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1951 - 2021: 70 Lake District National Park

Celebrating 70 years of the Lake District National Park

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Let’s celebrate modern day motivators on John Muir Day 2021

Safer Lakes team

How the Lake District National Park won Campaign for National Parks' Park Protector Award

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Click and connect: four ways we’re looking after the Lake District this lockdown

Autumn in the Lake District.

Autumn adventures in the great outdoors

Reusable coffee cups and water bottles

World Tourism Day 2020

Lake District view on a summers day.

Top tips to get set for summer in the Lake District

LDNPA volunteers litter picking.

National Park volunteers offer warm welcome back to Lake District

Chris Walker on a patrol in Coniston.

How I’m helping make the Lake District a safer place by Chris Walker

young boy doing an Easter egg hunt in his garden

Lake District themed home learning ideas for children and families

A visitor walking up Great Gable

Discover a new you in a new view

Harrison Ward exploring the Lake District.

How the Mountains saved my life by Fell Foodie

Snow on the Lake District Fells.

How does the Lake District inspire you?

Steve Birkinshaw running in Skiddaw.

New View, New You and new challenges

Fell Top Assessors climbing up Helvellyn.

Fell Top Tips for Winter Walking

Outdoor learning.

Celebrate Outdoor Classroom Day with John Muir Trust

Stonethwaite in the Lake District

Uncovering the hidden Lake District

Brockhole Kitchen Garden

Unearthing Brockhole’s past

two clyclists on teh Keswick to Threlkeld railway path

Looking forward to the Keswick to Threlkeld Railway Trail

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Choose Another Way to look after the Lakes

Great North Swim

Wild swimming for the complete novice

Patterdale Mountain Rescue.

Gear, weather and skills – it’s all about being #AdventureSmart

Lake District Summer

Play your part this Lake District Summer

Volunteer work party building a stone step stile

Lake District’s Rusland has broadened its Horizons

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Take a walk with the experts this summer

Connie on her ebike in West Cumbria

Discover the wonder of cycling in the Lake District this Bike Week

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Lake District celebrates National Walking Month

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The Lake District and Cumbria’s past laid bare for GeoWeek 2019

family looking out over the water with boat voming towards them in the distance

Five top tips for low carbon travel in the Lake District this Spring

Beautiful daffodils in from of majestic mountains at Ullswater

Discover and Protect the Ullswater Way this Spring

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Five ways to discover the Lake District this National Parks Fortnight

Public being led by our volunteers guided walk leader at Legburthwaite.

Guided Walks: Follow in our volunteers footsteps

two children in period dress at Coniston Copper site

Coniston Copper heritage project has pupils mining for information

Lake District Mobility's Karen Smith using Miles without Stiles Route 43

Lake District Mobility is celebrating Disabled Access Day

Running in the Lake District

Your guide to exercising in the Lake District

Woman kayaking on Lake Windermere.

Be a Cumbrian Girl that can

Loughrigg

Fresh air fuelling business on the fells

Views towards Buttermere from the Hen Comb summit

Forget the gym – hiking is the best New Year’s fitness resolution

LDNPA ranger fixing fells.

A gift that will last a life time

volunteers planning trees

National Tree Week 2018

A rabbit enjoying the Brockhole on Windermere gardens.

How to make the most of your garden during Autumn

Peoplr cather for the dedication ceremony of the Great Gift

The Lake District’s Great Gift of Freedom by the National Trust

Children playing by a lakeshore

Five top ways to discover the Lake District this Autumn

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History is made on Coniston Water

Family enjoying a picnic in the Brockhole On Windermere gardens

The sun sets on our Lake District Summer

Lake District National Park guided walk

National Dog Day

Drawing of the words 'Lake District'

Discover the Lake District with help from a Cumbrian Primary School

Western Lake District

Seven ways to discover the Western Lake District

A group of people on a guided walk in Legburthwaite

Have yourself a World Class Lake District Summer

Spring evening walks

Spring Evening Walking in the Lake District

Gorse bush in flower

Five great reasons to go on a guided walk

A couple on their wedding day.

Five reasons Harry and Meghan (and you) should choose a Lake District mini-moon this summer

Greenwood Trail blog post

New Walking Trail Open in Rusland Valley

Ullswater Way Blog

Celebrating Two Years of the Ullswater Way

World Heritage blog post

Welcoming HRH Prince Charles to the World Heritage celebrations

Spring into Life blog

Spring into Life

Muddy walking boots

Slipped up planning your route?

A group of people walking through a woodland path on a winters day

Get fit in the Lakes

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For gifts that will keep on giving, look no further

Water Workshops feature

Water workshops back with a splash in the Lakes!

Farming show v2

Supporting farming communities’ cultural heritage

Fix the Fells 2

Help us Fix the Fells

Things to do in Autumn

Autumn competition

Cycle to work 2

Lake District car free day

Walkers on the Ullswater Way

Help us protect your National Park

Lake District lake ranger at Windermere

Life as a Lake District ranger

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10 ways to enjoy National Parks Week 2017