Editing Lake District (section)

=== Settlement ===
There are only a few major settlements within this mountainous area: the towns of [[Keswick, Cumbria|Keswick]]; [[Windermere, Cumbria (town)|Windermere]] and [[Bowness-on-Windermere]] (which are contiguous); and [[Ambleside]], are the three largest. The economies of all these are heavily dependent on tourism. Significant settlements close to the boundary of the national park include [[Carlisle]], [[Barrow-in-Furness]], [[Kendal]], [[Ulverston]], [[Dalton-in-Furness]], [[Whitehaven]], [[Workington]], [[Cockermouth]], [[Penrith, Cumbria|Penrith]], [[Millom]] and [[Grange-over-Sands]]; each of these has important economic links with the area. Other villages are [[Coniston, Cumbria|Coniston]], [[Threlkeld]], [[Glenridding]], [[Pooley Bridge]], [[Broughton-in-Furness]], [[Grasmere (village)|Grasmere]], [[Newby Bridge]], [[Staveley, Cumbria|Staveley]], [[Lindale, Cumbria|Lindale]], [[Gosforth, Cumbria|Gosforth]] and [[Hawkshead]]. Beyond these are a scattering of hamlets and many isolated farmsteads, some of which are still tied to agriculture;{{citation needed|date=October 2019}} others now function as part of the tourist economy.<ref name="autogenerated1">Ordnance Survey 1:50,000 scale Landranger map sheets 89, 90, 96 & 97</ref>