If you 've ever fancied owning a slice of some of the most beautiful countryside England has to offer , then now ’ s your chance . A stunning mountain lake , a stretch of rocky shoreline and several sites of ancient woodland , home to red deer and red squirrels , are among eight sites being sold by the Lake District National Park Authority . But the sale has provoked anger among locals who say it would have Lakeland poet William Wordsworth ‘ turning in his grave ’ . The possible sale of beautiful countryside in the Lake District such as Blea Brows , an area of shoreline alongside Coniston Water on the market for £90,000 , has angered locals . Stickle Tarn , a glacial lake popular with swimmers in Great Langdale , is up for sale with a guide price of £20,000 to £30,000 . They are angry that they were not consulted about the decision to sell the picturesque sites – worth a total of up to £665,000 – and at the ‘ sheer speed ’ of the sale , which is being rushed through in five weeks . Perhaps the most impressive site is Stickle Tarn , a ‘ majestic ’ 24-acre glacial lake in Great Langdale , high above Coniston Water and Windermere , which is popular with wild swimmers . It is up for sale with a guide price of £20,000 to £30,000 . Forty-one acres of woodland at Waterside Knott , near Newby Bridge , is being sold with a guide price of £130,000 . The site has a 215-year-old Grade II listed viewing tower and is home to red squirrels , door mice , and roe and red deer . Blea Brows , a stretch of shoreline along Coniston Water , is for sale with a guide price of £70,000 to £90,000 . The ten-acre site has stunning views , a small beach and oak , birch and holly woodland . The Lake District National Park Authority , the Government-funded body responsible for managing the park , insists strict covenants on the land ensure the sites will be protected for the public and rights of way will not be affected . But some locals fear access could be restricted , woodland and historic dry stone walls may not be properly managed and that wealthy buyers may apply for planning permission to build on the land . Majestic : Waterside Knott , a woodland home to red squirrels , is being sold with a guide price of £130,000 . Heidi Halliday , a district councillor for Ambleside and Grasmere , said : ‘ Wordsworth would be turning in his grave if he knew what was happening . Everyone is incredibly upset , especially because it has been handled so badly , with no consultation . Stickle Tarn is the only tarn left under the park authority ’ s ownership . You would think they would want to keep hold of it , not sell it to the highest bidder. ’ Last week the House of Lords stepped in to urge the Government to halt the sale . All bids are due in by Thursday but local groups hoping to raise the cash for a community bid say they had no chance to secure enough money in five weeks . The park authority says it has lost £1.56million of Government funding over the past five years and has no option but to sell . It says it has a duty to get value for money for the taxpayer and that a public body need not own the land to be a good custodian of it . Chief executive Richard Leafe described the decision to sell the land as ‘ good management ’ in ‘ the existing financial climate ’ .
Lake District National Park Authority puts eight stunning sites up for sale . Locals angry they were n't consulted over decision to sell picturesque land . Great Langdale poet William Wordsworth would be 'turning in his grave ' , they say . Vast glacial lake popular among swimmers is among sites on the market .