Gummer's How, Windermere

If you want the definitive full-length shot of England's largest lake, this is where you get it. Gummer's How is a modest 20–25 minute climb from the car park on Fell Foot Brow, and from the rocky top Windermere stretches away north for ten miles, ferries and yachts stitching white lines across it, with the Coniston fells and the Langdale Pikes stacked on the horizon. It's a far better drone position than anywhere on the busy lakeshore, and importantly the fell itself is open access land rather than National Trust — but be aware that Fell Foot Park directly below at the lake's foot *is* NT, so get airborne from the summit area, not from the park. Compositionally, a slow rise from behind the summit crag revealing the lake is the classic; side-light in early morning gives the water texture. The summit is exposed to anything with west in it, and the wind gradient between the sheltered car park and the top catches people out — what feels calm at the road can be 25 mph on the crag. Autumn is special here, with the Winster valley woods turning gold below. It's a popular family hill on summer weekends, so weekday evenings are your friend; you'll often have a perfect golden hour completely alone.