To help with the extra wear and tear from hundreds of pairs of running feet during this weekend’s Lakeland 100 event, organisers will be donating £10,000 towards the much needed path repairs on the 100-mile route.
World Heritage Site status puts our rural communities on a global map, bringing real pride, lots of benefits, and a few challenges too.
With sunshine dappling lakes, tarns and rivers and summer water treats beckoning the message has gone out to keep safe.
A school pupil has designed the logo for the seasonal Wasdale Explorer shuttle bus. The Wasdale Explorer shuttle bus is free sustainable transport managed by the community of Wasdale through Wasdale Action Group in partnership with Lake District National Park Authority.
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After nearly four decades in aerospace and defence industry management roles Barry Capp turned his attention to help sort out deteriorating Lake District fell paths.
Walking is one of the most popular activities cited by visitors to the Lake District National Park. Our 'Discover, Explore, Inspire' programme of walks, navigation days and more is designed to help you make the most of this awe-inspiring destination
Hear all about our walking enthusiast Matthew's love of spring walks in the Lake District and his three favourite routes for evenings spent exploring the landscape.
The Lake District National Park’s Green Recovery Project has been awarded a £250,000 grant from the Government’s £40 million second round of the Green Recovery Challenge Fund, a multi-million pound boost for green jobs and nature recovery.
“Getting fit” can sometimes be dreaded words to hear in January, but if you find ways to focus on your health and wellbeing that suit you, then it can actually be really fun…we promise!
Comedy fans will remember Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon sampling course after course of the Holbeck Ghyll's 2-AA-Rosette food in their BAFTA award-winning 'The Trip'.
Tourism and the rural economy will come under the spotlight over the next two days, as Minister for the Arts, Heritage & Tourism, John Glen MP, heads to Cumbria to visit the newly designated Lake District World Heritage Site and hear first-hand from a range of business about what it means to them.
January has been a gloomy month with dark days and what seems like never-ending rain. But the sunshine, clear skies, and a smattering of snow this week has prompted the Lake District National Park Authority to encourage people to ‘wander more this winter’ to benefit their physical and mental health and wellbeing.
The iconic views of Ullswater’s western shore are open to residents and visitors once more, thanks to a Valley Planning project to clear scrub and manage trees that were increasingly obscuring the view.
Spoils from one of the world’s dirtiest seas were collected from a Lake District beach last Saturday (16 Sept) bearing the brunt of marine mess.
The time has come, holidays, sunshine, freedom (!) and many of us, locals and visitors alike will be heading outdoors here in the Lake District. Because we all know that those mountains are special! I have been longing to be in those mountains, the most special thing that makes the Lake District a National Park.
Sets out our vision of the future National Park.
All you need to know about the Central and South East Lake District Area - including news, community fund projects and contact details for the Area Ranger.
An innovative new partnership approach to fund critical nature restoration projects has been launched to help improve the water quality of England’s largest lake, Windermere.
