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Plan Your Trip 4 Welcome to the Lake District ...... 4 Top Sights ...... 6 Eating ...... 10 Outdoor Activities ...... 12 Views ...... 14 Literary Locations ...... 16 Drinking & Nightlife ...... 18 History ...... 20 Festivals & Events...... 22 For Kids ...... 24 Shopping ...... 25 Four Perfect Days ...... 26 Need to Know ...... 28 Lake District Regions ...... 30
Windermere (p36) JAMES WHITLOCK / SHUTTERSTOCK ©
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Windermere & the Islands England’s largest lake. p36 Plan Your Trip DAVID GODDARD / CONTRIBUTOR / GETTY IMAGES © Top Sights Top
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RV HTESOK©AEI LM TC HT VISITBRITAIN/JOE CORNISH /GETTY IMAGES © AVELIB / ALAMY STOCK PHOTO © D K GROVE / SHUTTERSTOCK © Grasmere The beloved village of William Words- worth, whose former home Dove Cottage (pictured) you can visit. p52 Plan Your Trip Top Sights Top Hill Top Beatrix Potter’s world-famous Lakeland home. p66
Scafell Pike The highest peak in England. p112
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