Lake district national park

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Interesting fact about the national park

National Park is located in the northwest corner of England, in the county of Cumbria. They've got a lot of mountains, valleys, villages, towns, coastline and of course lakes.

This is the most visited national park in the UK, there is about sixteen million people who comes there every year.

озер). The total area of the park is about 2292 square km. with all those green mountain slopes and mountain lakes.

is the mountain Skofel-Pike (978 m) - the highest point in England. And Chevyotsky hills - the natural border of England and Scotland.

in the village of Ambleside .

favorite Haystacks. It's also one of the few lakes you can walk all the way round, taking four miles.
From Buttermere village, the climb to Rannerdale Knott provides stunning views of the lake and surrounding area. Enjoy the fabulous Rannerdale bluebells in the spring.

Buttermere and Buttermere village

it contains a reception center at Lake Windermere in a mansion called Brockhole, several information centers and a boat station on Lake Coniston. Tourists are attracted to all the listed features of the park: water, mountains and culture. In accordance with these prepared entertainment excursions. In the building Brockhole with them you can see the exhibition and printed products. To the service of fans of water resources of different types and sizes, plying along lakes, boats of various modifications, yachts. Canoeing and kayaking. Fishing. Sports swimming in open water. For children there are water attractions. For bicyclists - rent various models of bicycles, including electric. Combined cycling and hiking routes. For pedestrians a walk through the hills and valleys. There is a huge selection of places to stay from tents and mobile car cabins to comfortable hotels.

District was the place of manufacture of stone axes, the remains of which can now be found throughout England. Archaeologists called the slopes of the Langdale Mountains "workshop of stone axes": so many were found here. In the same places, the first stone grinds in Britain were cut out.
The Valley of the Lake District is very diverse, depending on the point of view. That's why different authors described the same places in different ways, and it was not a mistake. The most famous example of this approach to describing the beauties of the Lake District was demonstrated by Alfred Wainwright - the most famous traveler in England and the author of guidebooks: he compiled seven different guidebooks on the Lake District.
The Lake District is the most visited of all national reserves in the UK, hosting more than 15 million visitors annually.