Lake District
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| Area | 2362 |
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| Locations | Cumbria |
| England | |
| Highest point | Scafell Pike |
| Passes | Honister Pass |
| Whinlatter Pass | |
| Gatescarth Pass | |
| Did you know | Film director Ken Russell lived in the Keswick/Borrowdale area until 2007 and used it in films such as Tommy and Mahler. |
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| ID | 405871 |
About Lake District
The Lake District, also known as the Lakes or Lakeland, is a mountainous region in North West England. A popular holiday destination, it is famous for its lakes, forests and mountains, and its associations with William Wordsworth and other Lake Poets and also with Beatrix Potter and John Ruskin.
Water firm wrongly downgraded pollution events, documents suggest
... One of the apparent cover-ups was in a World Heritage Site in the Lake District...
Lancashire supermarket chain Booths ditches self-service tills
... " We will retain self-checkouts in two of our stores in the Lake District in order to meet the needs of our customers during very busy periods...
New search technology leads to discovery of body in Glen Etive
... The technology has been developed by Lake District Search and Mountain Rescue Association (LDSAMRA)...
Rescue mission for UK rainforests' weird treasures
... Pockets of temperate rainforest are found to the west of Scotland and north Wales, as well as in the Lake District and south-west England...
Wasdale mountain rescuer Penny Kirby celebrates 40 years' service
... She lives in an old cottage in the foothills beneath the Lake District peak and totally understands the mountain s appeal to walkers and climbers...
Woman finds her 40-year-old message to dad in book bought online
... Mrs Ford, who was brought up in the Lake District, told: " It was a book I thought about over the years, but I didn t recognise it at first because it had no desk cover...
Northern Lights: England's skies glow in aurora spectacle
... The natural phenomenon was captured by photographers in the Lake District and in Northumberland on Tuesday evening...
Patterdale mountain rescuer injured in fall dies
... Chris Lewis, a member of the Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team (MRT) in the Lake District, fell 500ft (150m) in 2021, severely damaging his spine...
Lake District mountain rescuers plea after busiest-ever year
A Lake District mountain rescue co-ordinator is urging people to properly plan their trips after a record number of call outs Last Year .
Volunteers were called out 680 times in 2021 with an " absolutely chaotic" Christmas week, according to Richard Warren , chairman of the Lake District Search and Mountain Rescue Association
He Said teams " loved Helping People " but many rescues were " avoidable".
Mr Warren told there were 11 rescues during Christmas week.
One of the largest operations involved 75 members from multiple teams looking for A Man and his 11-year-old son who had been reported missing on Scafell Pike .
The two walkers were later found after " getting themselves down" Mr Warren said.
There were two call outs on Christmas Day itself, Mr Warren said, adding: " The Christmas period was absolute chaos. "
Mr Warren said there had been a " massive increase" in visitors to the Lake District in 2020 and 2021 due to travel restrictions stopping many people holidaying abroad.
The previous record was 650 call outs in 2018, but Mr Warren said 2021 had eclipsed that despite The First three months of the year being " relatively quiet".
He Said there had been a " very sad end to the year" when A Man died after suffering a medical episode on Skiddaw on New Year 's Eve, while the start of 2022 had been " just as busy".
Mr Warren said he was " extremely proud" of the all The Volunteers at the 12 rescue teams in Cumbria.
" We do it unpaid, " He Said , adding: " Mountain rescuers don't want to be paid.
" They do it because they love The Mountains and love Helping People . "
He also praised all those who make donations to keep The Teams running, with about £750,000 a year needed across all the Cumbria teams.
Mr Warren urged people to properly plan their walks by using.
" A lot of rescues are avoidable because people Get Lost with no map, compass or torch, " He Said .
" Really we want people to start thinking about what they are doing, when they are doing it and to check The Weather . "
Source of news: bbc.com
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