By plane
The closest airport to the Lake District is at Blackpool, served by Ryanair from London Stansted airport in Essex. Newcastle, Durham Tees Valley, Glasgow, Leeds/Bradford, Liverpool and Manchester airports are about a 2 hour drive away.
By Rail
Windermere station is most conveniently located for the Southern Lakes. The train from here travels to Oxenholme station on the main West Coast line. The Leeds-Settle-Carlisle line also links the lakes to Yorkshire.
For the northern lakes, it is best to travel to Penrith, from where it is possible to catch a bus to Keswick.
By car
M6 motorway and enter the park via either the A590 from Junction 36 for the South Lakes, or the A66 at Penrith from Junction 40 for the North Lakes. Alternatively the A65 from Leeds connects to the A590 at Junction 36.