About the Lake District’s World Heritage Site bid to UNESCO.
50 easy and accessible walking routes for wheelchairs, pushchairs and those with limited mobility, across the Lake District National Park.
Following a number of recent incidents throughout the UK with walkers being badly injured or killed by cattle, the Lake District National Park Authority and the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) are issuing a joint safety advice reminder.
The National Park Authority is inviting residents and visitors to highlight the special buildings, sites and features that make the Lake District special and should be celebrated.
The search is on for two new members of the Lake District National Park’s Fell Top Assessor team.Between December and April the team take it in turns to ascend one of England’s highest peaks, Helvellyn, to take weather readings and assess winter walking and climbing conditions.
This year’s World Heritage Day theme is ‘Heritage Changes’, so in this blog we’ll explore how cultural heritage conservation is driving climate action in the Lake District.
Improvement works have recently been completed at either end of the Ullswater Valley to make these paths more accessible than ever.
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.
The Annual Archaeology in the Lake District Conference is taking place on 10 November at the Rheged Centre, near Penrith and there are still a few tickets available. The full day session is open to anyone interested in Cumbrian archaeology and history or Lake District heritage and culture.
One of the Lake District’s best loved but blighted fell paths has been given a £10,000 boost by a mystery benefactor.
Volunteer, Philip, takes a day out on the free Wasdale shuttle bus enjoying a walk around the lakeshore of Wastwater.
Early summer is a perfect time for walking in England’s largest National Park
Great ideas for cheap and sustainable travel across the Lake District using buses, trains and bikes.
Last weekend marked 15 years since the first Fix the Fells volunteers began to help look after paths on the high fells and what better way to celebrate than with the project’s prestigious win at the Park Protector Awards in London and an upbeat, celebratory work party on Sail near Keswick.
