One campaigner says it should if a sewage issue is not resolved.

Should the Lake District lose it World Heritage Site status?

14.06.21 - LAKE DISTRICT PARKING - BORDER

The Chief Executive of the Lake District National Park has denied media reports that it is "actively considering" closing popular valleys to cars.

Lake District National Park denies car ban reports

8/11/21. An image tweeted by Northumbria Police after apprehending a motorhome stolen in the Lake District. Patrick Young, 33, and 20-year-old Rhys Anthony Robert Wilkinson appeared at Carlisle Crown Court this morning and admitted they stole a man’s Ford motorhome during the early hours of October 9. Northumbria Police photo.

Two men have admitted stealing a motorhome from the Lake District which was successfully stopped within hours by police in the North East.

Two men admit stealing motorhome stopped by police using helicopter and dogs

Keswick Mountain Rescue team said that the man's black Labrador ran after another walker, barking and "trying to get her to return".

Man's best friend saves owner by raising the alarm when he collapsed

Members of Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team rescuing a man in the Lake District. From Patterdale MRT, 14/10/2021

The man was rescued from the gorge by members of Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team.

Man rescued from Lake District Gorge he fell down twice

Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team were called out 12 times to Scafell and Scafell Pike, five of these in a single day. The team say nine rescues were avoidable.

Mountain rescue warning after two deaths in first two weeks of October

A scene from a rescue on Wastwater Screes on 3/10/21. Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team.

This was the toughest of five call-outs in as many hours for the team in Wasdale this weekend. 

Twelve-hour operation for Lake District mountain rescuers

The landowner says it has given space to hundreds of cars, which may otherwise be blocking narrow lanes. But opponents say it's ripped up a beautiful meadow.

Parking solution or an eyesore? Row breaks out over Lake District car park

A mountain rescue team arrived within 30 minutes to airlift Zach Hockey to hospital after he fell face down while descending England's highest peak.

Dad thanks 'superhero' rescue team who saved his 11 year old son on Scafell Pike

The Duchess of Cambridge marked the reopening of an air cadets training centre and met survivors of the holocaust who came to live in the Lake District. 

Duchess of Cambridge visits Cumbria to highlight benefits of nature to the young

The Lakes Line eventually led to the creation of Windermere village.  Until that time there was only Bowness-on-Windermere, the village by the lake. 

Celebrations take place to mark 175 years of Lakes Line in south Cumbria

The scene at Haweswater, where the 'lost' village of Mardale can now be seen because of low water levels. ITV Border, 14/9/2021.

Marsdale, which was flooded in the 1930s for a reservoir, can now be seen again.

'Lost' Lake District village reemerges because of falling water levels

Members of the Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were helping a local farmer.

Team of 16 rescues sheep in Lake District

The issue of fly campers - or wild campers - leaving litter and equipment behind has been a problem throughout the season.

Renewed calls for visitors to the Lake District to follow the Countryside Code

They were taken to safety in the Lake District where water levels remained high.

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