Lake District

Lake District

The Lake District is a nature reserve in North West England, founded in 1951. The Lake District lies between the borders of Scotland, Northumberland, Durham, North Yorkshire and Lancashire. For centuries, tourists have been attracted by the beautiful scenery: mountains, valleys, lakes and waterfalls. In the Victorian era the area became very popular as a resort area, and its modern national park status ensures that the environment is protected.

General information

The 1,440-square-kilometer Lake District National Park has 16 natural lakes and several reservoirs, 180 hills over 600 m high and five over 900 m high. Scafell Pike (978 m) is the highest mountain in England.

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It is ravishingly beautiful, the most beloved and most jealously guarded corner of the earth, where many people aspire to go. It has its problems: the overcrowding of the towns, the noise from which the lakes suffer. However, the vast majority of visitors come to visit these places, mostly in the summer and on weekends. The hills that girdle the Lake District are still remarkably deserted. When hiking, take reasonable care and check the weather forecast before setting off.

The central highlands are a wonderful area for hiking, with valleys, lakes and mountain ranges diverging in all directions. Lake Windermere is the largest lake in England, and the town of Bow-on-the-Windermere attracts many vacationers every year. If the hustle and bustle of the city isn’t to your liking, you can hire a boat and enjoy the views from the water. The least visited and deepest lake is Wast Water. It is more difficult to get to than other lakes, as it is surrounded by rugged mountains and high peaks.

The western part of the Lake District has many lookouts – they were created here long ago and have great aesthetic value. In several places, there are buildings that were erected here back in the day to encourage tourists. Parts of the Clave station that was once built here can still be seen today.

In the southwestern part of the Lake District there are some lovely paths starting at the stations of the Ravenglass-Ezdale miniature railroad, on which tiny steam trains pull carriages from seaside Ravenglass to the foot of the hills at Dalegarth.

Keswick

Keswick is located in the northern part of the Lake District and is an important center for walking and climbing. The Cumbria Way trail, almost 113 km long, starts from here. Keswick was particularly popular with prominent Victorian figures, with original manuscripts by Wordsworth, Ruskin and other writers in the museum and works by Turner and Wilson Steer in the art gallery. Wordsworth lived in Rydal Mound for 37 years, and near his home is Dora’s Field, named after his daughter and planted with daffodils in her memory.

This is an amazing place for lovers of the pristine natural landscape formed by lakes and hills. Westwater is the darkest, deepest and coldest of all the lakes. Its southeastern shores are a continuous rocky scree. The little church and inn at Wesdale Head are nestled at the foot of the hill, and Great Gable stands pyramided behind them.

Cockermouth

In this market town, in a house now called Wordsworth House (NPS), the Wordsworths were born, William on April 7, 1770, and Dorothy on Christmas Eve, 1771.