 The Lake District National Park in the county
of Cumbria is the largest English National Park. It is an area
only 30 miles across but has 16 major lakes squeezed between
the steeply pitched faces of England's highest mountains. It
is almost alpine with waterfalls, picturesque stone-built villages
and U-shaped valleys. The heart of the region is Scafell with
Scafell Pike at 3,205ft and Great Gable at 2,949ft. The spectacular
mountain scenery, forest trails and lakeside paths attract both
ramblers and serious hikers. 18 million visitors a year enjoy
the park with the villages around Lake Windermere being very
popular. The scenery in the northern lakes around Keswick and
Ullswater is the most dramatic, here you will find Helvellyn
at 3114ft and the infamous Striding Edge. The Lake District
has been inspiration to writers, poets and artists. Wordsworth
and his fellow poets became known as the "Lake Poets"
and the social philosopher and art critic John Ruskin made the
Lake District his home. Please
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