Towns & villages of the Lake District & Cumbria

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Lake District towns

image of the pier at Bowness-on-Windermere, the most popular of the Lake District towns

Bowness-on-Windermere

image of aerial view of Ambleside in the lake district, one of the most popular Lake District towns, acting as an image link to the ambleside information page

Ambleside

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)

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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

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Coniston

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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

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Newby Bridge

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

Rydal

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Cartmel

 

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Villages around Keswick (North Lakes)

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Bassenthwaite

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Braithwaite

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Grange-in-Borrowdale

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Threlkeld

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

Applethwaite

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Buttermere Village

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Lorton

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Loweswater

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Caldbeck

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Ireby

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Hesket Newmarket

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Mungrisdale

 

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Western Lakes villages

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Eskdale Green

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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

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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)

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Glenridding

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Pooley Bridge

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Watermillock

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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

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Dent

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

Kirkby Lonsdale

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Kirkby Stephen

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Ravenstonedale

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Orton

appleby in westmorland

Appleby-in-Westmorland

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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

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Cockermouth

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Grange-over-Sands

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Arnside

 

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Main Cumbrian towns by population

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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)

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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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