England's most beloved landscape — glassy lakes and craggy fells that inspired Wordsworth and Beatrix Potter.
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About Lake District
The Lake District is England's most celebrated landscape — 16 lakes, a constellation of peaks and a literary heritage that runs from Wordsworth's poetry to Beatrix Potter's farm. Walking here inspired the Romantic movement; the Langdale Pikes, Helvellyn and Scafell Pike remain among England's finest hill walks. The lakes themselves — Windermere, Ullswater, Coniston — are beautiful in any weather, even in the famously frequent rain.
