A new application for a zip wire in the Lake District National Park will go before planners next week. A scheme spanning more than half a mile (1km) between Honister Crag and the Honister Slate ...

Work is underway to build a new £2.5million mosque on the edge of the idyllic Lake District. The South Lakes Islamic Centre says the facility will be used by more than 100 local Muslim families ...

Rare slate fences unique to the Lake District have been restored. More than 300m (980ft) of interlocking shard fencing was reinstated in the upper Lickle Valley and on footpaths in Hawkshead.