Lake District National Park Authority
| Lake District | |
| "The Lakes" or "Lakeland" | |
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National Park of England UNESCO World Heritage Site |
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| Constituent country | England |
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| County | Cumbria |
| Districts | South Lakeland, Eden, Allerdale, Copeland |
| Highest point | Scafell Pike |
| - elevation | 3,209 ft (978 m) |
| Lowest point | Sea level |
| Area | 2,362 km2 (912 sq mi) |
| Biomes | Coniferous forest, Deciduous forest, Lake, Moorland |
| Plants | Drosera, Pinguicula |
| Animals | Red deer, Red squirrel, Fell pony, Herdwick, Red kite, Arctic char, Schelly |
| National Park of England | 9 May 1951 |
| Management | Lake District National Park Authority |
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| UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
| Criteria | Cultural: ii, v, vi |
| Reference | 422 |
| Inscription | 2017 (41st Session) |
The Lake District, also known as the Lakes or Lakeland, is a mountainous region in North West England. A popular holiday destination, it is famous for its lakes, forests and mountains (or fells), and its associations with William Wordsworth and other Lake Poets and also with Beatrix Potter and John Ruskin. The National Park was established in 1951 and covers an area of 2,362 square kilometres. It was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2017.
The Lake District is located entirely within the county of Cumbria. All the land in England higher than 3,000 feet (914 m) above sea level lies within the National Park, including Scafell Pike, the highest mountain in England. It also contains the deepest and longest bodies of water in England, Wast Water and Windermere.
The Lake District National Park includes all of the central Lake District, though the town of Kendal, some coastal areas, and the Lakeland Peninsulas are outside the park boundary.
The area was designated a national park on 9 May 1951 (less than a month after the first UK national park designation — the Peak District). It retained its original boundaries until 2016 when it was extended by 3% in the direction of the Yorkshire Dales National Park to incorporate areas such as land of high landscape value in the Lune Valley.
It is the most visited national park in the United Kingdom with 15.8 million annual visitors and more than 23 million annual day visits, the largest of the thirteen national parks in England and Wales, and the second largest in the UK after the Cairngorms. Its aim is to protect the landscape by restricting unwelcome change by industry or commerce. Most of the land in the park is in private ownership, with about 55% registered as agricultural land. Landowners include:
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