| − | The '''Lake District''' is an area of [[Cumbria]] in northern [[England]] noted for its large number of lakes and its outstanding natural beauty, one of the 14 [[National Park]]s in the [[United Kingdom]]. The Lake District is also an important cultural landscape, having inspired writers as diverse as the 'Lake Poets' ([[William Wordsworth]], [[Robert Southey]] and [[Samuel Taylor Coleridge]]), and the author [[Beatrix Potter]]. | + | The '''Lake District''' is a mountainous area of northwestern [[England]], located in [[Cumberland]], [[Lancashire]] and [[Westmorland]], noted for its large number of lakes and its outstanding natural beauty, one of the 14 [[National Park]]s in the [[United Kingdom]]. The Lake District is also an important cultural landscape, having inspired writers as diverse as the 'Lake Poets' ([[William Wordsworth]], [[Robert Southey]] and [[Samuel Taylor Coleridge]]), and the author [[Beatrix Potter]]. |