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Lake District
     
Lake District

the Lake District

an area in northwest England famous for its beautiful lakes and mountains and visited by many tourists. The highest mountain in England, Scafell Pike, is in the Lake District, and the area is connected in people's minds with many writers and poets who lived there, especially William Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy.
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