poster in a white frame, hanging in a living2 Buttermere — Japanese Woodblock Travel Poster From £89.99 Buttermere travel poster in a white frame, hanging in a living2 Buttermere — Vivid Travel Poster From £89.99 Buttermere travel poster in a white frame, hanging in a living2 Buttermere — Swiss Modernist Travel Poster From £89.99 Buttermere travel poster in a white frame, hanging in a living2 Buttermere — Art Nouveau Travel Poster From £89.99 Buttermere travel poster in a black frame, hanging in a bedroom3 Buttermere — Impressionist Travel Poster From £89.99 Buttermere travel poster in a white frame, hanging in a living2 Buttermere — Muted Modern Travel Poster From £89.99 Buttermere travel poster in a black frame, hanging in a bedroom3 Buttermere — Layered Papercut Travel Poster From £89.99
Every Buttermere poster

A poem for Buttermere

Standing by the shore alone

The early air is sharp enough to strike,
The water lies as heavy as a stone;
A pale sun clears the edge of Fleetwith Pike,
And I am standing by the shore alone.

I hear the distant rush of Sour Milk Gill,
The winter rime is clinging to the trees;
The shadowed valley settles, damp and still,
Without the slightest movement of a breeze.

The silver moisture gathers on my skin,
The peaty earth is yielding at my tread;
The deep and iron quiet enters in,
And clears the tangled thinking from my head.

When months have passed, upon a busy street,
Far from the open fell and quiet sky,
I feel the frosted shingle at my feet,
And hold the heavy water in my eye.

An original poem about a winter morning on the shore, lettered onto an illustrated print in linocut or watercolour style. A4 or A3, framed or unframed.

Buttermere poem print in a natural frame Buttermere — Linocut Poem Print From £24.99 Buttermere poem print in a natural frame Buttermere — Watercolour Poem Print From £24.99
Buttermere 2027 wall calendar cover — all twelve monthly paintings Buttermere 2027 Wall Calendar £24.99

Wall calendar

A year at Buttermere

Twelve months of one lake through the seasons of 2027, a picture for each month above its page of dates. A4, opening to A3 on the wall. £24.99.

See the calendar

On the wall

Buttermere at home

A few of the Buttermere paintings, shown in the kind of rooms they are made for.

Buttermere Pines Mirrored in Gold, framed on the wall of a home
Buttermere Pines Mirrored in Gold
 Vibrant Reflections at Buttermere Shore, framed on the wall of a home
Vibrant Reflections at Buttermere Shore
 Vibrant Lone Tree at Buttermere, framed on the wall of a home
Vibrant Lone Tree at Buttermere
 Minimalist Lone Tree at Buttermere, framed on the wall of a home
Minimalist Lone Tree at Buttermere

Wainwright's fells

The fells around Buttermere

Twelve of Wainwright's 214 fells stand within four kilometres of the lake. These are the eight you meet first. Heights are Wainwright's own, in feet.

High Stile, drawn as a line tile High Stile 2,644 ft · Book 7, The Western FellsThe top of the long ridge on the lake's south-western side.
Red Pike, drawn as a line tile Red Pike 2,479 ft · Book 7, The Western FellsAbove Bleaberry Tarn, whose stream falls to the lake as Sourmilk Gill.
High Crag, drawn as a line tile High Crag 2,443 ft · Book 7, The Western FellsThe south-eastern end of the ridge, above the head of the lake.Haystacks, drawn as a line tile Haystacks 1,900 ft · Book 7, The Western FellsWainwright's favourite. His ashes were scattered by Innominate Tarn, on its top.Fleetwith Pike, drawn as a line tile Fleetwith Pike 2,126 ft · Book 7, The Western FellsIts long ridge rises straight from the head of the lake.Robinson, drawn as a line tile Robinson 2,417 ft · Book 6, The North Western FellsThe broad fell across the lake, above Newlands Hause.Whiteless Pike, drawn as a line tile Whiteless Pike 2,159 ft · Book 6, The North Western FellsThe pointed top above Rannerdale.Rannerdale Knotts, drawn as a line tile Rannerdale Knotts 1,160 ft · Book 6, The North Western FellsA low, craggy fell between Crummock Water and Rannerdale.

All 214, on one sheet

The 214 Wainwrights map poster in a black frame, hung on a wall The 214 Wainwrights — Terrain Map Poster From £44.99 The 214 Wainwrights map checklist on a wall, shown in a frame for scale — the print itself is supplied unframed The 214 Wainwrights Map and Checklist £44.99

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Guides to the valley and around it

A Guide to Rannerdale Bluebells: When to Go & What to See Rannerdale, springA Guide to Rannerdale Bluebells: When to Go & What to See Discover when to see the unusual open-fell Rannerdale bluebells and find practical tips for your visit. Then, bring the vibrant spring valley... Lake District Waterfalls: Where to Find the Best Drops Including Scale ForceLake District Waterfalls: Where to Find the Best Drops Discover the finest Lake District waterfalls, from Aira Force to Scale Force. Find out where they are, how high they drop, and... A Complete Guide to Lake District Passes: Roads and Walking Routes Including HonisterA Complete Guide to Lake District Passes: Roads and Walking Routes Discover the highest mountain roads and fell walking routes in the Lake District. Learn about the steep gradients of Hardknott and the... The 214 Wainwrights map poster in a white frame, hung on a wall The 214How Many Wainwrights Are There? The Complete Guide to the 214 Fells Discover exactly how many Wainwrights there are, which fells are the highest and lowest, and where to start if you want to...

Commissions

Your own Buttermere

A view of your own, or a memory of a day here: the walk, the weather, the people and the dog who were with you. Send a photograph or just tell us about it, and one of our artists will paint it in the style you choose.

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Questions

What sizes and frames can I choose?

Paintings come as a canvas or a fine art print at 40, 70 or 90 cm, unframed or framed in natural wood, black or white.

Panoramics are float-framed canvases at 30 × 91 cm or 51 × 152 cm, in six frame colours.

Posters and maps come at 30 × 40, 45 × 60 or 50 × 70 cm, framed in natural wood, black or white.

Poem prints come in A4 or A3, framed or unframed.

Are these paintings of the real Buttermere?

They are our AI artists' impressions of real Buttermere views, each in that artist's own style, so they carry the feel of the place rather than every rock and tree. The watercolour map is the exception: its shoreline and contours are drawn from survey data.

How long does delivery take?

Everything is printed and framed to order at the production facility closest to you. Framed pieces are usually made and dispatched within 5–10 working days, and UK delivery normally takes up to five working days after dispatch. International orders can take up to 28 days. Full detail is in our shipping policy.

Can you paint my own view of Buttermere?

Yes. Tell us about your view or your memory, with a photograph if you have one, and choose a style. Once you've bought it, it is never listed in the shop.