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There is nowhere quite like the Lake District. Its dramatic landscape has inspired William Wordsworth to write famous verse and millions of others to visit time and time again. From towns bustling with tourists in high season, to the solitude of a fell walk in winter, it is a place of contrasts and mystique.
The whole area seems to consume you with its sheer enormity, mood and emotion almost as soon as you find yourself in the shadows of its first breathtaking fells. Travel to Coniston water and you cannot fail to be gripped by its indelible links with Donald Campbell and Bluebird. Perhaps you will hark back to childhood, and memories of Arthur Ransome’s classic children’s novel ‘Swallows and Amazons’.
Lake Windermere, at 101/2 miles long and 200ft deep in places, is the largest natural lake in England and for many, their introduction to this beautiful part of the World. At the very heart of the Lake District, the Lakeland town of Windermere offers fantastic views of the surrounding countryside and nearby fells. You may wish to be one of the million passengers carried each year on a Lakeland cruise, the best way to take in the outstanding views.
If you’re looking for a slightly longer stay, Keswick is a perfect base to choose for a Lake District holiday. Whether you want gentle relaxation or an action packed family adventure holiday with the opportunity to experience new activities, Keswick has it all.
A charming market town, with welcoming hotels and hostelries, Keswick is overlooked by the imposing Skiddaw. If you’re not equipped for climbing, don’t worry. Keswick has plenty of outdoor shops selling everything from budget priced gloves to high end mountaineering equipment.
This is a wonderful area in which to try outdoor activities or to extend your existing skills. Walkers and climbers are spoiled for choice. From the high summits to forest trails and lakeside paths, there are routes suitable for all. With it’s location on Derwentwater, there are rowing boats and motor boats for hire to enable you to see the area from the lake itself. For the family, whether enjoying a family picnic, fishing, swimming or just walking, the lake is a holiday in itself.
One of the most incredible aspects of the Lake District is how the changing seasons transform the landscape in such extreme ways. Spring here, characterised by Wordsworth’s Daffodils, is nature writ large as the land emerges from its hibernation, while summer sees the sun dance across the sparkling waters and the fells alive with family holidays. The russet and gold of autumnal flora turns into the most majestic winter wonderland as snow covers all but the most low-lying areas.
Whichever part of this region you choose to visit, it is a place which will leave you humbled by its beauty and awe-struck by the sheer weight of its magnificence, but most of all, it is a place you will return to again and again.
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