We caught up with Triathlete couple, Team Jameson over a coffee to get some top tips for anyone looking to get fit in the Lakes.
It’s #DiscoverNationalParks Fortnight! A two-week celebration of the UK’s 15 national parks in their 70th anniversary year.
Twenty historic barns across the Lake District are being saved thanks to more than £2.6 million from DEFRA and more than £55k from applicants.This year, more than £3.2 million is being invested in unique and cherished farm buildings.
This year’s Keswick Mountain Festival (Friday May 20) will mark the start of a rally call to all who love the region to unite in their support for the Lake District World Heritage bid by declaring ‘I’ve herd’.
The Lake District National Park has recently secured a bumper £80,000 of funding for two major improvement projects in the Western Lakes.
The Bowness and Windermere community came together on Sunday (12 September) to celebrate the opening of the Lake District National Park Authority’s 50th accessible ‘Miles without Stiles’ route to the top of Alfred Wainwright’s first fell.
A selection of photos from the past.
Just some of the local projects regarding transport, footpath erosion and phosphate reduction.
Businesses in Cumbria and the Lake District are today looking ahead to 2016 with renewed optimism as the Prime Minister announced a package of support to boost tourism in the region during a visit to Grasmere today (28 Jan).
The Lake District National Park Partnership is celebrating after its ‘Evolving Masterpiece’ communications campaign for UNESCO World Heritage status was named as a finalist in the Northern Marketing Awards 2016.
This week marks the 70th anniversary of England’s largest national park – the Lake District - formally designated as the UK’s second park for the nation on 9 May, 1951.
Published today (25 June 2020) by the UK National Commission for UNESCO, new research shows UNESCO projects can help build a greener, more equal and more peaceful world, while also creating financial value.
The Lake District is home to countless lakes, rivers, reservoirs and tarns, and is renowned for being one of the rainiest parts of the UK with up to 3552mm of rainfall each year, so you could say we’re experts when it comes to all things water!
Cycling in the Lake District here, including mountain bike and electric bike hire at Coniston and Hawkshead, and quiet and off-road routes to download on OS Maps.
Jasmine Holliday has joined the Lake District National Park Authority’s farming team to work alongside farming officer, Andrea Meanwell to deliver the new Farming in Protected landscapes programme to Lake District Farmers.
Dr Celia Caulcott has been appointed as the new Chair to lead the Lake District National Park Partnership. The Partnership is currently made up of 20 organisations from the public, private and charity sectors who work together to deliver the positive management of the Lake District National Park and World Heritage Site.
Businesses and communities are pulling together to encourage people to continue to visit the Lake District during the Christmas period and onwards.
The Lake District National Park Authority and acclaimed northern poet Tony Walsh are set to unveil a specially-commissioned short film, ‘Reflecting On The Lakes’, at a free screening at Zeffirellis cinema, Ambleside, next week (13 Aug).
