Lake District

The Lake District is a mountainous region in North West England being the largest National Park in England and Wales, and second largest in the British Isles. All the land in England higher than 3000 ft above sea level lies within it, including Scafell Pike, the highest mountain in England. It also contains the deepest and longest lakes in England.

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Loughrigg Tarn - Lake District

This is a tarn of outstanding beauty - being almost circular in form, with striking views north-west towards the Langdale Pikes. The surface of the tarn is carpeted with waterlilies in the summer months. The tarn was a favoured spot of the poet Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy, he described it in his little known 'Epistle to George Howland Beaumont' , written in 1811, as 'round, clear and bright as heaven'.

Lake District National Park UNESCO World Heritage Site tarn water reflections tree clouds landscape