The Lake District National Park is the largest of the 11 National Parks of England and Wales. About 14,000 people reside within its borders, while 14 million people visit annually. The area that they visit has been inhabited since pre-historic times with stone implements dating to the neolithic period having been found. The Roman military occupation left such reminders are Hardknott Fort and High Street. The unique nature of this national park is the combination of natural landscape and the overlay produced by thousands of years of human activities, in the forms of farms, roads, fields, and the like. Due in part to the wide variety of conditions, the park is home to a diversity of wildlife, some of international significance.
Consult the park's official Web site for information on visitor centers.
