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The Lake District voted Britain´s greatest natural wonder
The Lake District has been voted Britain´s greatest natural wonder in a national poll, ahead of the Scottish Highlands, and won nearly a quarter of all votes.
The rugged open landscapes, the lakes and fells of Cumbria attract over 14 million visitors a year, and the area has inspired such famous poets as William Wordsworth, who once lived in Grasmere.
The Scottish Highlands came second in the poll, and the Cheddar Gorge in Somerset, third. These were followed by the Giant´s Causeway in Northern Ireland and the White Cliffs of Dover in a survey which was carried out for the natural history TV channel, Eden.
Following a major economic downturn, many families in the UK decided to stay at home during 2008 and 2009, and abandon foreign holidays. The Lake District continues to boom, and the area is home to Scafell Pike and Lake Windermere, England´s tallest mountain and longest lake.
Most of the area´s bedrock was laid down up to 500 million years ago, and the centre is made up of volcanic rocks. During the ice ages of the past million years, glaciers ground down the rocks to leave the steep sided valleys and lake basins which exist today.
The natural beauty of the Lake District has inspired writers and poets over the years. During the 18th Century, Thomas Gray and Daniel Defoe were among the first to wonder at the ´wildest´ of all lands in England, and a century later, William Wordsworth, who lived most of his life in the Lake District, wrote ´I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud´, which was inspired by the daffodils on the shores of Ullswater.
In the early 1900´s Beatrix Potter lived at Hill Top Farm in the Lake District, and most of her Peter Rabbit books were set in the area.
In the poll of 4,000 British people, 24% voted for the Lake District, 10% for the Scottish Highlands.
In a separate poll, Cornwall was named the most picturesque county in the UK, and Greater London the least attractive part of England. No British attractions made it into the list of the world´s finest natural wonders, which was topped by the Grand Canyon in America. Second came the Great Barrier Reef in Australia and third, the Northern Lights.
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