It may just be a rocky slab protruding into a pretty lake, but Friars Crag, overlooking Derwentwater at Keswick, in the north of the Lake District, offers one of Britain’s finest views.

A bench in the Lake District facing a panorama of mountains, woods, islands and water could hold claim to 'Britain's best view'. Over the years, Friars Crag has inspired artists such as Turner ...

It starts by heading out from Keswick, along a popular shore path, to Friar’s Crag with its view down the lake and into the wooded Jaws of Borrowdale. Along the lakeshore, in and out of trees ...

Over the years, Friars Crag has inspired artists such as Turner and Constable and writers and poets including Wordsworth and Coleridge. So where is this famed bench? Overlooking Derwentwater at ...