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it stretches about 40 km (25 miles) in each direction. The Cumbrian Mountains, which form its core, have many peaks including England's highest, Scafell Pike (978 m, 3208 ft).
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The major lakes radiate out from this core: WINDERMERE and Coniston to the south, ULLSWATER to the northeast, Derwent Water and Bassenthwaite Lake to the north.
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The district has rich literary associations, notably with the 19th-century Lakeland Poets, of whom William Wordsworth (1770-1850) is the best known. For over a century the Lake District has been one of Britain's major tourist areas, despite being one of the wettest. It has been made a national park, but remains threatened by the hordes of visitors and by exploitation of its water resources.
