Cumbria and the Lake District – Places to visit, things to do, attractions, activities and days out
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Below you will find a pretty comprehensive list of things to do during your time in Cumbria and the Lake District including a choice of art galleries, museums, historic houses, visitor centres, lake cruises, shops, horse racing, animal attractions and railways. You can even download your chosen leaflet by following the links below.
The following leaflets have been found for the Cumbria & the Lake District region.
A World in Miniature
Houghton Hall, Carlisle
This truly amazing museum contains of one the world's top three collections of quality miniatures, from remarkable 1/12 scale copies of antique furniture, paintings and china in beautiful room settings, to everyday items at sizes you just won't believe!
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Abbot Hall Art Gallery
Kendal, Cumbria
The Gallery is housed in one of Kendal’s most important buildings, a Grade I listed villa, on the banks of the river Kent. The galleries offer two floors of light-filled spaces in which to see art. The intimate rooms and tranquil setting are used to show British painting and sculptur... more details
Ambleside
Ambleside, Cumbria
Ambleside, at the head of Windermere and the foot of the Kirkstone Pass, lies in the very heart of the Lake District, with easy access to Grasmere, Keswick, Windermere and the Langdales. A vibrant, busy town, surrounded by magnificent Lakeland fells, it is the ideal location for a ru... more details
Bay SAR Cross Bay Walk
Arnside to Kents Bank, Cumbria
Can you and your family lend us a foot… and join us on our annual fundraising walk?
Led by Cedric Robinson MBE - the Queens Guide to the Sands
Sunday 18th July 2010
For further details, and t... more details
Bay Search & Rescue
Flookburgh, Grange Over Sands
The Bay Search and Rescue Team (formerly Bay Hovercraft Rescue) was founded in 2001 and was the first SAR Team in the U.K. to use a hovercraft as a front line rescue vehicle. Our hovercraft consistently proved its worth out on the Bay, being able to operate where conventional search ... more details
Beetham Nurseries
Beetham, Nr. Milnthorpe, Cumbria
Established over 25 years ago, we are a family owned and run traditional Garden Centre. We stock only the finest, healthiest plants, shrubs and trees, many of which are grown in our Nursery area by Stephen and Lesley Abbit, our owners.
All of our staff ... more details
Best of Lakeland Attractions Guide 2010
Cumbria and the Lake District
Best of Lakeland is a guide to exciting days out in Cumbria. There's so much fun waiting to be had in Cumbria and the Lake District, you're going to have trouble cramming it all in. Enjoy a fun day out on a steam train or a relaxing lake cruise. Visit one of the areas award winning a... more details
Blackwell, The Arts & Crafts House
Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria
When you cross the threshold and enter Blackwell you will be seeing the very details that the Holt family would have seen over 100 years ago; you will look out over the lawns and the Lake to the same magnificent views of the Coniston Fells that made Edward Holt choose this location f... more details
Borrowdale Sense of Place
Borrowdale, Keswick, Cumbria
Borrowdale – ‘a wild country south of Keswick’ wrote William Gilpin in 1752 and so it must have seemed to the first Victorian tourists to venture through the ‘Jaws of Borrowdale’ into a reputedly wild and lawless land. But today Borrowdale is regarded as one of the most beautiful pla... more details
Cafe in the Forest
Grizedale Forest, Hawkshead
EAT. DRINK. RELAX.
The Café in the Forest is one of the best places to eat and relax in the Lake District. The fabulous new café offers not just one but four eating spaces:
a great country kitchen... more details
Cartmel Village
Carmel, Grange-Over-Sands, Cumbria
A vibrant village that has grown up around its famous 12th Century Medieval Priory
One of the finest ecclesiastical buildings in the North of England, the Priory Church of St. Mary and St. Michael was founded in 1189. It was allowed to remain “unplucked... more details
Cockermouth
Cockermouth
Visit Cockermouth for a day and help us recover from the devastating floods of 2009 more details
Coniston Cruises - Get Walking!.....
Coniston, Cumbria the Lake District
The best way to see Coniston Water is by boat and foot. Combine to two and you will truly experience this wonderful area on a fantastic day out. Suggested walks are for both the west and east shores of Coniston Water.
Before starting it is essential to ... more details
Coniston Launch 2010
Coniston, Cumbria the Lake District
Lake cruises and group charters on Coniston Water in the Lake District
Coniston Launch offers a variety of ways that you can enjoy a beautiful boat cruise and day out on Coniston Water in the Lake Di... more details
Coniston Water - Lake User's Guide
Coniston Water, the Lake District, Cumbria
A Lake District National Park Authority guide to using Coniston Water, includes detailed map and lots of other useful information for a safe visit to Coniston Water. more details
Coniston, Tarn Hows, Tilberthwaite and Torver
Coniston, Cumbria
Coniston, nestling between Coniston Water and the Coniston Fells, owes its prosperity to copper mining and slate quarrying. In the 16th century, rich seams of copper were discovered, but with no mining expertise locally, miners from Germany came over to work the copper veins. By the ... more details
Cross Lakes Experience
Bownes, Hawkshead, Grizedale & Coniston
Explore the Lakes without the car
NEW FOR 2009 Tarn Hows Bus Service
The Cross Lakes Experience lets you explore without the car. Cruise with... more details
Cumbria & the Lake District Holiday Guide 2009
Cumbria and the Lake District
Dramatic and dynamic. Peaceful and graceful. The Lake District is a land of natural extremes.
Wild peaks reflecting in tranquil lakes. Windswept crags contrasting with gently undulating slopes. Dense forest opening onto sprawling, brack... more details
Cumbria Wildlife Trust What's On Sep-Dec 09
Cumbria
Welcome to Cumbria Wildlife Trust’s programme of events for September to December 2009!
Do you want to learn more about Cumbria’s wildlife? Do you want to get out there and get a little fitter whilst helping to improve our countryside f... more details
Dalemain Historic House & Gardens
Penrith, Cumbria
Lake District Historic House and Gardens
Dalemain Near Ullswater, on the Northern fringes of the Lake District, Dalemain is a real treasure. The fantastic Lake District historic house and gardens contains behind its Georgian facade, a w... more details
Derwent Water Marina
Portinscale, Keswick
A warm, friendly welcome awaits you at Derwent Water Marina...
Derwent Water Marina is ideally situated at the northern end of Derwent Water. We are a Royal Yachting Association and British Canoe Union Training Centre providing water sp... more details
Derwentwater - A Lake User's Guide
Derwentwater, Lake District, Cumbria
A Lake District National Park Authority guide to using Derwentwater, includes detailed map and lots of other useful information for a safe day out or visit to Derwentwater. more details
Dove Cottage & the Wordsworth Museum
Grasmere, Cumbria
The home that inspired William Wordsworth's greatest poetry
I n 1799 William Wordsworth went on a walking tour of the Lake District with his friend and fellow poet, Samuel Taylor Coleridge. He fell in love with... more details
Ducky's Park Farm
Flookburgh, Grange Over Sands, Cumbria
New for 2009 - a great big new indoor animal interaction barn and more!!
A warm welcome awaits you at Ducky's Park Farm Visitor Centre. We have created a friendly, safe environment for families and schools to enjoy a fantastic day out,... more details
Eden Attractions
The Lake District, Cumbria
Eden, in Cumbria the Lake District, takes its name from the beautiful River Eden. Discover the areas dramatic landscapes of Ullswater, Alston and the North Pennines and the Eden Valley. Close to both the borders of Scotland and the Yorkshire Dales, this secluded and unspoilt destinat... more details
Eden Holiday Guide
Ullswater, Eden Valley & North Pennines, Cumbria
Welcome to Eden in the Lake District
Eden, in Cumbria the Lake District, takes its name from the beautiful River Eden. Discover the areas dramatic landscapes of Ullswater, Alston and the North Pennines and the Eden Valley. Close to both the borders of S... more details
English Heritage Days Out in Carlisle & Cumbria
Carlisle and Cumbria
With over 400 historic properties to visit including abbeys, castles, ruins, stately homes and palaces, days out with English Heritage will stay with you long after you've visited. There's something for everyone, from great family days out with the children to inspirational day trips... more details
Farfield Mill
Sedbergh, Cumbria
Set in the shadow of the glorious Howgills near Sedbergh and restored from a Victorian woollen mill, Farfield Mill provides an excellent visit for arts and heritage enthusiasts alike. Take your time to discover a programme of top-quality exhibitions; a unique range of fine art and cr... more details
Grasmere & Rydal
Grasmere and Rydal, Cumbria
Crowned with magnificent fells and mountains, Grasmere nestles right in the heart of the Lake District. From Dunmail Raise in the north, the vale of Grasmere opens up with the rugged peak of Helm Crag (otherwise known as ‘The Lion and the Lamb’) sheltering the town below. Together wi... more details
Hadrian's Wall Country AD122 Bus Timetable 2010
Hadrian's Wall Country,Cumbria
The Best Way to Discover Hadrian’s Wall Country
The Hadrian’s Wall Country Bus AD122 offers a convenient and relaxing seasonal service to explore the World Heritage Site. Using the bus and other linking bus and train services, you can travel between tow... more details
Hadrian's Wall Holiday & Short Breaks Guide
Hadrian's Wall Country, Cumbria
It all depends on what you fancy really, or on what you feel you are comfortable paying. Is this a week for all the family, or a long weekend combining some culture with a country house hotel? Self catering in the great outdoors or cosy farmhouse breakfasts? Whatever your choice –... more details
Hadrian's Wall Map 2010
Hadrian's Wall Country, Cumbria
One epic adventure
Experience Britain’s greatest Roman monument: 2,000 years in the making. Staggering in its planning; masterful in its execution; awe-inspiring in its scale. There can only be one historic monument in Britain that trul... more details
Hadrian's Wall Section 3 The Cumbrian Coast
Brampton to Ravenglass
The Hadrian's Wall World Heritage Site extends down the West Cumbrian coastline, discover how the Wall connects with the extensive Roman sea defences. more details
Hayes Garden World Ambleside
Ambleside, Cumbria
A World of Plants
Our indoor and outdoor plants are sourced from all over Europe by our team of experienced plant buyers, whose brief is to find plants of quality and interest. Tried and tested varieties as well as new introductions ensure that all plants offered are value for money... more details
High Head Sculpture Valley
Ivegill, Carlisle, Cumbria
Cumbria’s unique tourist attraction is a feast for the senses...
See magnificent life-size sculptures imaginatively displayed in a natural wooded valley. Listen to the sound of birdsong and... Feel the gentle summer breeze on your face ... more details
Hi-Life Dining Card
Various, Cumbria
Hi-Life Diners Club - 2 4 1 restaurants in Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, Preston, Belfast, Dublin, Newcastle, Glasgow, Edinburgh and throughout the UK & Ireland
Hi-Life has over 80,000 members who regularly dine out for half price –... more details
Honister Slate Mine - Mine Tours
Borrowdale, Keswick, the Lake District, Cumbria
MINE TOURS
This excursion into the subterranean world provides a wonderful insight into the history of the mine and allows you to grasp the immense scale of our operations and those of our forebears.
There... more details
Honister Slate Mine - Via Ferrata
Borrowdale, Keswick, the Lake District, Cumbria
VIA FERRATA CLASSIC & VIA FERRATA + ZIP
Honisters Via Ferrata will allow the average person on the street the opportunity to go higher and further from the street than they ever imagined was possible!
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Keswick Launch 2010-2011
Keswick, Cumbria
Located on the lake shore of Derwentwater near to the Lakeland market town of Keswick, the launch company offers Lake District cruises around Derwentwater throughout the year.
The launches start their journey from the Keswick boat landings and cruise ar... more details
Lake District Coast Aquarium
Maryport, Cumbria
Come and see our NEW ‘Wild Solway Centre’ for FREE
Native marine and freshwater fish in more than 50 carefully recreated habitats make up a sequence of informative displays that will captivate you.
Careful... more details
Lake District Culture Guide 2010
Lake District
The stunning Cumbrian landscape inspires. There is no question about it. The spectacular scenery has sparked the imagination of generations of poets and artists alike. Today, that same creative energy fuels a thriving cultural scene. This is the place where the rich history of the pa... more details
Mirehouse
Keswick, Cumbria the Lake District
Historic House & Gardens by Bassenthwaite lake
Mirehouse has been, and continues to be, the home to generations of the Spedding family. Come inside this beautiful English country manor-house and find out more about its strong litera... more details
Muncaster Castle 2010
Ravenglass, Cumbria
Welcome to Muncaster Castle & Gardens, one of the best places to visit in the Lake District for a fun family day out! The Muncaster Experience is different for everyone...
MUNCASTER CASTLE
Elegant room... more details
Museum of Lakeland Life
Kendal, Cumbria
Something for all the family
This award winning Museum takes you and your family back through time to explore the story of the Lake District and its inhabitants. Isolated before the arrival of the railway and motorcar, this area develop... more details
National Trust The Beatrix Potter Gallery & Hill Top
Near Sawrey, Hawkshead, Cumbria
Immerse yourself in the countryside and lifestyle of Beatrix Potter by visiting Hill Top, the Beatrix Potter Gallery, and Hawkshead
village.
Find out what inspired her to live and work in this beautiful place. Our story begins with her purchase of Hill... more details
National Trust Amazing Days Out in Cumbria
Cumbria & The Lake District
Welcome to the National Trust in the Lake District, Cumbria Spend a day, an afternoon or just an hour with us. There’s a lot on offer and plenty of wet weather options too!
Top six things to do
• Treat mum to afternoon tea at... more details
National Trust Camping in the Lake District
Lake District Cumbria
The National Trust owns and manages three campsites in three of the most stunning locations in the UK. Each with its own individual character, the sites' backdrops include England's highest mountain, England's largest lake and England's deepest lake.
Ou... more details
National Trust Sizergh Castle & Gardens
Nr Kendal, Cumbria
This imposing house, at the gateway to the Lake District, stands proud in a rich and beautiful garden, which includes a pond, lake, national collection of hardy ferns and a superb limestone rock garden. Still lived in by the Strickland family, Sizergh has many tales to tell and certa... more details
National Trust Steam Yacht Gondola
Coniston, Cumbria
Gondola is a re-built elegant steam yacht providing the most wonderful, nostalgic sailing experience.
The original Gondola was first launched in 1859 and the present-day Gondola reflects and brings to life the splendour and l... more details
North Pennines Pocket Guide 2009/10
Eden, Cumbria
Welcome to The North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
The North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) is a stunning
landscape of open heather moors, dramatic dales, tumbling upland rivers,
wonderful woods, clos... more details
Perfect Days Out in the South Lakes
Various, Cumbria the Lake District
Nature and heritage jostle for your attention in this special area of Cumbria. Bustling towns and picturesque villages nestle against a scenic backdrop of countryside and coast, stretching from the endless expanses of Morecambe Bay to lush, gentle, country... more details
PromArt
Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria
More than 90 artists selling arts and crafts on Grange Promenade Grange-over-Sands
Last Sunday in every month, April to September 9.30–4pm
A wide range of artists and art tutors will ensure that there is s... more details
Ravenglass & Eskdale Railways
Ravenglass, Cumbria
Each of our locos including River Irt, the oldest working15” gauge engine in the world, travel some 6,000 miles per year on average, hauling trains consisting of ‘breath of fresh air’ open carriages, practical open-sided ones and cosy covered saloons. That’s more trains, on a longer ... more details
South Lakes Wild Animal Park
Dalton-in-Furness, Cumbria
A DAY YOU'LL NEVER FORGET!
About a mile out of Dalton-in-Furness is the Lake District's only zoo, which is recognised as one of Europe's leading conservation zoos. 17 acres are home to the rarest animals on earth, who are participants ... more details
The Lake District Cumbria Events Guide
Cumbria and the Lake District
Come to the Lake District, Cumbria and you’ll find a stunning and dramatic
landscape waiting for you. But you’ll also be amazed at how much there is to do when you get here.
There’s a wealth of invigorating and inspiring events and activities for you t... more details
Trotters World of Animals
Bassenthwaite, Keswick, Cumbria
With lots of open space there is something to enjoy for all ages
Our award winning wildlife park set amidst the picturesque Lakeland fells is home to a wide variety of animals from every corner of the world ranging from the critically endangered to the ... more details
Ullswater - A Lake User's Guide
Ullswater, Cumbria & the Lake District
A Lake District National Park Authority guide to using Windermere, includes detailed map and lots of other useful information for a safe day out or visit to Windermere. more details
Ullswater 'Steamers'
Ullswater, Lake District, Cumbria
Ullswater and the ‘Steamers’
Ullswater ‘Steamers’ celebrate over 150 years sailing on England’s most beautiful lake.
Referred to as the ‘Dark Lake’ in Arthurian legend, set sail with us on a voyage of disc... more details
Visit Brantwood by Boat with Coniston Launch
Coniston, Cumbria the Lake District
Cruise aboard our quiet solar-electric launches to Brantwood. Visit the beautiful house and gardens and return to Coniston on one of our regular sailings throughout the day.....
Coniston Launch invites you to cruise aboard our quiet sol... more details
Walby Park Farm
Crosby-on-Eden, Carlisle, Cumbria
Walby Farm Park is the all weather attraction near Hadrian’s Wall! For a day out of family fun on the farm, come along to Walby Farm Park. Come and meet our friendly animals at our brand new attraction on our family farm. Try out our exciting indoor and outdoor play areas & explo... more details
Windermere - A Lake User's Guide
Windermere, the Lake District & Cumbria
A Lake District National Park Authority guide to using Windermere, includes detailed map and lots of other useful information for a safe day out or visit to Windermere. more details
Windermere & Bowness
Windermere and Bowness, Cumbria
The towns of Windermere and Bowness at the heart of the Lake District have been a magnet for visitors since Victorian times. With easy access to the lake shore of Windermere and panoramic views of the lake and surrounding fells, the area remains just as po... more details
Windermere Lake Cruises Summer
Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria
Welcome to Windermere Lake Cruises - the most popular attraction in Cumbria. Windermere is England's largest lake, in the heart of the Lake District. We offer cruises from 45 minutes to 3 hours - or you can even spend all day on and around the lake with our fantastic 'Freedom of the ... more details
Yew Tree Barn
Low Newton, Cumbria
antiques • galleries • cafe • artisans
The Barn
Yew Tree Barn is a stunning 19th Century Westmorland barn in the beautiful Lake District National Park, and home to a unique collection of bus... more details