Contact us

Head office

Tel: 01539 724555
Fax: 01539 740822
Minicom: 01539 792690
email: hq@lakedistrict.gov.uk or fill in our Contact us form.

Office opening hours: Monday to Thursday 9am - 5pm and Friday 9am - 4.45pm.

Lake District National Park Authority
Murley Moss
Oxenholme Road
Kendal
Cumbria
LA9 7RL

Nearest railway station: Oxenholme - 0.66 miles, 15 minutes' walk or 3 minutes' taxi ride

Map to LDNPA head office at Murley Moss Business Park Kendal (PDF)

Nearest lake

Our LA9 7RL offices are in a business park in Kendal. The nearest lake is Windermere - please use the postcode LA23 1LJ or for a longer list including other lakes please look at: Postcodes for Sat Nav.

Planning enquiries

A Duty Planner is available 9.30 - 12.30pm Monday to Friday. Call 01539 724555 or in person at our head office in Kendal. This is a first come first served basis and no appointment is necessary. You can also email planning@lakedistrict.gov.uk

Please check in advance if you wish to contact a specific member of staff.

Complaints, comments and compliments

We want to provide high quality services at all times - please see What can you expect from us? If you feel any aspect of our service has been at fault we want to know about it and investigate. A complaint can be any dissatisfaction you, or other members of the public, experience about the standard of a service we provide.

There are more details of our complaints policy and a complaints form in Complaints, comments and feedback.

General enquiries

Events enquiries

Events section including links to other organisations

Tel: 0845 272 0004

Learning and education enquiries

Please take a look at our Learning section.

Other addresses, contact details and maps

Postcodes for Sat Nav

Brockhole - The Lake District Visitor Centre

Windermere
LA23 1LJ

Brockhole - The Lake District Visitor Centre (opens in new window)

Tel: 015394 46601
Fax: 015394 43523

Directions and map to Brockhole - The Lake District Visitor Centre (PDF)

Coniston Boating Centre

Coniston Boating Centre web page for more details.

Coniston Boating Centre
Lake Road
Coniston
LA21 8EW

Tel: 015394 41366
Fax: 015394 41833
Email: conistonbc@lakedistrict.gov.uk

Online booking for Coniston Boating Centre

The payment side is dealt with by Freedom of the Lake District. If you have a problem with your booking, please use their freephone customer services helpline on 0800 634 7020 open 7 days a week all day or email info@thefreedomof.com

Information Centres

We run three information centres. Click the links for more details:

Rangers

For contact details and area maps, please look at our Rangers page.

Windermere Lake Rangers

For reporting byelaw issues or asking advice:

Tel: 0844 225 2922

If they are busy, please leave your message and a contact number and they will call you back.

For more general information please contact our Information Centres

Ambleside Depot

Tel: 015394 32574

Map to Ambleside depot (PDF)

Threlkeld Depot

Tel: 015394 32574
Fax: 017687 79264

Map to Threlkeld depot (PDF)

Broughton Depot

Tel: 01229 716061

Map to Broughton depot (PDF)

Blencathra Centre

Education Centre enquiries Tel: 017687 79601
National Park Authority office Tel: 017687 79633

Blencathra Centre
Threlkeld
Keswick
CA12 4SG

Map to Blencathra Centre (PDF)

Specialist enquiries

Press enquiries only

Mick Casey, Media and Marketing Coordinator
Tel: 01539 792683
email: mick.casey@lakedistrict.gov.uk

or check out our Latest News section or Filming and filming permissions page.

Website enquiries only

If you would like to exchange reciprocal links, please email your website address and details to:
email: helen.reynolds@lakedistrict.gov.uk

Helen Reynolds - Web Editor
For website enquiries please call 01539 724555. For general enquiries ask the operator directly.