Keswick

Parking in Borrowdale and Buttermere

Priority adoped in May 2025. Reviewed and will continue to be prioritised during the 2026 summer tourist season

• High Visibility patrols during busy periods
• Joint work with Lake District National Park Authority and Cumberland Council parking enforcement teams
• Proactive prosecution of vehicles found to be causing Unneccesary Obstructions or parking in locations likely to cause a danger to other road users

Complaints of persistent Fly Camping around Keswick and Derwent Water during the summer of 2025 causing ASB and Damage to the environment.

Priority to run over the summer tourist season in 2026

- Work with Local Landowners, National Park Authority, National Trust to agree a joint approach
- High visibility patrols during peak periods of demand
- Development of media campaign to discourage fly camping before the 2026 summer period
- Enforcement of nuisance fly camping under the Cumberland Council PSPO (Public Space Protection Order)