Agenda for the Development Control Committee
The positive and negative impacts of tourism in the Lake District.
Hardknott Fort photo resource for teaching Key Stage 2. Includes discussion questions such as "Can you tell which way people walk into the fort?"
Bowness Bay photo resource for teaching Key Stage 2. Includes discussion questions such as "Are there competing uses for the lake?"
What do you do when you really need the toilet and there just isn’t one available? You might think that the occasional alfresco poo is ok, but it takes twelve months to biodegrade and with 19 million people visiting the Lake District each year, it could create a smelly problem.
How to register your boat if you want to use it on Windermere.
50 easy and accessible walking routes for wheelchairs, pushchairs and those with limited mobility, across the Lake District National Park.
Doing the Three Peaks Challenge and going up Scafell Pike? Here are some top tips.
The weather couldn’t dampen the excitement as the Lake District Visitor Centre, Brockhole on Windermere, reopened on Saturday following the lockdown.
This woodland and meadow walk gives access to the beautiful River Rothay.
Miles without stiles route 46 - Clappersgate to Wray Castle.
Miles without stiles route 48 - Hawkshead to Loanthwaite Lane.
Miles without stiles route 47 - Wray Castle to Outgate and Low Loanthwaite.
Following the significant structural damage caused by Storm Desmond to the Lake District National Park Ullswater centre at Glenridding, it is reopening with a fresh, modern look and an added new facility.
The Lake District National Park is the largest national park in the UK and the first to be awarded with world heritage status. A natural landscape of 885 square miles, the scenery comprises of stunning mountains, deep valleys and scenic lakes. The abundance of dog friendly campsites in the Lake District make it a fantastic destination for dog owners and their four-legged friends.
Since Storm Desmond in 2015, around half of the Keswick to Threlkeld Railway Path Multi User Trail (MUT) has been out of action, impacting on thousands of local people and visitors who enjoy the route every year.
The Christmas festivities have passed and New Year is well and truly upon us which for many heralds the beginning of those dreaded January Blues. Returning to the normal 9-5 routine and dealing with those frosty winter mornings simply doesn’t help us reconcile with the fact that all the fun of Christmas has now passed for yet another year.
Action is being taken across the Lake District National Park to protect livestock during lambing season following tragedy in recent years.
Miles without stiles route 45 - White Moss Common to Steps End.
It’s not every day a world record is broken in the Lake District. But, on a misty Wednesday in May on Coniston Water, that’s exactly what happened when the Jaguar Vector V20E broke the 10 year old World Outright Electric record.
The best industrial heritage sites to visit in the Lake District, from copper and slate mines, to bobbin mills, damns and tanneries. Many sites free to visit.
