Contact Us

General enquiries

Tel: 01539 724555
Fax: 01539 740822
Minicom: 01539 792690
email: hq@lakedistrict.gov.uk or fill in our Contact Us Form.

Opening hours: Monday - Thursday 9am - 5pm and Friday 9am - 4.45pm.

Head office

Lake District National Park Authority
Murley Moss
Oxenholme Road
Kendal
Cumbria
LA9 7RL

Nearest railway station: Oxenholme - 0.66 miles, 15 minutes' walk or 3 minutes' taxi ride

Map to LDNPA head office at Murley Moss, Kendal (opens Document Library)

Check out the Background to find out what each team does.

Planning enquiries

A Duty Planner is available 9.30 - 12.30pm Monday to Friday. Call 01539 724555 or in person at our head office in Kendal. This is a first come first served basis and no appointment is necessary. You can also email planning@lakedistrict.gov.uk

Please check in advance if you wish to contact a specific member of staff.

Events enquiries

Events section including links to other organisations

Tel: 0854 272 0004

Learning and education enquiries

Learning Service

Tel: 015394 40800
Fax: 015394 45555
email: learning@lakedistrict.gov.uk

Addresses and telephone numbers

Maps and postcodes for satellite navigation

Maps to various LDNPA offices (opens Document Library)

Postcodes for Sat Nav

Lake District Visitor Centre at Brockhole

Windermere
LA23 1LJ

Lake District Visitor Centre at Brockhole web page for more details.

Tel: 015394 46601
Fax: 015394 43523

Coniston Boating Centre

Coniston Boating Centre web page for more details.

Coniston Boating Centre
Lake Road
Coniston
LA21 8EW

Tel: 015394 41366
Fax: 015394 41833
Email: conistonbc@lakedistrict.gov.uk

Rangers

For contact details and a Ranger Area Map, please look at our Rangers page.

Lake Warden’s Office - Windermere

This is currently closed due to flood damage.

Ferry Nab
Bowness-on-Windermere
LA23 3JH

Tel: 015394 42753

Ambleside Depot

Tel: 015394 32574

Threlkeld Depot

Tel: 015394 32574
Fax: 017687 79264

Broughton Depot

Tel: 01229 716061

Blencathra Centre

Education Centre enquiries Tel: 017687 79601
National Park Authority office Tel: 017687 79633

Blencathra Centre
Threlkeld
Keswick
CA12 4SG

Specialist enquiries

Press enquiries only

Mick Casey, Media and Marketing Coordinator
Tel: 01539 792683
email: mick.casey@lakedistrict.gov.uk

or check out our Latest News section.

Website enquiries only

Helen Reynolds - Web Editor
For website enquiries please call 01539 724555. For general enquiries ask the operator directly.
email: helen.reynolds@lakedistrict.gov.uk

Complaints, comments and compliments

We want to provide high quality services at all times - please see What can you expect from us? If you feel any aspect of our service has been at fault we want to know about it and investigate. A complaint can be any dissatisfaction you, or other members of the public, experience about the standard of a service we provide.

There are more details and a complaints form in our Customer Response Form with guidelines and our Complaints Policy (opens Document Library).