𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘁 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗺𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗲. 𝗜𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱'𝘀 𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗮𝗸𝗲, 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗲, 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱'𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗮𝗸𝗲, 𝗪𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿, 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱'𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻, 𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗳𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗣𝗶𝗸𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱'𝘀 𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗸!

Tourists from all over the world visit the Lake District National Park for its spectacular scenery, wildlife, history and culture.

The best known and busiest of the lakes, Windermere is about 16 kilometers long, and you can explore it with Windermere Lake Cruises, which also serves as a ferry between points. At the southern end of the lake, locomotives of the Haverthwaite Steam Railway carry tourists into the Leven Valley. You can combine that trip with a lake cruise.

Less than five kilometers long, Derwentwater is an idyllic lake in the northern part of the national park, and a 10-minute walk from the center of Keswick. On its west is the ridge of Catbells, and extending into the lake on the east is Friar’s Crag, a favorite viewpoint. Beautiful Borrowdale Valley opens at its southern end.

One of the highest peaks in the English Lake District, Helvellyn is also one of its most popular hikes, for both casual climbers and those who relish a rugged scramble. The Helvellyn Horseshoe is a result of two geologic eras, first a volcano that left a bowl-shaped caldera, then the glaciers that scoured it out and carved one rim into the knife-edge ridge known as Striding Edge.