Legal bid to overturn lakes speed limit

Pike anglers could soon be sharing Britain's longest lake with power boaters and jet skiers again.

High-speed craft were effectively banned from Windermere in 2005, when the Lake District National Park Authority imposed a 10mph speed limit on the 12-mile-long lake.

Now campaigners from the Keep Windermere Alive group are threatening a high court challenge after the LDNPA refused to join talks over a compromise.

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