On Facebook and Twitter
As well as this website, we're also in world of Web 2.0:
On Facebook
Join as a fan and join in the fun at I ♥ Lake District Facebook page (opens in new window) or www.facebook.com/lakedistrictnationalpark
Here you can keep up to date with the latest news, swap photos and videos of this amazing place.
On Twitter
Our Twitter feeds are a great way to hear the latest:
lakedistrictnpa
This is our general Twitter feed with pithy, snack-sized snippets about what's happening in the National Park and retweets on topics ranging from owl chicks to competitions.
twitter.com/lakedistrictnpa (opens in new window)
LakesWeather
Direct from the winter Fell Top Assessors who climb Helvellyn in Lake District daily December - April.
twitter.com/LakesWeather (opens in new window)
LakesRangers
Updated directly by the Lake District National Park Rangers themselves. Get a unique insight into their roles at:
twitter.com/LakesRangers (opens in new window)
LakesChief
This is the feed for Richard Leafe, Chief Executive of the Lake District National Park Authority and life-long fan of all things mountainous. Find out what he's been getting up to and gain an insight into life at the top, sometimes quite literally...
twitter.com/LakesChief (opens in new window)
brockhole
This is updated by the staff at Brockhole - The Lake District Visitor Centre (opens in new window) overlooking Windermere. Get up-to-date information the current offers, weather and also the day-to-day running of England's first ever National Park Visitor Centre.
twitter.com/brockhole (opens in new window)
brockholedev
We want Brockhole - The Lake District Visitor Centre to be a world-class visitor attraction. Read the latest news from the Brockhole Redevelopment Team.
twitter.com/brockholedev (opens in new window)
What's it all about?
Real-life equivalent: a village noticeboard for a person, family or organisation with news, photos, videos and section where messages can be left.
Background: There are many social networking sites, but the most popular and the most geographically far-reaching is Facebook. Facebook is named after the paper ‘facebooks’ of mugshots given to new students in American colleges as a way to get to know other people on campus.
Users have a profile where they can post messages, photos and videos. They can show it to the world or restrict it to their nominated friends. People form fan clubs or groups that others can sign up to.
Real-life equivalent: regular text message throughout the day updating you on someone’s thoughts. Short and snappy messages.
Background: Twitter was named after the sound of birds calling to each other.
The updates, known as ‘tweets’, can only be a maximum of 140 characters long. That is the same number of characters as is in this paragraph.
New updates appear on the author’s Twitter page and are automatically sent out to people who have signed up, known as followers. Twitter is available on mobile phones as well as PCs. Authors can restrict who sees their updates to friends or let anyone subscribe. Updates can be delivered online or by text message on mobile phones. Users can then make their own comments.