What could be more romantic than an escape to the Lake District, the place that inspired both Wordsworth and Beatrix Potter? Here are some gorgeous images to inspire you.
![Derwent Water, the Lake District. Credit: Matthew Dixon/Shutterstock](https://www.britain-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Derwent-Water-the-Lake-District-credit-Matthew-Dixon.gif)
At 885 square miles, the Lake District is England’s largest national park. Where better to wander lonely as a cloud, stride across hills, mess about in a boat, cycle the trails or simply relax and soak up the views?
There is an incredible variety of camera-ready scenery here, from rugged hillsides and woodlands rich in Atlantic mosses, ferns and lichen, to glassy lakes and fells where ravens and birds of prey are a common sight.
Still not convinced? Well let these beautiful photos twist your arm…
![Buttermere, Lake District. Credit: Mike Charles/Shutterstock](https://www.britain-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Buttermere-Lake-District.gif)
![The Daffodil Hotel & Spa, Lake District](https://www.britain-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/The-Daffodil-Hotel-Spa-Lake-District.gif)
![Arten Gill Viaduct, on the Settle to Carlisle railway. Credit: VisitBritain/Lee Beel](https://www.britain-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Arten-Gill-Viaduct-on-the-Settle-to-Carlisle-railway.gif)
![Lindeth Howe, the Lake District, former home of Beatrix Potter](https://www.britain-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Lindeth-Howe-the-Lake-District.gif)
![Keswick Boat House, Cumbrian Cottages, the Lake District](https://www.britain-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Keswick-Boat-House-Cumbrian-Cottages.gif)
![Keswick launch boat on Derwent Water, the Lake District. credit: Jon Boyes/incamerastock/Corbis](https://www.britain-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Keswick-launch-boat-on-Derwent-Water-the-Lake-District.gif)
![View across Lake Windermere the Lake District. Credit: Rod Edwards/VisitBritain](https://www.britain-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/View-across-Lake-Windermere-the-Lake-District.gif)
![View from Castle Crag, Borrodale, the Lake District. Credit: VisitBritain/Britain on View](https://www.britain-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/View-from-Cragg-Borrodale-the-Lake-District.gif)
![Acorn Bank, the Lake District. Credit: Clive Borsnell/National Trust Images](https://www.britain-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/Acom-Bank-the-Lake-District.gif)
For our full feature on Lake District hideaways see the July/August 2015 issue of BRITAIN.
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