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Here Wordsworth describes several itineraries a traveller might choose leading to some of the Lake District's finest views. He includes in this section a long passage transcribed nearly intact from the 1805 journal of his sister Dorothy Wordsworth about a trip they took from their home in Grasmere to Ullswater (see Sélincourt footnote pp. 181 ...
Probably the Lake District’s best known waterfalls, Aira Force is a popular tourist spot that attracts visitors for the dramatic scenery and rocky terrain that surrounds its 65ft drop. This ...
Tour of the Lake District is an 88–93-mile (142–150 km) walking route through the English Lake District.There are five optional sections giving high-level routes over major summits and lower-level alternatives. [1]
The Lake District is a major sanctuary for the red squirrel and has the largest population in England (out of the estimated 140,000 red squirrels in the United Kingdom, compared with about 2.5 million grey squirrels). [41] The Lake District is home to a range of bird species, [42] and the RSPB maintain a reserve in Haweswater. [43]
Lake District walks: Why winter is the best time to explore Cumbria. Although not the highest (that’s Scafell Pike at 978m), Great Gable is not far behind (899m) and offers a classic and ...
The map shows the locations of the lakes with a volume over 4 x 10 6 m³ and gives an indication of the volume of water in each lake. The markers suggest this by showing the size of a drop of water where the volume of the drop would be in proportion to the quantity of water in the lake (the diameter of the drop is proportional to the cube root of the lake's volume).
The Lake District National Park was created in 1951 covering an area of over 2,000 square kilometres (770 sq mi) and, although its population is only 42,000, over 10 million visitors arrive each year, mostly attracted by the lakes and fells.
See List of Wainwrights for them sorted by book, and the other Lake District fells he listed in The Outlying Fells of Lakeland. Scafell Pike, 978 m (3209 ft) Scafell, 964 m (3163 ft) Helvellyn, 950 m (3117 ft) Skiddaw, 931 m (3054 ft) Great End, 910 m (2986 ft) Bowfell, 902 m (2959 ft) Great Gable, 899 m (2949 ft) Pillar, 892 m (2927 ft)
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