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Why the
English Lake District
is special
The English Lake District in the mountainous region of northwest England is
blessed with a peaceful natural setting comprising blue lakes, rolling green
hills, and tall peaks.

Tips & insights on
the English Lake District

It
became a popular vacation spot with big city dwellers in the early 1800s when the
English Lake District was extolled by the Lake Poets. That name loosely refers
to a group of literary artists like Woodsworth and Coleridge who wrote there.

Today,
visitors come to hike, bicycle, go boating, or simply relax in a comfortable
lakeside chair breathing the clean mountain air while admiring the scenery.

There
at 15 lakes in all. The two most popular lakes are Windemere and Grasmere.

The
most interesting town to explore is Ambleside, an artistic community on the
north shore of Lake Windemere.

Late
spring and early Fall are the best times to visit. Summers can be tourist-packed
and winters are cold and damp.



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