Towns & villages of the Lake District & Cumbria

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Lake District towns

image of keswick market square, the most popular of the northern lake district towns, acting as an image link to the keswick town information page — **Keswick**

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Villages around Windermere & Ambleside (South Lakes)

image of an aerial view of windermere village acting as an image link to the windermere village information page — **Windermere Village**

image of an aerial view of grasmere, a popular tourist village in the lake district, acting as an image link to the grasmere village information page — **Grasmere**

image of the centre of hawkshead in the lake district uk, serving as an image link to the information page for hawskshead — **Hawkshead**

image of coniston village viewed across coniston water, acting as an image link to the coniston village information page — **Coniston**

image of the shop at troutbeck near windermere serving as an image link to the troutbeck information page — **Troutbeck – Windermere**

an image of Near & Far Sawrey in the lake district, serving as an image link to the near and far sawrey information page — **Near & Far Sawrey**

image of the river at newby bridge as an image link to the newby bridge information page — **Newby Bridge**

image of rydal water in the lake district acting as an image link to the information page for rydal village — **Rydal**

image of an aerial view of cartmel village acting as an image link to the information page for cartmel village — **Cartmel**

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Villages around Keswick (North Lakes)

an aerial image of bassenthwaite village acting as an image link to the information page for bassenthwaite village — **Bassenthwaite**

aerial image of braithwaite in the lake district cumbria acting as an image link to the village information page — **Braithwaite**

image of grange in borrowdale acting as an image link to the information page for grange in borrowdale cumbria — **Grange-in-Borrowdale**

image of threlkeld and blencathra serving as an image link for the information page for threlkeld — **Threlkeld**

image of applethwaite, a village in the north lake district, serving as an image link for the information page for applethwaite — **Applethwaite**

an aerial image of buttermere village serving as an image link to the information page for buttermere village — **Buttermere Village**

an aerial image of lorton village serving as an image link to the information page for lorton village — **Lorton**

image of the kirkstile inn at loweswater an image link to the information page for loweswater village — **Loweswater**

aerial image of caldbeck as an image link to the information page for caldbeck village — **Caldbeck**

image of cherry trees at ireby serving as an image link to the information page to ireby village — **Ireby**

image of houses at hesket newmarket for an image link to the information page for hesket newmarket village — **Hesket Newmarket**

aerial image of farms at mungrisdale as an image link to the information page for mungrisdale hamlet — **Mungrisdale**

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Western Lakes villages

aerial image of eskdale green as an image link to the information page for eskdale green village — **Eskdale Green**

image of the village green at nether wasdale for an image link to the information page for nether wasdale — **Nether Wasdale**

image of houses and a telephone box at boot village as an image link for the information page for boot village in the western lake district — **Boot**

image of houses and a boat at ravenglass serving as an image link to the information page for ravenglass village — **Ravenglass**

aerial image of ennerdale bridge as an image link to the information page for ennerdale bridge village — **Ennerdale Bridge**

image of broughton-in-furness village square serving as an image link to the information page for broughton in furness village — **Broughton-In-Furness**

You really should check out lovely Gilcrux, village of the Seven Springs, tranquillity on the edge of the North Lakes. What a great place to stay.

Villages around Ullswater (East Lakes)

image of glenridding and ullswater serving as an image lnk to the information page for glenridding village in the lake district — **Glenridding**

aerial image of pooley bridge as an image link to the information page for pooley bridge information page — **Pooley Bridge**

aerial image of watermillock as an image link to the information page for watermillock village — **Watermillock**

aerial image of patterdale as an image link to the information page for patterdale village — **Patterdale**

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Eden Valley, Pennines and The Dales towns & villages

image of houses in sedbergh serving as a link to the sedbergh village information page — **Sedbergh**

image of houses in dent serving as a link to the dent village information page — **Dent**

image of houses and a church in kirkby lonsdale serving as a link to the kirkby lonsdale village information page — **Kirkby Lonsdale**

aerial image of kirkby stephen as an image link to the village information page — **Kirkby Stephen**

aerial image of ravenstonedale as an image link to the village information page — **Ravenstonedale**

image of houses and a church in orton as an image link to the village information page — **Orton**

appleby in westmorland — **Appleby-in-Westmorland**

aerial image of alston in cumbria as an image link to the alston village information page — **Alston**

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Tourist destinations just outside the Lake District National Park

image of sunset over St Mary's Church in Gilcrux village of the Seven Springs — **Gilcrux of the Seven Springs**

image of shops, trees and statue of Mayo in the centre of cockermouth as an image link to the town information page — **Cockermouth**

aerial image of grange-over-sands as an image link to the town information page — **Grange-over-Sands**

image of the sea front at arnside image link to the information page for arnside village — **Arnside**

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Main Cumbrian towns by population

image of carlisle citadel acting as an image link to the carlisle city information page — **Carlisle – city** (73,270)

aerial image of the docks at barrow-in-furness as an image link to the barrow in furness town information page — **Barrow-in-Furness** (56,745)

aerial image of kendal linking to the information page for kendal town — **Kendal** (28,398)

aerial image of workington and the irish sea linking to workington town page — **Workington** (25,444)

image of fishing boats at whitehaven harbour linking to the information page for whitehaven town — **Whitehaven** (23,810)

image of the market site at penrith linking to the penrith town information page — **Penrith** (15,487)

image looking over the rooftops of dalton-in-furness linking to the dalton in furness information page — **Dalton-in-Furness** (12,342)

image of fishing boats in maryport harbour linking to the maryport town infomration page — **Maryport** (12,087)

image of shops and houses in ulverston linking to the ulverston town information page — **Ulverston** (11,678)

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Other Cumbrian towns & villages

Abbeytown	Aldingham	Allonby
Anthorn	Arlecdon and Rowrah	Armathwaite
Askham	Aspatria	Bampton
Beetham	Bewcastle	Bowness-on-Solway
Bootle	Brampton	Brough
Burgh by Sands	Calder Bridge	Cleator
Cleator Moor	Cliburn	Crackenthorpe
Crosby Ravensworth	Crosscanonby	Culgaith
Dalston	Drigg	Dufton
Eamont Bridge	Edenhall	Egremont
Gamblesby	Garrigill	Garsdale
Gilsland	Gosforth	Grange-over-Sands
Great Ormside	Great Orton	Great Salkeld
Greystoke	Hallbankgate	Harrington
Haverigg	Kings Meaburn	Kirkby Thore
Kirkoswald	Langwathby	Lazonby
Levens	Little Salkeld	Longtown
Lowther	Maulds Meaburn	Mawbray
Melmerby	Milburn	Millom
Milnthorpe	Morland	Nenthead
Newton Arlosh	Pardshaw	Port Carlisle
Rockcliffe	Seascale	Sedgwick
Shap	Silloth	Skinburness
St Bees	Tebay	Temple Sowerby
Thursby	Waberthwaite	Walton
Warwick Bridge	Westnewton	Wetheral
Wigton	Wreay

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