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Lake District

American

noun

a mountainous region in NW England containing many lakes: tourist center.

Lake District British

noun

Also called: Lakeland. a region of lakes and mountains in NW England, in Cumbria: includes England's largest lake (Windermere) and highest mountain (Scafell Pike); national park; literary associations (the Lake Poets); tourist region

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He then returned to his native Cumbria to work on a Lake District farm, cooking with their products, before becoming a self-employed private chef.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

The first few days of the trail across the Lake District are the hardest yards.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

Lucas, 61, a musician from Bristol, travels to the Lake District in Cumbria for one week every month and regularly posts pictures of his wanderings.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

"The news of its sale came as a cautionary tale of how precarious the Wordsworths' heritage in the Lake District has become," he said.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

Dalton was born in 1766 on the edge of the Lake District near Cockermouth to a family of poor but devout Quaker weavers.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

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