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Far Moor End is in the Lake District National Park |
Quick Description |
The Lake District is the largest of the United Kingdom's National Parks. National Parks are beautiful, spectacular and often dramatic expanses of relatively wild country. It is managed with an aim to conserve and enhance its natural beauty, wildlife and cultural heritage and to help people understand and enjoy its special qualities.
It is protected under legislation and the planning system to ensure conservation and enhancement of its special qualities not just for the present, but also for future generations of residents and visitors. |
Snippets of Information |
The Lake District National Park contains 16 lakes (and many smaller tarns), more than 150 high peaks, with four over 3000 feet (the only mountains in England), (including England's highest mountain, Scafell Pike - 3206 ft).
Highest Mountains
- Scafell Pike at 978 metres (3210 feet)
- Scafell at 964 metres (3162 feet)
- Helvellyn at 950 metres (3114 feet)
- Skiddaw at 931 metres(3053 feet)
- Great End at 910 metres (2986 feet)
- Bowfell at 902 metres (2940 feet)
Lakes
- Deepest lake is Wastwater at 74 metres (243 feet)
- Longest lake is Windermere which is 10.5 miles long
- There is only one official lake - Bassenthwaite Lake. All the others are 'meres' or 'waters'
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Odd Facts |
In the heavy rain of January 2005 Windermere rose by about a metre overnight – that’s equal to about 17,000,000,000 (seventeen thousand million) litres of water! |
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