Travellers staying in Lake District holiday cottages will benefit from new funding for a regeneration initiative to improve the national park.
The Environmental Land Management Service (Elms) has already provided £2.5 million to farm businesses in the area and will now provide the Lake District National Park Authority with funding throughout the next four years.
Work by Natural England and the National Trust has played a large part in securing the money, which will make "a huge difference to the countryside", according to Elms project co-ordinator, Sam Lumb.
He added: "[The scheme] is currently seeing 42 km of hedgerow planted and restored, along with 12 km of dry stone walling, 2,300 new trees, over 700 traditional gates and 35 farm buildings renovated."
The Lake District National Park is 2,292 sq km in size and is home to the largest natural lake in England – Windermere – which is 10.5 miles in length.
Posted by Toby Lawrence
