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We have a selection of self catering holiday homes including farm houses, country houses, country cottages, town houses and apartments. We have a holiday cottage to suit every family and budget, located in the best areas of the Lake District. |
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The Lake District National Park is one of twelve National parks in the United Kingdom. It lies entirely within the county of Cumbria, and is one of England's few mountainous regions. All the land in England higher than three thousand feet above sea level lies within the Park.
The highest point in England is the peak of Scafell Pike. The Ordnance Survey gives the height as 3205 feet (978 m). Alfred Wainwright gave a list of 214 fells in his seven Pictorial Guides to the Lake District, which walkers still use today. Of these, Wainwright gives four of these a height of over 3000 ft ; Scafell Pike (3210 ft, 980 m), Scafell (3162 ft, 965 m), Helvellyn (3118 ft, 951 m) and Skiddaw (3053 ft, 932 m). Despite its name, there is only one body of water in the park with the word Lake in the name, Bassenthwaite Lake. All the others such as Windermere, Coniston Water, Ullswater and Buttermere use other forms, with 'mere' being particularly common. Many of the most picturesque names date to the Viking invasion, especially fell, the natural English word in the North for mountain. Amongst the area's many attractive towns are Grasmere (once home to William Wordsworth), Ambleside , Windermere, Keswick, Hawkshead, Coniston and Bowness. |
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