| Coordinates: | 54.436, -2.998 |
|---|---|
| OS grid ref: | NY 35 05 |
| Dialling code: | 015394 (Hawkshead) |
Lakes is a large civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, sitting in the heart of the Lake District National Park. Its landscape is typically Lakeland: glacial ribbon lakes, steep fells, wooded valleys and scattered hamlets, so the parish feels more like a collection of dramatic scenery than a single built-up place.
Economically and socially it is shaped by tourism and traditional hill farming - walking, boating and hospitality are major income sources alongside sheep grazing and some historic quarrying. The area has long cultural ties to Lakeland literature and the Victorian tourist boom, and today balances conservation, local communities and the pressures of second homes and visitor numbers.
Postcode districts covering Lakes
Most populated places nearby
- Barrow-in-Furness 23.5 miles37.9 km
- Kendal 12.8 miles20.7 km
- Whitehaven 24.2 miles39 km
- Penrith 20.3 miles32.7 km
- Ulverston 17.3 miles27.9 km
Neighbouring places
- Windermere and Ambleside Ward 1.3 miles2.1 km
- Ambleside Built-up area 1.5 miles2.5 km
- Skelwith Parish 1.9 miles3.1 km
- Grasmere Built-up area 2.1 miles3.4 km
- Hawkshead Built-up area 4.3 miles7 km
- Claife Parish 4.7 miles7.6 km
- Windermere Built-up area 5.1 miles8.3 km
- Coniston Built-up area 5.5 miles8.9 km
- Bowness-on-Windermere Built-up area 6.2 miles9.9 km
- Kentmere Parish 6.7 miles10.7 km
- Patterdale Parish 7 miles11.3 km
- Hugill Parish 7.1 miles11.5 km
Example postcodes in Lakes
LA22 9EG, LA22 9BE, LA22 9JJ, LA22 9AR, LA22 0BU, LA22 9SP, LA23 1LQ, LA23 1PL, LA22 9BS … See all
Transport links
- Durham Tees Valley Airport 63.2 miles101.7 km
- Newcastle International Airport 66.6 miles107.2 km
- Windermere Railway Station 5.5 miles8.8 km
- Staveley Railway Station 8.4 miles13.5 km
Hotels in Lakes Ad
- Langdale Chase Hotel 5
- Ambleside Salutation Hotel & Spa, World Hotel Distinctive 4
- Bridge House Hotel & Silver Howe View Cottage
- Rothay Manor Hotel 4
- The Grand at Grasmere 3
- Tweedies Bar and Lodge 3
- Rothay Garden by Harbour Hotels 4
- Brathay Hall - Brathay Trust 3
- Briery Wood Country House Hotel 4
- Broadoaks Country House 5
Schools in Lakes
- Ambleside C of E Primary School Primary
- Grasmere C of E Primary School Primary
- Langdale C of E School Primary
Local points of interest
- Wray Castle Estate 4.2 miles6.7 km
- Cumbrian Mountains Mountains 7.7 miles12.4 km
- Blencathra Centre Country house 13.1 miles21.1 km
- Watercrook Archaeological site 13.4 miles21.6 km
- Lowther Castle Estate 15.5 miles25 km
- Cartmel Racecourse Recreation 16.2 miles26.1 km
- Holker Hall Estate 17.5 miles28.2 km
- Brougham Castle Archaeological site 18.7 miles30.1 km
- Brocavum Archaeological site 18.7 miles30.2 km