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Lake District

noun

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


Lake District

noun

  1. 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 Also calledLakeland
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Terry had been friends with Derrick Bird for years, the pair holidaying together in Thailand and fishing in the Lake District when they weren't chatting at the area's cab ranks.

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Powered vessels could be banned from small Lake District waters to avoid conflicts between sailors and swimmers.

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Head designer Ben Fisher says the goal was to create a "slightly theme parkish" version of the Lake District with accurate details.

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The body of a man in his 20s has been recovered by police divers after he got into difficulty while open water swimming in the Lake District.

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Matt Staniek, a campaigner against sewage pollution and founder of Save Windermere, previously said Windermere was "the jewel in the crown of the Lake District National Park, and it's being used as an open sewer".

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