1. Lake District It’s the largest National park in England, covering 885 square miles. It includes one third of the County of Cumbria from Caldbeck in the north to Lindale in the south, from Ravenglass in the west to Shap in the east. The Lake District National Park was created by the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 and came into being on 15 August 1951.

2. Activities You can walk, cycle and ride around the beautiful Lake District to your heart’s content. With more than 3,500 kilometres of rights of way, there's lots to choose from!walkcycle You can do: canoe, sail or fish on the rivers, lakes or coast. Hire a boat from the Coniston Boating Centre and picnic on the lakeshore.Coniston Boating Centre

3. Literature Romanticism started with William Wordsworth’s poem about the daffodils (1804). He was inspired by this flowers in the Lake District. He spent the first 17 years of his life in and around the Lake District. Lake District The enchanting landscape of lakes and mountains becoming his personal playground - both imaginative and real.