Although the largest number of tourists They travel to England from Spain visit the big cities of Great Britain like London, the truth is that the Anglo-Saxon country also has stunning natural environments that often tend to go unnoticed. The monumental Lake District National Park is a clear example of this, and this enormous space near the Scottish border It is a true paradise for all nature lovers.
In it Lake District you can find from the deepest lake and the largest in England until highest mountain in the country (in the United Kingdom it is only surpassed by Ben Nevis in Scotland and Snowdon in Wales). This place is so bucolic and evocative that it has been inspiring numerous artists for centuries, from those known as lake poets even to herself Taylor Swift, which indicates how spectacular this national park is.
The largest natural park in all of England
With more than 2,360 square kilometers In extension, this park is the largest in England and the second largest in the United Kingdom after the Cairngorms. Full of mountains and lakes, Its valleys are the result of glacial action and the use of its lands for agriculture and livestock, and its beauty is so great that in 2017 UNESCO declared it World Heritage Site.
In it you can find spectacular lakes such as Windemere or Wast Water, as well as very high peaks like Scafell Pike, whose immensity contrasts with the idyllic nature of the small towns scattered throughout the surrounding area, most of them in the idyllic valleys; Kendal or Keswick These are just some examples of the incredible villas that you can see in the park, where there are also beautiful cabins that add charm to this extraordinary place.
But in the Lake District you can not only relax in the purest and most idyllic nature, but the adrenaline lovers They will also be able to do fascinating activities such as sublime hiking trails (some even to the top of mountains), kayak and do rafting over the icy waters of the tarnspractice canyoning and even enter narrow caves.
From 18th century poets to Taylor Swift
Such is the immeasurable beauty of these places that it became the birthplace of english romanticism from the beginning of the 18th century. William Wordsworth, Samuel Colleridge and Robert Southey They lived in this bucolic area of the Cumbria region, and many of the poems they wrote are set in some of the enclaves of the Lake District. Hence they are known as the ‘lacustrine or lakist poets’.
Three centuries later, Taylor Swift was inspired by this excellent environment to write ‘The Lakes’, the song included in the deluxe edition of his album Folklore. In this topic, the singer makes references to the national park, from phrases like “take me to the lakes where all the poets went to die“ (“take me to the lakes where all the poets went to die”) or “tell me what are my words worth“ (“tell me what my words are worth”), making a play on words with William Wordsworth, to the explicit mention of the Windemere peaks.
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