News

Latest News

Read the latest press releases from the Lake District National Park. You can also see our:

latest news

Media statements and responses

News archive back to 2014

Subscribe to our news RSS feed

Latest news from across the Lake District National Park

Tree Planting

National Tree Week celebrations for Lake District

As the UK’s biggest tree celebrations get underway north Lakes marks a massive planting operation which has seen 17,850 saplings introduced.

Posted: 20 November 2017

Barry Capp certificate

PM awards outstanding Lake District volunteer

Prime Minister Theresa May has today honoured Barry Capp, from Cumbria, for his work with the Fix the Fells programme, maintaining over 2,000km of footpaths across the Lake District.

Posted: 15 November 2017

Brave the Cave

New indoor caving attraction comes to Windermere

Explore the Lake District whatever the weather as Brockhole-on-Windermere’s brand new indoor caving experience, Brave the Cave, opens this weekend.

Posted: 17 October 2017

Ullswater Outdoor Fest

School children step into the great outdoors at Ullswater Outdoor Fest

More than 100 school children from the Ullswater area became official members of the ‘great outdoors’ at the Ullswater Outdoor Fest held earlier this month, thanks to a cash boost from the Lake District National Park’s Communities Fund.

Posted: 13 October 2017

John Glen, Minister

Government Minister visits UK’s newest World Heritage Site

Tourism and the rural economy will come under the spotlight over the next two days, as Minister for the Arts, Heritage & Tourism, John Glen MP, heads to Cumbria to visit the newly designated Lake District World Heritage Site and hear first-hand from a range of business about what it means to them.

Posted: 02 October 2017

Fell Top Assessor

World-class mountaineer joins Lake District Fell Top Assessors

Mountaineer Zac Poulton is swapping the Himalayas for the Lake District in a new role aimed at keeping walkers safe on the Cumbrian fells.

Posted: 02 October 2017

Postbox at Lonsleddale

Royal Mail gives stamp of approval for World Heritage Site

Lake District fans across the UK are being urged to head to the postbox this week (27, 28 Sept) to secure a special postmark in celebration of its new World Heritage Site status.

Posted: 26 September 2017