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The intention is to share with the reader some of the best locations for trail and fell running around the Lake District, as well as providing a brief grounding in the safety aspects, training and equipment to consider. The key focus has been to keep this book as portable and condensed as possible, to ensure that it always earns a space in your running bag. It’s outside the scope of this book to provide a comprehensive manual about mountain running, but the information given in the introduction, as well as the individual tips included within the routes, will give you some great ideas to try out, while the focus is on showing you the best places to run.

THE LAKE DISTRICT

Cumbria is a young county, largely formed in 1974 out of sections of Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire. It contains the Lake District National Park, which was created in 1951 and is the largest and most visited national park in England with over 16 million annual visitors. In 2016 the national park’s bid for World Heritage Status was submitted to UNESCO, and a decision is due in 2017.