Holiday Home Parks in the Lake District

When looking for a holiday home park there are few finer places in the UK to consider than the Lake District. There are numerous holiday home parks in the Lake District but South Lakeland Parks offer the very best in luxury holiday home ownership in some of the most breathtaking locations the Lake District National Park has to offer.

The Lake District offers unrivalled opportunities for leisure activities such as walking, cycling, sailing, golf, fishing, windsurfing, climbing and bird watching. You can also enjoy quality shopping in nearby Bowness and Ambleside or visit one of the many world-renowned restaurants or simply enjoy the peace and quiet to get away from it all.

There are four holiday home parks in the Lake District operated by South Lakeland Parks, White Cross Bay, Fallbarrow, Limefitt and Gatebeck, each with their own style and charm.

White Cross Bay is a fantastic family holiday home park with lots going on to entertain the whole family.

From the indoor swimming pool and gym to the outdoor sports courts and children's play area you won't be short of things to do.

Fallbarrow is another great family holiday home park on the shores of Lake Windermere and is without a doubt one of Britain's loveliest lakeside holiday parks. As it is so close to Bowness there are some top attractions on your doorstep ranging from boat trips on the lake to The World of Beatrix Potter and plenty more in between.

Limefitt is a secluded holiday home park that offers holiday home owners somewhere to get away from it all and relax properly, as you should when you're on holiday.

Home to a traditional Lakeland pub, woodland walk trails and pony trekking there is something for the entire family to enjoy.

Gatebeck is a holiday home park for holiday home owners only. There is no hire fleet, which creates a sense of community about the place. Whatever your intentions, whether it is for a weekend retreat, or somewhere to share your leisure time between here and abroad, Gatebeck could be the perfect place for your holiday home.

At each of the holiday home parks operated by South Lakeland Parks there is a wide range of holiday homes for sale. Whether you're looking for a caravan holiday home or a lodge holiday home, on a small budget or a large budget, at South Lakeland Parks you'll find the right holiday home at the right holiday home park for you and your family.

Inspire

Music used with kind permission (as long as it's for non-profit) from Paul Houseman (www.paulhouseman.com). A short "trailer" style film about getting out into the great outdoors. All filming I shot by myself using a small digital camcorder on various backpacking trips to the English Lake District.
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www.stayinbritain.co.uk - Howard and Elizabeth welcome you to our family run caravan and camping park. What do Castlerigg Farm is in a particular beautiful part of the Lake District, away from the noise of towns and traffic, an ideal location for walking and relaxing. With exceptional panoramic views of the surrounding fells, the site looks down towards Derwent Water and in the distance Bassenthwaite Lake. Keswick town is aprox 25 minute walk down through the woods or a 5 minute drive by car.

The lake district

Just some odd findings in my camping trip to the lake district and a little waterfall animation I made using the time shutter on my camera to make it look like it splashed me but in fact it didn't because then my camera would be broked.

Otherworldly Camping - EPISODE 1 (part 2/2)

Drum N Bass musicians Mando Nick and Richard go on an adventure like never before... Crazy waterfalls, lakes, mountains and long snakey roads... Can they survive?
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After a days riding in the English Lake District the North West UK GSER's settle down for a night around the camp fire. If you want to learn bush craft and the art of fire making this is not the place to be. If you want to learn how to set yourself and your friends alight and come within an inch of of your life then you are indeed watching the right video.
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Famous Poets of the Lake District

Being home to some of the most unique and beautiful terrains in all of England certainly qualifies the Lake District as inspiring countryside. It is no wonder then that the region has also become famous for attracting the dreamers and writers that have become known as the lake poets. The term refers to a group of poets that lived in the Lake District at the turn of the nineteenth century. Although they were known collectively as part of the Romantic movement of literature, the poets of the Lake District didn't follow any particular school of thought or literary style that was known at the time they were writing. All were simply drawn to and inspired by the beauty of the lakes and fells that surrounded them.

Although the work of the Lake Poets was officially shunned and widely criticized by entities like the Edinburgh Review, several have become very widely respected.

The most notable of these would most likely be William Wordsworth, who was one of the few to be born in the region, just a few miles from Bassenthwaite. Although he departed the region for an extended trip to Germany with friend and fellow poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge at the end of 1798, Wordsworth eventually returned to the Lakes along with his sister Dorothy and wife Sara, and settled at Grasmere.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge, famed composer of Rime of The Ancient Mariner is also considered one of the Lake Poets, and consequently lived only ten miles away from Wordsworth at Greta Hall in Keswick. Despite the peace and serenity of the surrounding fells and moors, Coleridge met with much strife following his establishment at the Lakes. Marital problems, an unfortunate addiction to opium and frequent illness troubled the poet, eventually leading to his composition of the poem Dejection: An Ode.

Besides being one of the Lake Poets, native Englishman Robert Southey was also a writer of essays and letter, a biographer and historian, and a general literary scholar.

He is most famous for being named as Britain's poet laureate in 1813, a title he held until his death 30 years later, and for the lives and accomplishments of historical figures like John Bunyan, John Wesley, William Cowper, Oliver Cromwell and Horatio Nelson. The biographies of several of the previously mentioned men are still in print today. Although sometimes forgotten in the brighter fame of his lakeside cohorts, Southey made immense contributions to Romantic literature, and is the originator of the Goldilocks tale, or Story of the Three Bears, which is beloved by children all over the world.

Wild Camping at Angletarn Pikes in the Lake District

www.lifethroughalens.co.uk A short video using some footage shot on a walk up to a camp at Angletarn Pikes near Ullswater in the Lake District, UK. I also wanted to film a star timelapse which you can see at the end. The timelapse was taken looking north from my tent and the lights you can see are from Penrith in the distance. Hope you like it. Camera - Canon 550d (with kit lens). Music Credit - Kevin MacLeod, 'Deliberate Thought' on incompetech.com

A Walk In The Park - Let's Stay Peak District

In association with Let's Stay Peak District - a comprehensive accommodation and tourist guide featuring high quality content, thousands of images and hundreds of Peak District cottages, b&bs, hotels, pubs, campsites, walks, village guides, attractions, activities & more. www.peakdistrict-nationalpark.com
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Annual lads' weekend to the English Lake District. Wasdale & Eskdale areas plus lots of beer!