Enjoying The National Park

Photo gallery

Canoeing in the Lake District National Park

We hope you enjoy looking at our amazing images of the Lake District National Park on our website. You are welcome to look at the photographs or the screen saver.

Images must not be reproduced for personal gain without permission being granted in advance - read more about copyright information.

Photographs

Click an image to see a larger image and read the story behind the picture, or download large colour versions of the posters from the Document Library.

Derwentwater in the snow - thumbnail

Derwentwater in the snow

Gingerbread house Grasmere - thumbnail

Gingerbread House at Grasmere

Hardknott Fort - thumbnail

Hardknott Fort near Harter Fell

Sheep - thumbnail

Sheep farming on the Lake District fells

Squirrel - thumbnail

A native red squirrel

Thirlmere - thumbnail

Thirlmere, a man-made reservoir

Wallpaper

Download some Windermere magic to your computer! There are taster images below and you can download the full-size wallpaper images from our Document Library.

Windermere sunset - thumbnail

Windermere sunset

Windermere becalmed - thumbnail

Windermere becalmed

Windermere in the mist - thumbnail

Windermere in the mist

How to put wallpaper on your computer

Instructions for PC - Open your choice, right click the displayed image and select Set as background from the menu that appears. The browser will automatically install the image as your desktop wallpaper.

Instructions for mac - Open your choice and drag the larger version onto your desktop. Click the Desktop tab in the Appearance control panel. Drag the picture onto the sample screen. Click Set Desktop.

Screensaver

The Windermere screensaver softly rotates all of the wallpaper images.- download the screensaver (2893 KB)

Want even more visitor information?

Cumbria Tourism logo - click to go to their website in a new window

Visit Golakes (opens in new window), the official website of the tourist board for The Lake District and Cumbria. Browse and book accommodation and attractions online and see what's on in the area.