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Walk safely

Our top tips to help you walk safely in the Lake District from planning routes and wearing the right clothes to being aware of livestock and potential hazards.

Lake District is top National Park for planning enforcement action for second year running

Government figures have shown the Lake District National Park Authority took more planning enforcement action than any other English national park for the second year running.

Access to water

Includes links to useful reports.

Walks to inspire in 2017

Five great reasons to join a guided walk this year

Path improvements mean it’s easier than ever to explore Ullswater

Improvement works have recently been completed at either end of the Ullswater Valley to make these paths more accessible than ever.

£10k gift to fix a fell

One of the Lake District’s best loved but blighted fell paths has been given a £10,000 boost by a mystery benefactor.

Time to take a new view of the wonderful western Lake District

A new, state-of-the-art viewing station will give visitors the chance to look at an iconic Eskdale view from a new angle.

Caring for our National Park

How the Lake District National Park Authority helps care for this special corner of England.

Development Control Committee Archive 2009

Agendas, past minutes and associated papers for 2009 meetings.

World Heritage Inscription for the Lake District

About the Lake District’s World Heritage Site bid to UNESCO.

End of the line for construction as new Keswick to Threlkeld Railway trail is reopened

Exactly five years after Storm Desmond hit Cumbria and destroyed the Keswick to Threlkeld Railway trail, the new and improved route is being opened for the local community and visitors to enjoy.

Five great guided walks in and around Ambleside

Ambleside has long been a top tourist destination and a popular start point for a number of our favourite guided rambles.

Museums and Galleries

Discover the history of the Lake District, from boat building and breweries to famous writers like Ruskin, Wordsworth and Beatrix Potter.

Driverless Pods

We are trialing some driverless PODs in the grounds of Brockhole to see if they could offer residents and visitors accessible and sustainable transport to reduce the need to drive and to cut carbon.

South Distinctive Area

All you need to know about the Southern Lake District Area - including news, community fund projects and contact details for the Area Ranger.

Lake District’s Rusland has broadened its Horizons

Rusland Horizons is one of the first community-led Landscape Partnership Schemes to be funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. It encompasses the living, working landscape of the Rusland Valley and fells in the south of the Lake District National Park.