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Lake District
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Lake District
A scenic area of northwest England including the Cumbrian Mountains and some 15 lakes. It is a popular tourist attraction for its associations with the 19th-century Lake Poets, notably Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Southey.

Lake District
n
(Placename) a region of lakes and mountains in NW England, in Cumbria: includes England's largest lake (Windermere) and highest mountain (Scafell Pike); national park; literary associations (the Lake Poets); tourist region Also called Lakeland
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Noun1.Lake District - a popular tourist area in northwestern England including England's largest lake and highest mountainLake District - a popular tourist area in northwestern England including England's largest lake and highest mountain
England - a division of the United Kingdom
Cumbria - a county of northwestern England
Translations
Lake District [ˈleɪkdɪstrɪkt] n
the Lake District (in Britain)la région des lacs
Lake District n the Lake District (Brit) → la regione dei laghi (nel nord dell'Inghilterra)


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On day two you will be taken through the spectacular scenery of the English Lake District visiting Ullswater, Ambleside and Bowness on Windermere before commencing your return journey.
As our coach slipped deeper into the quiet beauty of the English Lake District National Park I considered the merits of a holiday where someone else does the planning and the driving - and I concluded this was the ultimate luxury.
THIS is the last day of our gamecard competition and today's Harry Shaw holiday up for grabs is a two-day/one-night break for two to Carlisle railway and the English Lake District worth almost pounds 140.
 
 
 
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