Things To Do

Local Area Information

Weather and Travel

Weather Forecasts – www.lake-district.gov.uk/weatherline

Travel Information

National Rail – www.nationalrail.co.uk
Stagecoach North West – www.stagecoachbus.com

Car Hire

Enterprise – www.enterprise.co.uk

Detailed Road Maps

Googlemaps – Zoomable maps focused on an address or post code.
Multimap – up to date, printer friendly maps by postcode or town.
Streetmap – Online maps with detailed streetmaps of Great Britain.

Our Suggestions

Take A  Tour

Windemere Lake Cruises – www.windermere-lakecruises.co.uk
Mountain Goat – www.mountain-goat.com

Our Suggestions

Outdoor Pursuits

Horse Riding

BiglandHall Equestrian – Haverthwaite – www.biglandhall.com
Holmescale Riding Centre – Holmescale  – www.holmescalesridingcentre.co.uk
Low Farm Riding Centre, Aspatria – www.lowfarmriding.co.uk

Cycling

Country Lanes – Windermere
www.countrylaneslakedistrict.co.uk
To make a reservation please telephone 015394 44544 or visit our cycle centre at Windermere Railway Station.

Golf

Windermere Golf Club – www.windermeregolfclub.co.uk
Carus Green Golf Club – www.carusgreen.co.uk
Kendal Golf Club – www.kendalgolfclub.co.uk
Kendal Driving Range – 015394 733933
Beckside Golf Club – 015398 21415

Hot Air Ballooning

Lake District Balloon Rides
www.lakedistrictballoonrides.co.uk
High Adventure Balloon Flights, provide hot air ballooning in Cumbria and the Lake District

Go Karting & Off-Roading

Big Lands – www.biglandhall.com
Kankku – www.kankku.co.uk
Rookin House Farm – www.rookinhouse.co.uk
Pleasure in Leisure – www.pleasureinleisure.co.uk

Fishing

Fishing on Esthwaite Water – www.hawksheadtrout.com

Outdoor Activities

Lake District Activities
www.lakedistrictactivities.co.uk
Abseiling, Gorge Scrambling, Canyoning, Rock Climbing

Sailing

Windermere Lake Cruises – 
www.windermere-lakecruises.co.uk
Derwent Water Marina –
 www.derwentwatermarina.co.uk
 

Outdoor Activities

Go Ape Assault Course – Grizedale Forest
www.goape.co.uk
High Wire Forest Adventure

Popular

Attractions

Wordsworth.org.uk– www.wordsworth.org.uk

Hill Top House – www.nationaltrust.org.uk/hilltop

Pencil museum www.pencilmuseum.co.uk

Lakeland Motor Museum* www.lakelandmotormuseum.co.uk

Lakes Aquarium – A journey of discovery from the mountains to the sea

Abbot Hall – Fine Art in the setting of Kendal’s Finest Town House –www.abbothall.org.uk

The World of Beatrix Potter Attraction, Bowness-On-Windermere –www.hop-skip-jump.com

Fell Foot National Trust Park -Situated at the very southern tip of Lake Windermere, Fell Foot Park is a family friendly location with stunning mountain views –  www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/lake-district/fell-foot

South Lakes Animal Park – Cumbria’s Unique Open Zoo

Brockholes Visitor Centre – www.brockhole.co.uk

Where2Walk – Full list of Lake District Walks – www.where2walk.co.uk

Beatrix Potter Attraction – Windermere
Blackwell the Arts and Craft House – Gallery and tea rooms in Bowness on Windermere

Cumberland Pencil Museum – Keswick

DoveCottage – Grasmere – HomeofWordsworth

Hill Top House Near Sawrey – Beatrix Potter’s Home where she did much of her writing
Holker Hall & Gardens – Historic House and Gardens – www.holker-hall.co.uk
Honister Mines

Lakeland Minature Village, – Flookburgh
Lakeland Motor Museum at Holker Hall
Lakeside & Haverthwaite Steam Railway – Enjoy  a ride on one of the last Furness Railway Branch Lines
Low Sizergh Barn – Visit the farm shop, tea room, craft gallery and farm trail on our organic dairy farm near the Lake District National Park.
Low Wood Water Sports Centre

 

Even More

Places To Visit

Muncaster Castle/Gardens/ Owl Centre – www.muncaster.co.uk
Historic haunted castle/Himalayan Gardens/HQ of World Owl Centre

Ravenglass & Eskdale Steam Railway – www.ravenglass-railway.co.uk
Rheged Centre Exhibitions/Workshops/Crafts – Pernrith – www.rheged.com

Rum Story – Whitehaven – www.rumstory.co.uk
Imagine leaving the streets of our Georgian town centre and feeling like you have been transported to an exotic island in the Caribbean. That is what you will experience when you begin your journey through The Rum Story.

Sellafield Visitor Centre
South Lakes Wild Animal Park

The Gincase – Silloth on Solway – Farmhouse tearoom, craft barn, gallery and farm park

Windermere Steam Boat Museum – Windermere – www.lakelandarts.org.uk/windermere-jetty-museum/

Lake District Walks and Walking Holidays UK – Walking, walks, walk routes and holidays in the Lake District UK (contained on bed searcher)

Mountain-Bike-Cumbria – If you are coming to ride your bike in Cumbria or already live here and would like to know more, we can show you the available mountain biking in this area.” or a shorter version “Showing photos from around the lakes, information and more!”

The English Lake District – A tourist guide to England’s Lake District in the most visited corner of the UK

Lakestay – Provides information and history on the Lake District

Cumbria Tourism Web Site – www.golakes.co.uk