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Windermere Management Strategy 2011 Lake District National Park
Windermere Management Strategy 2011 Lake District National Park With its world renowned landscape, the National Park is for everyone to enjoy, now and in the future. It wants a prosperous economy, world class visitor experiences and vibrant communities, to sustain the spectacular landscape. Everyone involved in running England’s largest and much loved National Park is committed to: • respecting the past • caring for the present • planning for the future Lake District National Park Authority Murley Moss Oxenholme Road Kendal Cumbria LA9 7RL Phone: 01539 724555 Fax: 01539 740822 Minicom: 01539 792690 Email: [email protected] Website: www.lakedistrict.gov.uk Alternative formats can be sent to you. Call 01539 724555 Publication number 07/11/LDNPA/100 Printed on recycled paper Photographs by: Ben Barden, Karen Barden, Chris Brammall, Val Corbett, Cumbria Tourism, John Eveson, Charlie Hedley, Andrea Hills, Si Homfray, LDNPA, Keith Molloy, Helen Reynolds, South Windermere Sailing Club, Phil Taylor, Peter Truelove, Michael Turner, Tony West, Dave Willis. Contents Introduction Introduction 2 National Park Purposes 3 National Park Vision 3 South Lakeland District Council Vision 4 Section A A1 Current context 9 A Prosperous A2 Challenges and opportunities 2011 11 Economy A3 Recent successes 13 A4 What we are going to do 13 Section B B1 Current context 16 World Class B2 Challenges and opportunities 2011 21 Visitor Experience B3 Recent success 22 B4 What we are going to do 23 Section C Traffic and Transport C1 Current context 27 Vibrant C2 Challenges -
Windermere Management Strategy 2011 Lake District National Park
Windermere Management Strategy 2011 Lake District National Park With its world renowned landscape, the National Park is for everyone to enjoy, now and in the future. It wants a prosperous economy, world class visitor experiences and vibrant communities, to sustain the spectacular landscape. Everyone involved in running England’s largest and much loved National Park is committed to: • respecting the past • caring for the present • planning for the future Lake District National Park Authority Murley Moss Oxenholme Road Kendal Cumbria LA9 7RL Phone: 01539 724555 Fax: 01539 740822 Minicom: 01539 792690 Email: [email protected] Website: www.lakedistrict.gov.uk Alternative formats can be sent to you. Call 01539 724555 Publication number 07/11/LDNPA/100 Printed on recycled paper Photographs by: Ben Barden, Karen Barden, Chris Brammall, Val Corbett, Cumbria Tourism, John Eveson, Charlie Hedley, Andrea Hills, Si Homfray, LDNPA, Keith Molloy, Helen Reynolds, South Windermere Sailing Club, Phil Taylor, Peter Truelove, Michael Turner, Tony West, Dave Willis. Contents Introduction Introduction 2 National Park Purposes 3 National Park Vision 3 South Lakeland District Council Vision 4 Section A A1 Current context 9 A Prosperous A2 Challenges and opportunities 2011 11 Economy A3 Recent successes 13 A4 What we are going to do 13 Section B B1 Current context 16 World Class B2 Challenges and opportunities 2011 21 Visitor Experience B3 Recent success 22 B4 What we are going to do 23 Section C Traffic and Transport C1 Current context 27 Vibrant C2 Challenges -
Issue No. 68 January 2013
Issue No. 68 FellFarerthe January 2013 Editorial CLUB OFFICIALS Well that’s another issue completed. Now I PRESIDENT: Gordon Pitt Tel: 015395 68210 can relax for Christmas; right? Wrong! There are already two articles in the editorial VICE PRESIDENT: Roger Atkinson Tel: 01539732490 intray for the next issue and there’s no let- TRUSTEES Vicky Atkinson Tel: 07971 408378 up in the Social Sub-committee’s programme Mick Fox Tel: 01539 727531 over the winter so there’s never a quiet period Cheryl Smallwood Tel: 01629 650164 for the editor. Mark Walsh Tel: 01606 891050 That’s not a complaint - please keep the COMMITTEE contributions coming. I’ve written before Chairman: Roger Atkinson Tel: 01539 732490 that it’s always good to receive accounts of 198, Burneside Road member’s adventures beyond the limits of the Kendal LA96EB email: [email protected] activities organised within the club. I was particularly pleased, and rather envious, Vice Chairman: Mark Walsh Tel: 01606 891050 when Sarah ‘s account of her short break 20, Knutsford Road in the Alps arrived. What a week that must Antrobus Northwich have been (pages 4 + 5). Thank you also to Cheshire CW9 6JW Joan Abbott for her excellent photographic email: [email protected] record of the September Working Weekend and also to Alec Reynolds, David Birkett, Secretary: Clare Fox Tel: 01539 727531 50, Gillinggate Roger Atkinson and Matthew Walsh for their Kendal contributions, plus of course anyone else that LA94JB I’ve forgotten. Anyway, once again, I hope email: [email protected] you enjoy the following pages. -
Tragedy Hits Clayton Runners
Bit at the Front Neil Denby Once again we, along with other users of privatisation. This means that, whilst the the great outdoors, are having our rights of Forestry Commission allowed a ’right to access gradually eroded away. After the roam’ on much of their land, private privatisation of the water boards and the contractors are not so bound. Thus only The Association has bought some long drawn out negotiations the Associa official rights of way (which may be busy right expensive computer tion conducted in order to prevent them bridle paths or, in some cases, tarmacced equipment to try to drag us into the from charging us, we are now faced with lanes) are left to the runner. If this is 20th century. If you can provide a back door privatisation that is cutting happening in your area and it is going to articles etc. on 3+" discs of DOS or down on access. spoil your enjoyment and use of wood land, then write to your M.P. and see what DFS format (not Unix); preferably The government, backing down from a he/she will do about it. Surprisingly, in ASCII; then we can handle them wholesale privatisation of the Forestry according to an article I read recently, an easily - the amount of stuff that Commission (one of the largest holders of M.P. thinks that a mailbag of 10 letters on comes that is obviously a computer land in the country) is selling off in a subject is big so it shouldn’t take many print out is growing but still needs dividual forests and woodlands to private of us to kick up a fuss if we find we are to be re-typed if the disc isn’t with buyers to effect a sort of piece meal being barred from woods and forests. -
Places in Cumbria for Wildlife and People English Nature Research Reports
Report Number 705 Places in Cumbria for wildlife and people English Nature Research Reports working today for nature tomorrow English Nature Research Reports Number 705 Places in Cumbria for wildlife and people Catherine Findlay and Catharine Ward Thompson OPENspace Research Centre You may reproduce as many additional copies of this report as you like for non-commercial purposes, provided such copies stipulate that copyright remains with English Nature, Northminster House, Peterborough PE1 1UA. However, if you wish to use all or part of this report for commercial purposes, including publishing, you will need to apply for a licence by contacting the Enquiry Service at the above address. Please note this report may also contain third party copyright material. ISSN 0967-876X © Copyright English Nature 2006 Project officer Erica Donnison, Cumbria Team Contractor(s) Catherine Findlay and Catharine Ward Thompson OPENspace Research Centre The views in this report are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent those of English Nature This report should be cited as: FINDLAY, C. & WARD THOMPSON, C. 2006. Places in Cumbria for wildlife and people. English Nature Research Reports, No 705. Acknowledgements This research was carried out by Catherine Findlay, for OPENspace research centre, with the assistance of Anne Boyle, Anna Orme, Elizabeth Payne, Jenny Roe, Sucharita Srirangam and Takemi Sugiyama and under the overall direction of Catharine Ward Thompson. The project manager at English Nature was Erica Donnison. Executive summary This study was carried out on behalf of English Nature to consider how people in Cumbria perceive local green spaces and nature reserves and their expectations of Local Nature Reserves. -
Windermere Reflections Stage One
WINDERMERE REFLECTIONS STAGE ONE Archaeological and Historical Land Use Resource Assessment for the Windermere Catchment Oxford Archaeology North October 2010 Lake District National Park Authority and the National Trust Issue No: 2010-11/1108 OAN Job No: L10276 NGR: NY 35835 02215 (centred) Archaeological and Historical Land Use Resource Assessment for the Windermere Catchment 1 CONTENTS CONTENTS ............................................................................................................... 1 SUMMARY ................................................................................................................ 3 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ............................................................................................ 5 1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................ 7 1.1 Circumstances of the Project......................................................................... 7 1.2 Aims and Objectives..................................................................................... 7 2. METHODOLOGY ............................................................................................... 9 2.1 Introduction .................................................................................................. 9 2.2 Stage One: GIS ‘Set up’ and Data Acquisition ............................................ 10 2.3 Stage Two: Data Extraction, Collation, Analysis and Creation .................... 13 2.4 Stage Three: Report Production and Output Creation ................................. -
River Kent and South Lakes: a Chronology of Flash Flooding
RIVER KENT AND SOUTH LAKES: A CHRONOLOGY OF FLASH FLOODING Introduction The main outcome of this review is a description of the extent of flooding during the major floods that have occurred over the period from the mid seventeenth century. This is presented as a flood chronicle with a summary description of each event. Sources of Information Descriptive information is contained in newspaper reports, diaries and further back in time, from Quarter Sessions bridge accounts and ecclesiastical records. The main source for this study has been from newspaper accounts. Newspaper descriptions include much that is of human interest but only limited information which could be used to define the magnitude of the flood. It is only the latter information which has been extracted for the most part, indicating levels or depths on roads and buildings which may still be identifiable. Such details provide a means of assessing the comparative magnitude of floods. The main information for Kendal is found in the Westmorland Gazette with a record which commences in 1818, although some papers are missing in the early years and continues to the present. This was inspected for each event. In addition the Kendal Mercury provided corroborative evidence for floods in the mid nineteenth century. Associated meteorological information The publication British Rainfall 1863 – 1968 (Symons British Rainfall from 1863 to 1900) was inspected to identify potential flood dates and to ascertain the meteorological conditions associated with flooding – thaw, thaw with rain, frontal rainfall, convectional storms etc. The online British Newspaper Archive has a limited number of newspapers and years of record available for Cumbria. -
The Northmen in Cumberland & Westmoreland
>id£ik^ \./ h0k^ ^!5w-u»w' '^^4:r*€> %. < #'\ \^4--^ / 0f§^ ..# V THE NORTHMEN IN CUMBERLAND & WESTMORELAND BY ROBERT FERGUSON. XiOlsrJDOlT: liO aiT O aye -A- IT -A.25TX) CO CJ^TtXiXSTj^z It. & J. STEEL. 1866. •. }tia\ h^i^^^ prefacf;. The present little work owes its origin to an attempt to present, in the form of a popular lecture, such of the " leading facts contained in Mr. Worsaae's Danes and " Norwegians in England as might be supposed to be more particularly interesting to a Cumberland audience. The slight investigation consequent upon this under- taking convinced the author that the mine was worth working deeper, and an increasing interest in the sub- ject led him on till the extent of his researches appeared to him to be such as to warrant him in giving them to the public. He is fully aware that a work like the present, which is to a great extent etymological, must of necessity contain much that is more or less conjectural, and has endeavoured, as far as possible, to avoid dogmatism, and to qualify the expression of his opinion according to the circumstances of the case. At an early period of his enquiry he was led to form the theory of an immigi'ation more particularly Nor- wegian proceeding from the western side of the island, and a part of his object has been to lay before the PRONUNCIATION OF OLD NORSE. In order to enable the reader to understand the derivations in the following: pages, it is indispensable for him to pay a little attention to the pronunciation of Old Norse. -
Number 69 April 2013
Number 69 FellFarerthe April 2013 Editorial CLUB OFFICIALS Well that’s number soixante-neuf completed, PRESIDENT: Gordon Pitt Tel: 015395 68210 full of the diverse activities, from the sublime to the ridiculous,,that Fellfarers get up to. VICE PRESIDENT: Roger Atkinson Tel: 01539732490 Thank you to contributors Colin Jennings, TRUSTEES Vicky Atkinson Tel: 07971 408378 Irene and Graham Ramsbottom, David Mick Fox Tel: 01539 727531 Birkett, Mel Middleton, Rod Muncey, Graham Cheryl Smallwood Tel: 01629 650164 Stewart and of course the Club Photographer- Mark Walsh Tel: 01606 891050 in-Chief, Joan Abbott, for your words and/or COMMITTEE your photographs. Fred Underhill too. There’s Chairman: Roger Atkinson Tel: 01539 732490 rarely a week goes by without a cartoon 198, Burneside Road popping through my door. Only a few do I get Kendal LA96EB email: [email protected] to share with you. Thank you Fred. I hope I remembered everyone and I hope you Vice Chairman: Mark Walsh Tel: 01606 891050 all enjoy reading this issue. 20, Knutsford Road You will be able to work out that a number Antrobus Northwich of club events have taken place at the time of Cheshire CW9 6JW writing but I ran out of space. In the past this email: [email protected] might have been a 24-pager but I’ve promised not to exceed my 20-page limit. Cost of Secretary: Clare Fox Tel: 01539 727531 50, Gillinggate postage you know. Still, on the positive side, it Kendal means I already have a few pages allocated LA94JB (not written yet though) for no.70.. -
A Complete Guide to the English Lakes, by Haeeiet Maetineau
j 4nvalvT.i-UtVT.. TJlViKJtPOO'J3 Victorian 914.28 M366c 1855 Joseph Earl and Genevieve Thornton Arlington Collection of 19th Century Americana Brigham Young University Library BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY 3 1197 22886 4440 COMPLETE GUIDE TO THE ENGLISH LAKES COMPLETE GUIDE TO THE ENGLISH LAKES BY HARRIET MAHTINEAU, ILLUSTRATED FROM DRAWINGS BY T. L. ASPLAND AND W. BANKS, &rib a IHap Coloured ffireolostcallg bg Stfyn Eutfj&tn* TO WHICH AEE ADDED AN ACCOUNT OF THE FLOWERING PLANTS, FERNS, AND MOSSES OF THE DISTRICT, AND A COMPLETE DIBECTOET. WINDERMERE : — JOHN GARNETT. LONDON: — WHITTAKEB AND CO. WINDERMERE: PRINTED BY JOHN GARNETT. OPfi PREFACE. The Knoll, Ambleside, March 12, 1855. It is now some months since I com- mitted the manuscript of this Lake Guide to the publisher's hands; and now that the work is just ready to appear, I am thankful to him for the opportunity of saying in this prefatory page, with what pride and pleasure I have looked over the accessories and embellishments with which by his zeal and spirit, and by the admirable cooperation he has been so fortunate as to secure, my humble work is elevated to a quality of real importance. 11. PEEPACE. When I look at Mr. Htjthven's valuable geological Map, Mr. Aspland's beautiful illustrative Views, so finely engraved by- Mr. Banks ; and, again, the Botanical contributions, so essential to the perfect understanding of the Lake District, it seems to me that the book has become, by all this aid, one which may not only be in every tourist's hands, but find a place on the library shelves of those who have never visited, and may not contem- plate visiting, this district of England. -
Wainwrights Outlying Fells
GR(6) Hill Name Height GridEast GridNorth Latitude NY515052 Bannisdale Fell-Long Crag 493 51594 5254 54.440381 SD278907 Beacon Fell 255 27809 90710 54.306877 SD363839 Bigland Barrow 193 36356 83985 54.247584 SD135854 Black Combe 600 13549 85490 54.257759 SD260883 Blawith Knott 248 26072 88393 54.285809 NY177034 Boat How 337 17725 3402 54.419381 SD409961 Brant Fell 191 40970 96144 54.357402 NY484006 Brunt Knott 427 48441 625 54.398481 SD151910 Buck Barrow 549 15198 91049 54.307983 SD151924 Burn Moor 543 15162 92437 54.320448 SD260858 Burney 298 26074 85866 54.263103 NY195371 Caermote Hill 289 19599 37157 54.722964 NY508035 Capplebarrow 513 50800 3542 54.424929 SD325943 Carron Crag 314 32528 94337 54.340115 SD230944 Caw 529 23041 94452 54.339804 SD382973 Claife Heights 270 38203 97344 54.367856 NY159352 Clints Crags (Wainwright summit) 245 15925 35261 54.705329 NY058092 Cold Fell 293 5811 9204 54.469439 SD491943 Cunswick Scar 207 49154 94302 54.341732 NY037130 Dent 346 3740 13049 54.503594 NY467246 Dunmallet (Dunmallard Hill) 240 46777 24637 54.614076 SD207918 Dunnerdale Fells 280 20708 91876 54.3163 NY299407 Faulds Brow 344 29941 40717 54.7565 NY513117 Fewling Stones 509 51307 11776 54.498962 SD360883 Finsthwaite Heights 180 36093 88372 54.286973 NY052137 Flat Fell 272 5248 13718 54.509889 SD432972 Grandsire 251 43215 97279 54.367856 NY532123 Great Ladstones 440 53207 12365 54.504435 NY526086 Great Saddle Crag 560 52609 8661 54.471093 SD211915 Great Stickle 305 21173 91596 54.313856 SD194968 Great Worm Crag 427 19403 96875 54.361004 NY525075