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Southern Lake District
Probably the gateway to the Lake District National Park, with the village of Windermere the first to greet you on your visit, Bowness on Windermere the popular tourist hot spot for Bank holiday weekends is just over a mile down the road.
The Langdale Valley, which consists of Little Langdale and Great Langdale in The Lakes, offers breathtaking mountain views together with the tarns, waterfalls and gills.
Other major tourism towns include Ambleside and Grasmere the home of William Wordsworth further North with Coniston and Hawkshead to the West of Claife Heights and Grizedale Forest one of the many visitor friendly forests in the area.
Towns & Villages
Ambleside, Bowness on Windermere, Broughton in Furness, Cartmel, Chapel Stile, Clappersgate, Coniston, Elterwater Village, Grange over Sands, Grasmere, Hawkshead, Kendal, Little Langdale, Lindale, Millom, Newby Bridge, Skelwith Bridge, Torver, Troutbeck, Ulverston, Windermere, Kirkby in Furness, Duddon Bridge, Near Sawrey, Far Sawrey, Haverthwaite, Staveley, Waterhead
Lakes & Waters
Lake Windermere, Brothers Water, Loughrigg Tarn, Tarn Hows, Esthwaite Water, Coniston Water, Rydal Water, Blea Tarn, Easedale Tarn and Grasmere Lake
Mountains & Fells
Coniston Old Man, Brant Fell, Wansfell, Loughrigg Fell, Orrest Head, Fairfield, Lingmoor Fell, Wetherlam, High Pike, Low Pike, Great Rigg, Heron Pike, Nab Scar, St Sunday Crag, Nethermost Pike, Furness Fells, Helm Crag, Bowfell, Black Combe
Attractions
Ambleside Bridge House, Brantwood, Cartmel Priory, Dove Cottage, Haverthwaite Steam Railway, Hill Top, Lakeland Motor Museum, Lakes Aquarium, Laurel and Hardy Museum, Rydal Mount, Windermere Steamboat Museum, Beatrix Potter Exhibition, Skelwith Force, Galava Roman Fort, Millom Castle, Graythwaite Hall, Kendal Castle, Levens Hall, Gleaston Water Mill, The Quaker Tapestry
Museums & Galleries
The Armitt Museum, The World of Beatrix Potter Exhibition, The Ruskin Museum, Brantwood, Stott Park Bobbin Mill, Lakeland Motor Museum, The Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Museum of Lakeland Life, Kendal Museum, Laurel and Hardy Museum, Blackwell Arts and Crafts House, Windermere Steamboat Museum, The World of Beatrix Potter Exhibition, Holker Hall
Forests
Famous People
Beatrix Potter, Harriet Martineau, Thomas Mawson, Arthur Ransome, John Ruskin, John Wilson, William Wordsworth, Thomas De Quincey, The Armitt Sisters, John Wilkinson
Other regions
Northern Lakes, Western Lakes, Eastern Lakes
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