The Lake District National Park is a national park in Cumbria, northwest England, established in 1951 as one of the first wave of national parks designated under Britain's National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act of 1949. It protects a mountainous landscape of glacially carved valleys and lakes, including England's largest lake, Windermere, and its highest peak, Scafell Pike, shaped over centuries by traditional fell farming that remains part of the working landscape today. The park inspired the writing of William Wordsworth and Beatrix Potter, and it was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2017 in recognition of its combined natural beauty and cultural landscape.
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