There is no need to travel half way across the world to be surrounded by the finest scenery that nature has to offer. It is a mere two and three quarter hour train ride away from London in a magical ...

If you were totally ignorant of England’s geography and new to its national parks, you’d probably first head for the Peak District in search of its tallest mountains. You’d find relatively nice hills ...

Soak up the scenery on an eight-day luxury self-guided walking tour of the Lake District, England’s newest World Heritage Site. Day one begins in Windermere, home of England’s largest natural lake.

• England's Largest This storybook realm of hills, stonewalled fields, forests, whitewashed cottages, and clear waters is England’s largest national park. In fact, the Lake District covers about one ...

"It’s undoubtedly Britain’s equivalent to our Queenstown Lakes district. Windermere and the Lake District is England’s favourite national park, a sprawling tourist honeypot that stretches across ...

It was a Thursday evening when I arrived at Windermere in the Lake District—and what a pretty sight it was. Windermere is home to the largest lake in Cumbria's Lake District National Park, so taking a ...

If I’d known that The Trip, released last summer and now available on DVD, was a buddy movie I probably never would have rented it. But, of course, the title snagged me and I’m glad it did because ...

Is this Britain’s most inspiring landscape? You only need to look at the list of writers and poets who’ve immortalised the Lake District’s fells and fields to see it makes a strong case: Wordsworth, ...