Lake District National Park
The Lake District National Park is a National Park in North West England. It includes all of the central Lake District. The town of Kendal, some coastal areas, and the Lakeland Peninsulas are outside the park boundary.
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| Location | United Kingdom (North West England) |
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The area was made a national park on 9 May 1951.
It is the most visited national park in the United Kingdom with 16.4 million visitors per year and more than 24 million visitor-days per year.[1]
The Lake District is completely inside Cumbria, a county and administrative unit created in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972.
All the land in England higher than 3,000 feet (914 m) above sea level lies within the National Park, including Scafell Pike, the highest mountain in England.[2]
Lake District National Park Media
Lake District National Park (shown as number 2) in a map of national parks in England and Wales.
The location of the Lake District and approximate extent, shown in white, within Northern England
The A591 road as it passes through the countryside between Ambleside and Grasmere
The view towards Wast Water from the cairn built by the Westmorland brothers in 1876 to the SW of the summit of Great Gable, which they considered the finest view in the district.
The village of Glenridding and Ullswater
Coniston Water from Holme Fell
The Tongue Valley (looking from Dollywaggon Pike)
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Park facts and figures". nationalparks.gov.uk. http://www.nationalparks.gov.uk/press/factsandfigures.htm. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ↑ Cumbrian Mountains: Philips' Elementary Atlas and Geography, George Philip & Son Ltd, 1882.
