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Lake District National Park is located in the North West of England, locatedspecifically in Cumbria. It starts from Caldbeck to Lindale, Calbeck is in the northand Lindale is in the South and from Ravenglass which is situated in the Eastwhich is Shap. It is one of the fourteen national Parks in the UK.

Lake District National Park has 101 sites of Special Scientific interest and 6national nature reserves which also give it its beauty. There are around 400villages where the population of over 40,000 live.

The Lake District Park was formed from change in climatic conditions overmillions of years. Some contributors were volcanic eruptions, melting of ice aswell as sea erosion- all these made the Lake District as popular as it is now.

This is a map of the Lake District National Park.

Grasmere:Rydal MountFormer homeof William

Wordsworth

Ambleside:Beatrix Potterstayed hereduring her

holidays.

Scafell PikeThis is thehighest peak inEngland.

This is the M6,(highlighted inblue) the mainroad which runsthrough LakeDistrict. It is themain source oftransportation aswell as the mainmotorway.

LakeWindermere:The largestnatural lake inEngland


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Some of the main towns are located in red dots, e.g. Bothel, Whitehaven,Ravenglass. The lakes are highlighted in blue. Some examples are: HaweswaterReservoir and Ullswater.Also highlighted is the M6, which is the main motorway as well as roads andrailway services which are highlighted in purple for roads and red for rails. Themountains in the Lake District are also shown in white in examples such asScafell Pike, Kentmere Pike etc.

The Lake District National Park contains 16 lakes, 150 high peaks as well as four3000ft mountains which make it the unique mountains in England. This alsoincludes Scafell Pike which is the highest mountain in England with a height of3206 ft. It is the largest national park in the UK with a size of 2,292 sq km.

Over 12 million people come to the Lake District National Park. Why?Millions of people are attracted to Lake District National Park due to its manyfeatures. Below are some descriptions of these features.

GrasmereGrasmere is a little village honeypot located in the heart of the Park, nearAmbleside. Once the home of the famous poet, William Wordsworth, it is now amain tourist attraction in the Park. There are many things to visit ranging from thebeautiful lakes of Rydal water andIn Grasmere are situated the craggy peaks of Scafell Pikes, Helvellyn, Skiddawand the Langdale Pikes, all which are mountains.

This is an aerial view ofGrasmere village, we can seethat there is a lot of greeneryand nature in the village.

There are trees, farmland aswell as mountains and lakeswhich add to the naturalbeauty of Grasmere.There are also houses inGrasmere where people liveand enjoy the views ofnature with limited pollution.

These are the lakes andmountains which tourists

travel far to see and admire. These natural attractions form a major part of thetourism industry.

Activities in Gransmere include Cycling and walking,horse trekking-where people can enjoy rides, mountainspa which is there for relaxation. A favoured one is troutfishing-this is where people can enjoy the experience offishing.


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Rydal Water is situatedbetween Grasmere andLake Windermere in theDistrict.Rydal Water is a smallglacial lake very similar toGrasmere, with drumlinswhich are small depositsfrom the glacier creatingmini-islands on the lake.Rydal Water is popularduring the summer as it hadmany activities such assunbathing, walks and

excellent picnic spots for tourist. People come from everywhere to visit thisattraction as it is beautiful scenery which is most likely unique in England.

Scafell Pike

This is an annotated picture of Scafell Pikewhich shows the different parts of themountain.Scafell Pike is located in the vicinity ofGrasmere, near the Langdale Pikes. ScafellPike is the highest mountain in Englandstanding at 978m.It is very hard to climb but nevertheless, it isa very popular attraction in the area of LakeDistrict national Park.

WindermereWindermere is situated on the east side of Lake Windermere, and touches theLake Windermere. Lake Windermere is the largest natural lake in England at 12

miles long, 1 mile wideand approximately 220feet deep and has 14island on it. One mainattraction is that manyseveral rivers run intothe Lake Windermere,and act as the

tributaries for the giantlake.This is a view of theLake and it can beseen that it runs formany miles and it is alarge lake. Being themost popular lake in

Rydal Water, Lake District National Park


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the Park, it is a natural beauty surrounded by greenery such as trees and hillsand mountains. As well as being a natural beauty, Lake Windermere is animportant waterway for economical reasons. There is a fort (built by the Romans)located at the north and it acts as a very important transportation system for thetransporting of heavy load materials.

Activities in Windermere are mountain biking,hiking and indoor as well as outdoor climbing.

Perhaps, the most intriguing one is the hot airballooning to show tourists the scenery.Outdoor activities such as golf which will attractmany tourists provide an excellent source ofentertainment for tourists.

AmblesideAmbleside is situated in between Grasmere and Windermere and is home to a

beautiful waterfall which is the most likely reason why people visit Ambleside sofrequently. This is most, likely the reason for it being a honeypot. As well as thefalls, many famous names have been joined with Ambleside such as WilliamWordsworth,JohnRuskinandBeatrixPotter.ThereisamuseumcalledThe

ArmittMuseumwhichdepictstheirlifeindetail.A natural attraction is the Stock Ghyll Force. The main use of the waterfall was to

power 13 mills for theproduction of bobbins, paper,ground corn for the cottontrade in Lancashire. The fallsis 70 ft and runs at a very high

speed.

The force of the falls is suchthat the pressure causes aheavy fall into the lake below.There is also daffodilsgrowing which is unusual neara waterfall which may attractmore people.

This is an example of a hotel in the Lake District

and it can be seen that there is a lot of greeneryaround.This shows how nice nature can be, this isprobably why many tourists come to LakeDistrict National Park as it gives a chance to beaway from all of the more polluted areas as wellas the busy ways of life.


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Employment in the Lake District National Park

37%

29%

10%

8%

9%

5%

2%

Agriculture, forestry

and fisheries

Construction

Manufacturing

Energy, w ater and

mining

Other

Retailing,transport and

catering

Service industries

Main reason for viist to Lake DIstrict National Park

4%

9%26%

22%

18%

62%

Scenery and landscape

Enjoyed previous visit

Clean,fresh air

Peace and quiet

Oputdoor activities

Not too crow nded

There are many people who will benefit from tourism living in the area of thePark, tourists are attracted by the park and thus will bring advantages anddisadvantages to the Park.

The tourism brings many advantages to the locals living in the area of the park.A major sector is employment; tourism brings employment to the locals sounemployment decreases. Many people are now employed in different sectors ofindustry, (primary, secondary and tertiary).

This pie chart shows theamount of people whoare employed in differentsectors of industry in thepark. It can be seen thatthe largest job-provider isretailing, transport andcatering. The majority ofthe job with the highest

percentage 37% is linkedto tourism as manytourists will travel andstay in hotels, thus thecatering. If the tourism istaken away, then, there isa risk that unemploymentwill rise dramaticallycausing an economic

loss.People visit Lake District because of

the reasons on the pie chart. So if thetourists are not there, jobs will not beavailable for people, as the largestemployment is in catering andtransport which links in with whattourists are most likely to visit in LakeDistrict.62% of tourists go to the park for thescenery and landscape so there is abig advantage tourists bring to theresidents as there are jobs provided.

Many people provide Bed &Breakfasts near the national parkwhich will give them extra income. Itcan be seen from the table that18.92 of each 33.82 spent perday per person per day at the parkis on accommodation, that is over

Money spent per person per day in thenational park

Day visitors 10.80

Holiday Makers 33.82 (18.92 onaccommodation)


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50% of the cost is on accommodation. This accommodation is most likely to beprovided by the residents, which is an advantage. However, if tourism decreasesthen the income that the providers get will be finished which may mean that theyface a loss.

Farmers also face an advantage through the national park. If many people arevisiting the park everyday, then, this will mean that the products that theyproduce will be sold. This generates income for the farmers also as it provide asource of money. As their products are in high demand, it can be producedlocally and then sold to the tourists which then generates revenue for thefarmers.

As well as employment, the park brings other advantages such as scenery. In theLake District Park, there are such natural attraction such as wildlife, water falls,mountains, and lakes. All of these features are many looked after because of a

great number of tourists coming to visitthe park each year. There areapproximately 12 million visitor days

and 10 million visitors very year whichshow the popularity of the Park.These are some of the features thatattract tourist but at the same timeprovide excellent scenery for theresidents of the Park.There are waterfalls as well as lakesand wildlife which make up a majorpart of the reason why tourists are soimportant.

As well as advantages, there are some disadvantages to the Lake DistrictNational Park related to tourism.

Second Homes and holiday houses are posing a problem as regards topopulation numbers of the residents living near the Park. Second homes arehouses that are owned by someone but are temporary as they live somewhereelse but whenever they come to the Park they stay there. A holiday home is acottage rented out on atemporary basis to stay thereand visit the Park; they aremostly situated in the north-east

and south-east. The table shows that in 10 years, the population increased by296 people. This means that they need more space, in terms of houses andaccommodation facilities. Second homes are a major problem as these homesobstruct the creation of new houses for people to live in.The pie chart shows that 15% of all houses are holidays or second homes. The

Population numbers in the census1981 census 41943

1991 census 42239


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Housing in the Lake District National Park

67.70%

15%

32.30%

Owner occupied:

Rented:

Holiday or second

homes:

second homes are causing theprices of houses to increase somuch that the locals are unableto afford it. As a result of theholiday and second homes,many peoples businesses havehad a lack of customers asmany people have moved out ofthe area, especially in winter.As the Park is becoming moretourist-based, holiday homeswill continue to increase.The rented properties are alsohigh with 32.30% which alsomean that tourists are being

rented houses. If the two sections are added, it makes a total of (32.30+15)=47.5% which is very high and this could result in many people will have to moveout due to more tourists numbers.

Second homes are a problem for local residents,and alongside that there are also more problemsthat local residents have to face. Local residentshave to face noise pollution as tourists being on aholiday would prefer to have parties and drink untillate night. This may affect local residents as somepeople may have to wake up early the next day andgo to work, they will be disturbed, also, tourists arelikely to drop litter and pollute the environment which will affect the naturalsurroundings including the Park. Tourists will also cause congestion, which

means that it becomes difficult to move around as there is overcrowding.Honeypots face the problem of overcrowding especially in the summer.Grasmere, being a honeypot has a normal population of 800 normally but on asunny day, the population increases upto 10,000 which is 12 and times theamount of the normal population.

Most people prefer to do sightseeing from the car which causes great traffic. 90%of tourists arrive by car and as most of the roads are narrow and steep, it causesa lot of congestion. These roads are not suitable for traffic and can cause majorinconvenience. There are also parking problems which cause major problems.This picture shows congestion in the Lake District area.

As well as local residents, farmers are also affectedby the constant increasing tourist population.Although, they may be able to sell their products itposes a great threat to their livelihood. Farmerswould want to protect their land and crops as well astheir animals as they aid in increasing farmersincome. However, tourists are posing a risk as if they


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are walking, they might cause erosion by walking on the crops and straying offthe path. Furthermore, if they leave gates open whilst looking at animals, theanimals might escape which will cause a loss to the farmer.

Visual pollution is inevitable if tourists areconstantly damaging the environment. Thereare many problems attached to this, thispicture shows how much the scenery isaffected by the shop.This ruins the landscape and makes thedestroy the scenery which then makes it lesspopulated.

Visual pollution occurring in the LakeDistrict National Park.

Alongside this, the footpath erosion will occur if tourists are in the Park. If thepath erodes, then this will erode the soil andthus, the crops will not grow properly. Accordingto reports, each year 4 million people go on

walks of 6km or more. This means that the pathswill become eroded, thus destroying the scenery.

This pie chart shows peopleown 58.60% of land as this isprivate and the ministry ofdefence only owns 0.2% of

land.There is conflict present hereas local residents would wishto protect their naturalsurroundings and the naturalbeauty of the Park but otherswould wish to have moreactivity in their lives such asland converted for use toprovide activities such as

mountain biking and skiing. This would cause conflict as each sector such as the

national trust and the ministry of defence would want land for different uses.

Looking at the advantages as well as the disadvantages, can the Lake DistrictNational Park continue to benefit from tourism?

If tourism is stopped then the local residents and farmers will face a risk of losinga source of revenue and this is a loss for them. If tourism decreases then it willmean that people will not have that much income as they do now. If tourism

This path is eroded and it had destroyed thenatural beauty of the landscape.

Land Ownership

0.20%

3.90%

5.60%

24.80%

6.80%

58.70%

Private

North west water

National trust

Forestry commission

Lake District NP

Ministry of defence


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continues then the environment will be constantly looked after as well as thewildlife living there. This is the main source of attraction for tourists so if tourismis stopped then neglect might occur in looking after the surroundings and thewildlife and their habitats.

However if tourism is not stopped, many problems can rise as regards to thelives of people and the environment they live in. Visual and noise pollution is amajor problem as this affects the residents there. Caravans which are parked inthe Park make the landscape lose its natural beauty. Noise pollution occurs whenlate-night drinking and partying by tourists in the vicinity of the Lake Districtnational Park.

Management is possible because solutions can be derived to sort out theproblems that tourists are causing in the Lake District National Park.

Congestion affects many residents but there are some solutions that candecrease congestion. There should be parking restrictions such as weight of thecar. There should also be speed restrictions as on narrow roads, there is more

likely to be an accident or congestion if cars are travelling at high speeds. Thiswould help in decreasing the amount of congestion as well as it will improve theenvironment.

If we follow this solution,like this picture showstraffic will decreasesignificantly and this willbe better for theenvironment as there willbe less pollution andthus, the global warming

would not increase as much due to the greenhouse gases not being releasedinto the environment from car exhausts.Another solution is to use a Park and ride scheme; enforcing a ban on theamount of cars which are allowed into certain areas in the Lake District. Thiswould allow more coaches to drop people and then leave, after coming to pickthem up again. This would decreasepollution and also not cause so muchvisual pollution. With the remaining cars,there could be more trees planted so thatthe cars are camouflaged. This will bringmany advantages as if more trees are

planted, infiltration can occur whichmeans that the trees can absorb thecarbon dioxide from the exhausts andalso can camouflage the cars.As well as the Park and ride scheme,there could also be a restricted parkingarea. If this is enforced, it will therefore mean that the cars will not (a) causecongestion and (b) ruin the scenery.


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Visual pollution is a major problem in the LakeDistrict National Park as it the main attractionwhich invites tourists. Erosion is the mostthreatening form of visual pollution. Erodedpathways destroy the scenery and also thelandscape. Tourists tend to stray off the tracksand this causes erosion as well as the amount ofpeople who walk on those paths also contributegreatly to erosion. A solution to this would be to

have patrol officers present at the most popular walking sites. This will decreaseunemployment as well as stop the paths from being eroded.

As well as visual pollution, noise pollution can also be tackled by using bans on

the time in which people drink and have parties. Most people tend to make a lotof noise when they are drunk so if the time limit is set to 11pm, then, there will beless noise at night. The 11pm ban would mean that all pubs and restaurants stopserving alcoholic drinks after 11pm.To combat the problem of second homes, there could be a limit to how longpeople can stay in a second home. This means that the frequency of visits to theLake District will determine how long the second homes could be kept. If thesecond homes were not used, they would be seized by the council and localresidents can live there.

I think that the Lake District National Park will continue to benefit from tourism as

there are solutions provided to the problems that the local residents face but iftourism is not present then the main source of income would be lost. The localresidents that provide B & Bs will be out of customers and shop-owners wouldalso be out of customers.

The water companies also will benefit from tourism in the Lake District NationalPark. The constant usage of water will make the Water companies richer andthus, will generate more income for the company.

However, the Ministry of Defence poses a conflict as regards to tourism. If theMoD blocks off land for their own use, this will stop tourists from fully discovering

the Park. So to combat this, it will be wise to check which one gives the mostprofit which can be seen as tourism. There needs to be a limit to how much landthe MoD can take and use.

The problems can be tackled that are faced but if tourism is not continued thenas well as the locals losing their main source of income, unemployment wouldrise as if tourists are not present, the greatest employment which is retailing,


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transport and catering (37%) will be lost and many people would be affected asthere would be no jobs available.

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