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Car Parking annual permit

Buy an annual car park permit for one or all of the car parks run by the Lake District National Park.

Educational resources: Romans

Information and activity packs.

Rusland Valley secures National Lottery boost

Communities in and around the Rusland Valley, in the south of the Lake District National Park, are set to benefit from improvements to the local wooded landscape over the next three years, thanks to a £1.3m Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) grant.

The Blog

Catch up on news, walking routes, places to stay and ideas for days out in the Lake District with the National Park blog.

Mark Kidd

Biography and interests of Mark Kidd, member of the Lake District National Park Authority.

Employment studies

Reports about the demand and future supply of employment land and premises within the Lake District National Park.

Free climate resilience workshop launched for local businesses

In December 2015, severe flooding left its mark on the Lake District National Park. A year and a day after Storm Desmond, businesses are invited to attend a free workshop to improve their resilience to prepare them for climate-related impacts such as flooding and power-loss.

Landscape Character Assessment

Landscape Character Assessment is a tool for identifying the features that give a locality its 'sense of place' and pinpointing what makes it different from neighbouring areas.

Tiffany Hunt MBE - Chair

Biography and interests of Tiffany Hunt MBE - Chair, member of the Lake District National Park Authority.

Flight to extraordinary Great War commemoration

As international attention focuses on the 100th anniversary of the bloodiest and longest battle in human history, the Lake District is presenting an extraordinary promenade performance dedicated to World War One aviation heroes.

Viewing Stations

Fashionable viewpoints from the eighteenth century.

Red squirrels rediscover Brockhole

There was great excitement recently when one of the National Park’s volunteers spotted a red squirrel from the bird hide at the Lake District Visitor Centre at Brockhole on Windermere.

Troutbeck Conservation Area

Date of next conservation area appraisal and link to map with current boundaries.

National Park on track to create routes to resilience

The Rural Payments Agency (RPA), the body that supports farming and food production in the UK, joined National Park rangers this week on a tour of bridges and footpaths that have been repaired as part of ‘Routes to Resilience’, a £3m flood recovery project.

Help us protect your National Park

Did you know very penny you donate goes back into looking after your National Park? The Lake District National Park maintains more than 3,100km of paths and bridleways.

Diversion leads way in Keswick Railway Path Route Restoration

Work on a 3.5km diversion means walkers can now use a new section of one of the Lake District’s most popular routes following serious flood damage.

Vicky Hughes

Biography and interests of Vicky Hughes, member of the Lake District National Park Authority.

Buttermere shuttlebus from Cockermouth

Timetable for the shuttlebus from Cockermout to the Buttermere valley, running through summer 2022.

Boat Safety Scheme - media statement

At today’s Authority meeting the Lake District National Park decided not to adopt the Boat Safety Scheme (BSS) following the Marine Accident Investigation Board’s (MAIB) recommendation, as the scheme is not an effective comprehensive method of addressing the important issue of boat safety.

Miles Without Stiles 17: Coniston to Torver Jetty

A walk along the shoreline of Coniston Water.