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History of Lake District Tourism

The English Lake District is an area of greatsecond largest tourist attraction, with
natural beauty located in the north ofpeople coming from all over the world. And
England. The area is famous for its amazingstill, to this day, the boats on Lake
beauty and peaceful landscapes. ItsWindermere are one of the most successful
popularity has always been partly due to itstourist  attractions  in  England!
rich cultural past involving three famous
Lakes  poets  -  of  whom  more  in a moment!Tourism adds tens of millions of pounds to
the local economy every year. And even though
The Lakes also hosts England's highestmany people now enjoy going abroad on their
mountain, Scafell Pike, and deepest lake,holidays, the enduring appeal of the Lakes
Wast Water. All of these qualities have madewill ensure millions of people continue to
the Lake District one of the most popularvisit  in  the  years  ahead.
tourist  destinations  in  the  UK.
As we mentioned, the Lake Poets - especially
Back in the late 17th century, walking andWordsworth - were instrumental in promoting
hiking breaks in the Lake Districts wereLake District tourism through their depiction
mostly enjoyed by people who lived near or inof the glorious scenery. The "Lake Poets" is
the local area, since they could easily reachthe collective name for a group of iconic
the beautiful valleys and mountains the areapoets who all lived in the Lake District
has  to  offer.during the late 18th and the early 19th
century: Robert Southey, William Wordsworth,
But things had to change - and they did,and  Samuel  Taylor  Coleridge.
when, in 1778, Thomas West wrote his
pioneering guidebook about the Lake District,All three poets drew inspiration from the
a new development which promoted visitors andspectacular landscapes in the Lake District
brought hundreds of travellers to the area.to create some of their most famous works.
The popularity of the region grew so muchAnd all three men were major influences in
that in the late 18th century the localestablishing  the  Romantic  Movement.
authority responded by erecting viewpoints
and "station houses", which allowed visitorsWilliam Wordsworth was born in Cockermouth in
to see and experience some of the LakeApril 1770. The place of his birth has now
District's most stunning views andbeen renamed Wordsworth House. From 1779
landscapes.until 1787 he attended Hawkshead Grammar
School; there he had his first experience of
Wordsworth wrote his first guidebook to thewriting and reading poetry which he practiced
Lakes in 1810, and over the years thisextensively thanks to encouragement from his
developed into a five volume work whichteachers. He often walked into the
became an invaluable tool for travellers. Ofcountryside and got his inspiration from the
course Wordsworth also drew poeticalLakes scenery which surrounded him. After his
inspiration from the Lake District - more onyears at the small village grammar school in
this  in  a  moment!Hawkshead, one can only imagine how he felt
when  he  departed  for Cambridge university.
In the early 19th century, tourism in the
Lake District started booming thanks to theIn 1795 while Wordsworth was staying in
establishment of railway links in areas suchDorset, he met Samuel Taylor Coleridge and
as Kendal and Windermere. These railway linksRobert Southey. This was the beginning of a
made the Lake District much more accessiblestimulating and creative relationship.
to working people. To accommodate the hugeWordsworth travelled extensively throughout
numbers of visitors, new attractions andhis life, especially in Europe and the Alps,
facilities were introduced; for example, thebut always returned to the Lake District;
powered motor vessels on the lakes let peopleindeed,  he  passed away at Grasmere in 1850.
see a world they would never have dreamed of
only a few years before, and contributed toRobert Southey was born in Bristol in 1774
massive  economic  growth  in the local area.and Samuel Taylor Coleridge in Devon in 1772.
They became immediate friends, and when they
In the early 1950s the Lake District gotmet Wordsworth, the group known as the Lake
national park status so as to help preservePoets was founded. They became poetical
its natural beauty from unhealthy commercialpioneers  of  the  Romantic  Movement.
and industrial influences. The new motorway -
the M6 - which was built along the east sideBetween the three of them, they helped
of the area made the Lake District even morerevolutionize this period in English poetry,
accessible by car; something of a mixedand the Lake District was the perfect
blessing, with over 14 million peoplebackdrop for their inspiration - as it has
travelling  to  the  Lake District each year!continued to be to this day, for artists as
diverse as William Heaton-Cooper and Beatrix
Interestingly, the Lake District is Britain'sPotter.



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