Lake District National Park

The Lake District National Park is a National Park in North West England. It includes all of the central Lake District. The town of Kendal, some coastal areas, and the Lakeland Peninsulas are outside the park boundary.

The area was made a national park on 9 May 1951.

It is the most visited national park in the United Kingdom with 16.4 million visitors per year and more than 24 million visitor-days per year.

The Lake District is completely inside Cumbria, a county and administrative unit created in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972. 

All the land in England higher than  above sea level lies within the National Park, including Scafell Pike, the highest mountain in England.Cumbrian Mountains: Philips' Elementary Atlas and Geography, George Philip & Son Ltd, 1882.

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Category:1950s establishments in England
Category:1951 establishments in the United Kingdom
Category:National parks in the United Kingdom
Category:Geography of Cumbria
Category:World Heritage Sites in the United Kingdom