Immerse yourself in a world class experience with colleagues and communities who share a vision in a landscape like no other.🏔️
Join us and help keep this corner of England special.
#ClimbYourOwnMountain
The message could not be clearer. This is not the time to visit the Lake District. We hope to welcome you back in happier and safer times. Please take care.
#StayHomeSaveLives
We just had to share this photo over on here with you all! It took our breath away
📍Haystacks overlooking Buttermere and Crummock Water
📸 FB Daniel Kay
With one of the highest rates of coronavirus in the UK, the Lake District remains at risk. Please continue to play your part and
#StayHomeSaveLives
. 🏠 We will be here for you in safer times.
Those reflections🤩 The mornings in the Lake District have been feeling frosty, hat and gloves season is definitely upon us - don't forget them!
📍Buttermere
📸IG macaloon
Our Fell Top Assessors have hung up their ice axes and crampons as the warm spring weather arrives🌻☀️ Thank you to Jon, Zac and Wes for another season of helping people stay safe on the fells! Our Weatherline service will be back in the winter.
"For now, we’re asking people not to rush back to the Lake District - help protect our communities, the fells will still be here when this passes." Read our latest media statement:
The wet weather doesn't stop our
@fixthefells
team from getting the job done✔️ They have been hard at work repairing the erosion on the steep path up Fleetwith Pike to help keep all visitors safe - great work team!
It's our 69 birthday! 🎉 We became a National Park and a protected area due to our countryside, wildlife and cultural heritage and have loved welcoming everyone over the years to experience, enjoy and learn about our special qualities. 🏞️ Please continue to
#RespectProtectEnjoy
Please respect the
#LakeDistrict
communities and take your litter home🚯 Many walking routes in the National Park lead through small towns and villages, so please, take only pictures and leave nothing but footprints 🏞️👣
📍Wasdale
📸IG wilderness__visuals
Today the Lake District celebrates 67 years as a National Park! To celebrate we’ll be sharing a very special short film. Keep your eyes peeled, it's coming very soon!
#ReflectingOnTheLakes
Happy New Year from us all at the Lake District National Park! Wishing you all a fantastic 2018 filled with fun and adventures...and of course plenty of time spent enjoying the great outdoors!
#happynewyear
#2018
Ice and snow has covered much of the fells and towns in the Lake District. Please show your support for our local rescue and health services during this national lockdown by staying at home, exercising locally and staying safe. More info on services here
On this very day in 1954, the Yorkshire Dales became a National Park👏 Happy Birthday to our fellow National Park,
@yorkshire_dales
🥳🎉
📸IG James Allinson
We are home to the highest mountain in England, Scafell Pike 🏔️😍 Have you explored this magnificent mountain?
#InternationalMountainDay
📷IG bertosimpson
Thank you for looking after our communities by not visiting the
#LakeDistrict
and staying home. Please continue to
#StayHomeSaveLives
🏡❤️ Show your appreciation for all the key workers and
#ClapForCarers
at 8pm tonight👏
Take a moment to drink in the view. It's wonderful to welcome people back to enjoy the many health and wellbeing benefits of England's largest national park and World Heritage Site. You can find out what's changed since your last visit here:
Today is the last
#WowWednesday
of July 🐦
martingarnett_photography (on Instagram) has recently enjoyed a staycation in the Lakes and captured this amazing photo of a robin. Thank you for tagging us in your photo.
Did you know that Robins are native to the Lake District?
On this day 70 years ago the
#LakeDistrict
was designated a National Park🏞️ Home to flourishing wildlife, thriving communities and spectacular landscapes, loved by millions and cared for by many, we have shared some of our achievements here
#LakeDistrict70
Our Fell Top Assessors have hung up their ice axes as the
@LakesWeather
season comes to an end ❄️🚶♂️🏔️ After five years of keeping people safe on the fells, this season is Graham Uney's last! Thank you Graham for your support and dedication through out the years
The lights in the Keswick to Threlkeld Trail tunnel have been connected ahead of news that the trail will officially be reopened to the community on 5 December, on the fifth anniversary of Storm Desmond. Read more:
Today the Lake District celebrates one year as a
@UNESCO
#WorldHeritage
Site, and what a year it has been! Happy anniversary to all those celebrating with us today!
We've just woke up in Narnia😲❄️ Whinlatter have some pretty spectacular views, especially in the snow! Who's explored this part of the
#LakeDistrict
?
📷FB Alistair Stewart
Autumn in the
#LakeDistrict
just keeps on surprising us🙌 This stunning video from Scotty Stephenson sums up how inspiring the Lake District really is at this time of year! Tag someone you would explore the National Park with👇
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas❄️⛄️🎅 Yesterday, the
#LakeDistrict
transformed into a winter wonderland! Who's most definitely in the festive spirit now?
📍 Birker Fell
📷Stephen Leece
It's Blue Monday today, but it doesn't have to be the most depressing day of the year - the bluest thing today in the Lake District is the sky!
Send us your blue sky photos to combat the January blues💙
#LakeDistrict
#NationalPark
#BlueMonday
Have you ever been to Keswick? We think you will be planning your next trip there after seeing this view😍
Keswick has a lot of incredible history, but did you know Keswick got its name from the Vikings and actually means 'cheese farm'?
📷
@lensdistrict
👋 Welcome to our new Fell Top Assessors, Jim and Paddy!
🏔️ They will join Zac in summitting Helvellyn between December and March to provide important weather updates for walkers.
Follow
@LakesWeather
for updates from Monday, 2 December.
We have picked up hundreds of bags full of litter over the past week in the
#LakeDistrict
, we urge everyone to take your rubbish away with you and help us look after our nature and communities.
Thanks your honour
@RobbieRinder
! 👨⚖️ Just like you, most people treat this spectacular place with the respect it deserves, but scenes like this make us all sad 😔
#LeaveNoTrace
Can you believe this stunning farmhouse was built in 1690? Yew Tree Farm was owned by Beatrix Potter in the 1930s and is still home to many of her furnishings🙌 Have you visited the area?
📸 Fayaz Mohamed
During the lockdown, we're bringing the Lake District to you with this very autumnal photo of Yew Tree Farm🍂🧡 Share below your photos from your last visit to the
#LakeDistrict
📸IG jensgonenomad
Yesterday was Jon Bennet's 600th ascent of Helvellyn as a Fell Top Assessor. Over his 12 winter seasons the biggest change has been technology as he can now instantly update condition reports to help people to
#summitsafely
. Keep up the good work Jon👍
The Lake District continues to inspire🏞️😮 We look forward to seeing what people get up to when they visit, this is definitely one we are loving! Who can guess where this painting is?
🖌️Craig Long
It's
#WowWednesday
today's photo has been captured by markshetherington (on Instagram)
'Such a fabulous peaceful dawn the other day at Isthmus Bay on Derwentwater, with the first early morning light catching Cat Bells and the Boat House with near perfect reflections.' 🏞️
Unfortunately this was the result of two disposable BBQs on the fell side.
With the hot weather and the large number of visitors we are expecting over the coming weeks, we respectfully ask everyone to be aware of the potential dangers and act responsibly 🙏♨️🏕
The First World War ended 100 years ago today. Did you know after peace was declared, Scafell Pike and 13 other peaks were donated to the
@nationaltrust
to ensure locals and visitors can freely walk the mountain today? 🏔️🏞️
#Armistice100
8-year-old double amputee Tony Hudgell has climbed to the 238 metre summit of Orrest Head in the Lake District.
He celebrated with Hari Budha Magar who lost both legs in Afghanistan and recently scaled Everest
🔊 Great news 🔊 with our partners we're launching two shuttle buses for the summer season. They will run from tomorrow (Saturday, 13 May) in the Buttermere and Wasdale valleys to promote a more sustainable way to get around the Lakes. 🏞️More info:
Happy Saturday 💚
Don't let the unpredictable weather stop you from having a weekend wander - maybe just pack your waterproofs!
📸IG kirstyswarbs
#LakeDistrict
#NationalPark
#Weekend
It's that time of year again where the
#LakeDistrict
flourishes with fiery autumn colours🍁🍂 What do you enjoy most in the National Park at this time of year?
📍Loughrigg Fell
📸IG johnedwardjames
We have three Fell Top Assessors who take turns heading up Helvellyn every day in the winter months
To check conditions, take photos and supply a report to the Met Office. Check out their latest report here:
Follow
@LakesWeather
for their daily updates
Set your alarms for 9pm tonight to join
@simon_reeve
as he explores the Lakes for his new
@BBCTwo
show.
Visiting new places and meeting a host of characters, the adventurer and author is on our screens for three weeks showing the world what makes this landscape so special.
You can't beat summer sunsets in the
#LakeDistrict
🌄 Where in the Lake District is your favourite place to watch the sun go down?
📍 Fleetwith Pike
📸 Tim Moore
That moment when you feel like you're on top of the world🌎🔝Did you know that small populations of arctic alpine survived the last ice age? Now rare to Britain, this species lives on Helvellyn!
📍Helvellyn
📸IG jake.rhill
It's our first
#WowWednesday
of 2024! 🎉
This year, we are focusing on doing more in 2024! As part of your New Year's resolution why not discover a new view?
📍Cat Bells
📸
@WillS_789
Share your favourite view in the comments!
The Lake District always takes our breath away when the sun sets❤️ Happy
#WorldPhotoDay
everybody, what's your favourite time of day to take photos?
📍 Crummock Water
📸 IG
@sean_howell_
Imagine having this view on your door step and seeing all the seasonal changes🍁🏞️ Loweswater Village has got to be one of the most beautiful places to live
📸IG royce__06
As we can't all explore the Lake District at this time,
@terrybnd
delights us with 'Life of a Mountain' to help us feel connected with the great outdoors🎬🏔️ Tune in on Tuesday 26 January at 9pm on
@BBCFOUR
and look out for our Fell Top Assessor Zac!
Thank you for continuing to stay at home and exercise locally. We are looking forward to welcoming you back to exploring the Lake District again when the time is right.
It's
#WorldPhotographyDay
📸
Where's your favourite place to photograph in the Lake District? 🏞️
Share your Lake District photos with us in the comments 👇
📍Grasmere
This is like something from a fantasy film✨🧙♀️ It may be one of the smaller fells, but it sure is one of the most spectacular in the
#LakeDistrict
!
📍 Lingmoor Fell
📸Daniel Kay
The
#LakeDistrict
is in Tier 4. Remember the current government advice is:
🏠stay at home
🏃♂️exercise locally
🏥 protect the NHS and rescue services
😷stay safe
🏞We’ll see you again soon.
👉
#coronavirus
#covid19
Catch Amy Bateman's
#FortyFarms
exhibition at Windermere Jetty Museum from 4 March. 🐑
Amy's photos beautifully capture the variety and importance of farming in the
#LakeDistrict
. The exhibition showcases our rich cultural heritage, recognised by our
#WorldHeritage
status.