Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you were totally ignorant of England’s geography and new to its national parks, you’d probably first head for the Peak District ...

Have you ever been to a place that is so beautiful, it brings tears to your eyes? This happened to me not too long ago when I visited the Lake District National Park in England. Now, let me point out ...

LAKE DISTRICT, England — It wasn't the best day to plan a drive across Kirkstone Pass, the highest mountain pass open to motorists in the English Lake District. The clear robin's-egg-blue sky of the ...

In England’s Lake District, nature rules and humanity keeps a wide-eyed but low profile. At just about 30 miles long and 30 miles wide, the region is a lush, green playground for hikers and poets ...

The Lake District is northern England’s lush, green, mountain playground. For more than a century, these lakes have attracted nature lovers. Whether hiking along a lonely windblown ridge, climbing ...

NEAR SAWREY, England — When I was a little girl, my grandparents gave me a beautiful set of Beatrix Potter books for Christmas one year. I could barely wait for everyone to finish unwrapping presents ...

If you’ve never visited England’s Cotswolds or Lake District, you’re in for a treat. These astonishingly beautiful regions represent an unhurried way of life where the local communities connect deeply ...

Our intrepid readers have traveled the world this last year. They experienced a kava ceremony in Fiji, saw the Northern Lights in Iceland’s Westfjords, dove with whale sharks in the Philippines and so ...

Soak up the scenery on an eight-day luxury self-guided walking tour of the Lake District, England’s newest World Heritage Site. Day one begins in Windermere, home of England’s largest natural lake.