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Lake 2
Lake 2
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 NATIONAL PARK.
The Lake District (or Lakeland, as it's commonly known round these parts) is by
far the UK's most popular national park. Every year, some 15 million people
pitch up to explore the region's fells and countryside, and it's not hard to see
why. Ever since the Romantic poets arrived in the 19th century, its postcard
panorama of craggy hilltops, mountain tarns and glittering lakes has been
stirring the imaginations of visitors. Since 2017 it has also been a Unesco
World Heritage Site, in recognition of its uinque hill-farming culture.
There are a wide range of activities and things to do in the Lake District, and
with more than 3,100 kilometres of rights of way, you can walk, cycle and ride
around our countryside to your heart’s content. In the winter you can even
learn winter skills. As well as enjoying your time on land, you can also get on
the water of the lakes and coastline.
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH (1770-1850)
orn in 1770, William Wordsworth was one of the major English Romantic
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poets of his time, and he was inspired to write many of his most famous works
while living in the Lake District.
Dove Cottage is situated in the heart of the Lake District and is the place where
Wordsworth wrote some of his greatest poetry. His sister Dorothy kept her
equally famous ´Grasmere Journal´ at Dove cottage, which is still on display in
the museum. William found Dove Cottage by accident as he was out walking with
his brother John and fellow poet, Samuel Taylor Coleridge. He moved in with his
sister, Dorothy just a few weeks later.
Such was his love of the Lake District that he described it as: “A sort of national
property in which every man has a right and interest who has an eye to perceive
and a heart to enjoy”.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, a leader of the British Romantic movement, was born
on October 21, 1772, in Devonshire, England.