Lake District

Le Lake District, aussi connu sous le nom de The Lakes ou Lakeland, est une région montagneuse située dans le Nord-Ouest de l'Angleterre. Très appréciée comme destination de vacances, elle est renommée en raison de ses lacs et montagnes (ou collines), et de ses liens avec la poésie du début du XIXe siècle et les écrits de William Wordsworth et des Lakistes. La partie centrale, la plus visitée de la région se trouve dans le parc national du Lake District, le plus grand des treize parcs nationaux de l'Angleterre et du pays de Galles, et le deuxième au Royaume-Uni. Il se trouve entièrement en Cumbria, partagé entre les comtés de Cumberland et de Westmorland dans l'une des rares régions montagneuses d'Angleterre. Tous les sommets d'Angleterre s'élevant à plus de 900 mètres d'altitude se trouvent dans le parc, notamment Scafell Pike, le point culminant de l'Angleterre. Il contient également les lacs les plus profonds et les plus grands d'Angleterre. La région a été ajoutée à la liste du patrimoine mondial de l'humanité, par l'UNESCO, en juillet 2017.

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The Lake District, also known as the Lakes or Lakeland, is a mountainous region and national park in Cumbria, North West England. It is famous for its landscape, including its lakes, coast, and mountains, and for its literary associations with Beatrix Potter, John Ruskin, Arthur Ransome, and the Lake Poets. The Lakeland fells, or mountains, include England's highest: Scafell Pike (978 m; 3,209 ft), Helvellyn (950 m; 3,120 ft) and Skiddaw (931 m; 3,054 ft). The region also contains sixteen major lakes. They include Windermere, which with a length of 11 miles (18 km) and an area of 5.69 square miles (14.73 km2) is the longest and largest lake in England, and Wast Water, which at 79 metres (259 ft) is the deepest lake in England. The Lake District National Park was established in 1951, and covers an area of 2,362 km2 (912 square miles), the bulk of the region. It was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2017.

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Seathwaite, Cumberland

Seathwaite (/ˈsiːθweɪt/ SEE-thwayt) is a small hamlet in the Borrowdale civil parish of Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England. It is in the Lake District near Scafell Pike and 8 miles (13 km) southwest of Keswick at the end of a minor road that heads southwest from the hamlet of Seatoller, which is where the B5289 road begins its steep climb up the pass to Honister Hause on the boundary between Borrowdale civil parish and Buttermere civil parish. The nearby Seathwaite Fell takes its name from the hamlet and lies about 1.1 miles (2 km) to the south-southwest of it. The name derives from a combination of the Old Norse words sef (sedges) and thveit (clearing) and may be taken to mean "clearing in the sedges". The name, then spelled Seuthwayt, first appeared in written records in 1340.

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Seatoller Wood, Sourmilk Gill & Seathwaite Graphite Mine

Seatoller Wood, Sourmilk Gill & Seathwaite Graphite Mine is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) within Lake District National Park on the slopes above Seathwaite in Borrowdale, the valley of the River Derwent. The woodland is exceptional because of the lichen and liverwort species found there and the Red Squirrels that live there.

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Rosthwaite Fell

Rosthwaite Fell is a fell in the English Lake District. It is situated some 12 kilometres (7+1⁄2 miles) due south of Keswick and 2 kilometres (1+1⁄4 miles) south of the village of Rosthwaite in Borrowdale. Rosthwaite Fell also has loose connections to the Scafell group of fells. The fells name derives from the Old Norse language and means “The peak above the clearing with a heap of stones” with “hreysi” meaning a heap of stones and “thveit” meaning a clearing.

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Seatoller

Seatoller is a settlement in Borrowdale in the English Lake District. Historically part of Cumberland, it lies on the B5289 road at the east foot of the Honister Pass, and to the south of Derwent Water. The nearest town to Seatoller is Keswick, which is situated approximately 7 miles (11 km) to the north. Seatoller was the destination of a regular walkers bus in the 1960s and 1970s which left Carlisle each Sunday at 07:30 giving access by public transport into the heart of the lakes. The hamlet consists of a farmhouse, two bed and breakfasts, a tea shop and two rows of cottages.

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