But the Lake District has over 200 mountains, or fells in the local vernacular, over 1,000 ft (300m) so there’s plenty of room. I recently climbed Harter Fell, near Haweswater, and met only one ...

Discover the delights of Lake Windermere in the Lake District National Park during your visit (Image: Getty Images) There are also a number of hiking trails and cycle routes to explore, and ...

Helen Pickles is Telegraph Travel’s Lake District expert. An upbringing of wet caravanning holidays to climb its fells and shriek at the coldness of lake-paddling started a curious love affair.

Six alternatives to the Lake District to explore in the UK Cumbria’s national park isn’t the only theatre of epic scenery in the UK. Here are six more destinations for your next outdoor adventure.

He said: "We believe the Lake District is the country's finest landscape. "We need the government to believe that too so that thy will start putting the resources into Cumbria that Cumbria desperately ...