Brief synthesisThe English Lake District is a self-contained mountainous area in North West England of some 2,292 square kilometres. Criterion (vi): A number of ideas of universal significance are directly and tangibly associated with the English Lake District. IntegrityThe English Lake District World Heritage property is a single, discrete, mountainous area. All the radiating valleys of the English Lake District are contained within it. A substantial number of individual cultural and natural sites within the English Lake District are designated and have legal protection.