Places in Cumbria
The Lake District is only part of the county. Cumbria runs from the Solway marshes and Hadrian's Wall in the north to Morecambe Bay in the south, with the Pennines on one side and the Irish Sea on the other.
The Lake District
England's biggest national park: the high fells, sixteen lakes and the valley villages from Keswick and Ambleside to Coniston, Wasdale and Ullswater.
Towns and villages
Eden Valley
The broad red sandstone valley of the River Eden: Penrith, Appleby-in-Westmorland and Kirkby Stephen, with the Settle to Carlisle line running through it.
Towns and villages
Carlisle and Hadrian's Wall
Carlisle, Cumbria's only city, and the western stretch of Hadrian's Wall east through Brampton and Lanercost to Birdoswald and Gilsland.
West Cumbria Coast
Cumbria's Irish Sea coast: Georgian Whitehaven, Maryport's Roman museum, the cliffs at St Bees and Ravenglass, plus Cockermouth inland.
Towns and villages
Furness and Cartmel
The Morecambe Bay peninsulas: Ulverston, Barrow-in-Furness, Cartmel and Grange-over-Sands, plus Arnside across the Kent estuary.
Towns and villages
Solway Coast
A protected landscape of salt marsh, dunes and huge skies on the Solway Firth, from Silloth to Bowness-on-Solway and the end of Hadrian's Wall.
Towns and villages
Howgills and Westmorland Dales
Rounded, grassy fells and limestone dales in Cumbria's south east: Sedbergh, Orton and the Lune valley down to Kirkby Lonsdale.
Towns and villages
North Pennines
High moorland on Cumbria's eastern edge: Alston, Hartside Pass, Cross Fell and some of the wildest country in England.