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From gushing waterfalls to stunning scenery and hilly walks, Ambleside, just a mile away from our largest lake, has it all says Editor-in-Chief Siobhan Wykes

High above GREAT LANGDALE is a hillwalking challenge just waiting to become a classic Lakeland round, with five Wainwrights in one epic walk.

“ I met Charles Dickens today, except he had clearly been so busy working on The Mystery of Edwin Drood that he had fallen asleep, so I didn’t get to speak to him!” I laughingly proclaimed to Ro when

Neighbourhood know-how, people and places

Head to England’s most northerly town for history, beaches and wildlife

In the Scottish village of Kenmore, the mellow glow of Loch Tay draws visitors into a world of castles and crannogs, amid autumn’s beauty in a towering forest