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Towns and Villages to visit in the Lake District

Lake District attractions include the five tallest mountains and the deepest lake in England, and many areas of outstanding beauty. Cumbria boasts a rich natural environment that is unique to the north-west of England, and attracts visitors from all over Europe. If you enjoy exploring the great outdoors, you will discover some of the most stunning scenery and landscapes in the Lake District, along with some great hotels, restaurants and attractions.

Every town and village in the Lake District has a unique culture and personality. From the lively city of Carlisle, the cultural sights of Kendal and the market town of Penrith, each town and city has printed its own indelible hallmark on the history of the Lake District.

Visit Cumbria´s historic houses, which are surrounded by beautiful gardens, and the wide, green parks which provide a perfect day out for all the family. One thing the Lake District does offer is plenty of fresh, clean air and open spaces.

Combining land and sea in the most magnificent way, visit the towns of Maryport, Whitehaven and Allonby, and enjoy a day on the beach, or watch the boats bobbing around in the harbour. The history and culture of the Lake District is as rich as its landscapes, and poignant ruins sit on hilltops, overlooking cobbled streets and charming old villages that have remained much the same for hundreds of years. Providing fun and fresh air for all the family, some of the best Lake District attractions include:

The Lakes Aquarium Windermere

The Lakes Aquarium is situated on the south shore of Lake Windermere, and is home to the biggest collection of freshwater fish in the UK. In addition to the fish, including sharks, you can see otters, brown mice and bank voles close up. An underwater tunnel features diving ducks and special activities for children include a quiz trail and daily talks. If you are looking for stylish accommodation in the Lake District, try one of the elegant boutique hotels near Windermere.

Dove Cottage and the Wordsworth Museum Grasmere

Dove Cottage and the Wordsworth Museum in Grasmere are well worth a visit. Once home to famous poet, William Wordsworth, Dove Cottage was the place where William Wordsworth put pen to paper and wrote his most famous poems. Enjoy a guided tour of Dove Cottage and see the acclaimed collection of portraits, manuscripts and possessions of the great poet in Wordsworth Museum. Special exhibitions, tearooms and a gift shop make this a great day out for all the family.

The Lake District Visitor Centre Brockhole Windermere

Perfectly situated on the shores of Lake Windermere, the Lake District Visitor Centre at Brockhole, is free to enter and boasts interactive exhibitions, beautiful gardens, an adventure playground, plus a shop, cafe and information centre. Lake shore access is available with regular cruises to and from Waterhead and Ambleside. This is the perfect place for a day out, whatever the weather, and dogs are welcome. If you are looking for accommodation in Windermere or Bowness, check out the boutique hotels and lakes hotels in the area.

The Beatrix Potter Gallery Hawkshead

The Beatrix Potter Gallery at Hawkshead is a must-visit attraction for the family. Here you can see the original artwork that made Beatrix Potter´s books so famous, and the exhibitions changes every year. You can also learn more about Beatrix Potter´s life and visit the 17th Century building which was her husband´s office. Children´s quiz sheets and goody bags are give out and there is a shop nearby.

Windermere Lake Cruises

No trip to Windermere would be complete without a cruise down the lake. An extensive network links Lake Windermere with Ambleside, Bowness and Lakeside, every day except Christmas Day. A round trip would take three hours, but you can hop on and off wherever you choose, and visit attractions such as the steam railway, the aquarium and the World of Beatrix Potter, plus the small villages around the lake. A 45 minute island cruise from Bowness takes in the wooded islands and secluded bays, and a 40 minute tip from Ambleside offers free entry to the Lake Distict Visitor Centre at Brockhole.

List of Towns with Hotels

Hotels... Alston Lovelady Shield Country House Hotel Nent Hall Country House Hotel Ambleside Ambleside Salutation Hotel Best Western Ambleside Salutation Hotel Drunken Duck Inn Eltermere Country House Hotel Fisherbeck Hotel Lake House Hotel New Dungeon Ghyll Hotel Park House Guest House Regent By The Lake Rothay Manor Hotel & Restaurant Sawrey House Hotel Waterhead Hotel Appleby In Westmorland Royal Oak Appleby Manor Hotel Tufton Arms Hotel Barrow In Furness Duke of Edinburgh Hotel The Clarkes Hotel and Brasserie White House Hotel Abbey House Hotel Brow Head Hotel Ltd. & Breezers Clarence House Country Hotel Hotel Majestic Bassenthwaite Castle Inn Hotel Pheasant Borrowdale Scafell Hotel The Borrowdale Hotel Bowness On Windermere Angel Inn Beechwood Burn How Garden House Hotel Burnside Hotel Fair Rigg Guest House Fayrer Garden House Hotel Lindeth Fell Country House Hotel Lindeth Howe Country House Hotel Oakbank House Hotel The Cranleigh Windermere Hydro Hotel Braithwaite The Royal Oak Brampton Birdoswald Roman Fort Hullerbank Carlisle Angus Hotel & Almonds Bistro Carlisle Swallow Cornerways Guest House County Hotel Crosby Lodge Country House Hotel Crown & Mitre Crown Hotel Cumbria Park Hotel Dalston Hall Hotel Lynebank House Hotel The Lakes Court Hotel The Wallfoot Hotel & Restaurant Willowbeck Lodge Cartmel Aynsome Manor Hotel L'Enclume Cleator Ennerdale Country House Htl Cockermouth Allerdale Court Hotel Broughton Craggs Hotel Link House Melbreak Hotel New House Farm Shepherds Hotel Winder Hall Country House Coniston Waterhead Hotel Elterwater Britannia Inn (The) Gilsland Gilsland Spa Hotel The Hill on the Wall Grange Over Sands Clare House Cumbria Grand Hotel Grange Hotel Graythwaite Manor Hotel Hampsfell House Hotel Netherwood Hotel Grasmere Dale Lodge Hotel Gold Rill Hotel Grasmere Hotel Grasmere Red Lion Hotel Moss Grove Organic Hotel Rothay Garden Hotel Swan Wordsworth Hotel Hawkshead Ann Tysons Guest House Buckle Yeat Guest House Kings Arms Hotel Queens Head Kendal Beech House Hotel Blue Bell Hotel Castle Green Hotel County Hotel Crooklands Hotel Damson Dene Hotel Garden House Hotel Riverside Hotel Stonecross Manor Hotel Keswick Armathwaite Hall Borrowdale Gates Country House Hotel Dale Head Hall Lakeside Hotel Derwentwater Hotel Grange Country House (The) Highfield Hotel & Restaurant Horse & Farrier Inn Keswick Country House Hotel Kings Arms Hotel Lairbeck Hotel Leathes Head Hotel Lodore Falls Hotel Lyzzick Hall Hotel Mary Mount Hotel Ouse Bridge House Overwater Hall Hotel Queens Hotel Ravenstone Hotel Ravensworth House Skiddaw Hotel Sweeney's Bar, Restaurant & Rooms Swinside Lodge Hotel The Winchester Underscar Manor Kirkby Lonsdale Hipping Hall Whoop Hall Langdale Langdale Hotel & Country Club Lorton New House Farm The Old Vicarage Millom Bankfield House Hotel Milnthorpe Tythebarn House B&B Newby Bridge Hill Crest Country Guest House Knoll Country House Lyndhurst Country Guest House Newby Bridge Hotel & Leisure Centre Swan Hotel Whitewater Hotel and Leisure Club (The) Penrith Beckfoot Country House Clifton Hill Hotel George Hotel Ginney Country Guest House Glenridding Hotel Greyhound Hotel North Lakes Hotel & Spa Shap Wells Hotel Skygarth Farm Temple Sowerby House, Hotel & Restaurant The Brantwood Hotel Westmorland Hotel Ravenglass The Pennington Seascale Bailey Ground Hotel Calder House Hotel Sella Park House Hotel Shap Kings Arms Hotel St Bees Fleatham House Troutbeck Broadoaks Country House & Oaks Restaurant Queens Head Hotel Troutbeck Inn Ullswater Inn on the Lake Leeming House Hotel Rampsbeck Country House Hotel Sharrow Bay Hotel Ulverston Hill Foot Hotel Lonsdale House Hotel The Bay Horse Hotel The Rusland Pool Hotel Underskiddaw Lyzzick Hall Hotel Wasdale Low Wood Hall Hotel Watermillock Brackenrigg Inn Whitehaven Manor House Hotel Windermere Adam Place Guest House Applegarth Hotel & Restaurant Beaumont House Beech Hill Hotel Belsfield Hotel Briery Wood Hotel Craig Manor Hotel Fir Trees Guest House Gilpin Lodge Country House Hotel Glenburn Hotel & Restaurant Hillthwaite House Hotel Holbeck Ghyll Country House Hotel Holly-Wood Guest House Ivythwaite Lodge hotel Kenilworth Guest House Lakeside Hotel on Windermere Langdale Chase Hotel Linthwaite House Hotel Low Wood Hotel Meadfoot Guest House Merewood Country House Miller Howe Hotel Old England Storrs Hall Hotel The Coach House The Hideaway at Windermere The Samling The Waverley Hotel Wild Boar Hotel Windermere Hotel Windermere Hydro House Witherslack Old Vicarage Workington Hunday Manor Country House Hotel Melbreak Country Hotel The Hall Park Hotel

Lakes Towns... Abbeytown Ackenthwaite Aglionby Aikton Ainstable Aldingham Allithwaite Allonby Alston Ambleside Anthorn Appleby-in-Westmorland Applethwaite Arkleby Arlecdon Armathwaite Arnside Asby (Workington) Askam in Furness Askham Aspatria Ayside Backbarrow Bampton Bampton Grange Banks Barbon Bardsea Barrow-In-Furness Barrows Green Barton Bassenthwaite Baycliff Beaumont Beckermet Beetham Bewaldeth Bewcastle Biggar Bigrigg Blackford Blawith Blencarn Blencogo Blencow Blindcrake Bolton Boltongate Boot Bootle Bothel Bouth Bowness-on-Solway Bowness-on-Windermere Bowscale Braithwaite Brampton (Carlisle) Branthwaite (Workington) Bridekirk Briery Brigflatts Brigham Brigsteer Brisco Brockleymoor Bromfield Brough Broughton Beck Broughton in Furness Broughton Mills Broughton Moor Burgh by Sands Burnbanks Burneside Burton-in-Kendal Buttermere Caldbeck Calder Bridge Calthwaite Camerton Cark (Cartmel) Carlisle Cartmel Cartmel Fell Casterton Castle Carrock Catterlen Chapel Stile Clappersgate Cleator Cleator Moor Clifton Cockermouth Colby Colthouse Colton Coniston Cotehill Croglin Crook Crooklands Crosby (Maryport) Crosby Garrett Crosby Ravensworth Crosby-on-Eden Crosscanonby Crosthwaite Culgaith Cumdivock Cumrew Cumwhinton Cumwhitton Dacre Dalston Dalton-in-Furness Dearham Dent Dockray Dovenby Drigg Drumburgh Dufton Durdar Eaglesfield Eamont Bridge Edenhall Egremont Elterwater Embleton Endmoor Ennerdale Bridge Eskdale Green Far Arnside Far Sawrey Farlam Field Broughton Finsthwaite Flookburgh Frizington Gamblesby Garrigill Garsdale Gilcrux Gilsland Glassonby Gleaston Glenridding Gosforth Grange (Keswick) Grange-Over-Sands Grasmere Grayrigg Great Asby Great Broughton Great Crosthwaite Great Musgrave Great Orton Great Salkeld Great Strickland Greysouthen Greystoke Grinsdale Hale Hallbankgate Harrington Hartley Hartsop Haverigg Haverthwaite Hawkshead Hayton (Aspatria) Hayton (Brampton) Helton Hesket Newmarket Heversham High Bankhill High Hesket High Newton Holker Holme Holmrook Houghton Hutton Roof (Kirkby Lonsdale) Hutton Roof (Penrith) Ings Ireby Ireleth Irthington Irton with Santon Isel Isle of Walney Johnby Kearstwick Kendal Kentmere Keswick Killington Kirkbampton Kirkbride Kirkby Lonsdale Kirkby Stephen Kirkby Thore Kirkcambeck Kirkhouse Kirkland (Frizington) Kirkland (Penrith) Kirkoswald Knock Lakeside Lamplugh Lanercost Langwathby Lazonby Levens Lindal in Furness Lindale Little Asby Little Langdale Little Strickland Long Marton Longlands Longtown Lorton (High and Low) Low Hesket Low Wood Lowick Lowther Lupton Maryport Matterdale End Maulds Meaburn Meal Bank Mealsgate Melmerby Milburn Millbeck (Keswick) Millom Milnthorpe Monkhill Moor row Moresby Morland Mosedale Mungrisdale Nateby Natland Near Sawrey Nenthead Nether Wasdale New Hutton Newbiggin (Brampton) Newbiggin-on-Lune Newby Bridge Newlands (Keswick) Newton Arlosh Newton Reigny Old Hutton Old Town Ormathwaite Orthwaite Orton Ousby Oxenholme Parsonby Parton Patterdale Penrith Penruddock Piel Island Plumbland Plumpton (Penrith) Ponsonby Pooley Bridge Port Carlisle Portinscale Raughton Head Ravenglass Ravenstonedale Renwick Rockcliffe Roosebeck Rosthwaite (Keswick) Routenbeck Rowrah Rusland Rydal Salkeld Dykes Sandside Santon Bridge Scaleby Scotby Seascale Seathwaite (Borrowdale) Seathwaite (Duddon Valley) Seatoller Sebergham Sedbergh Sedgwick Selside Shap Silloth Skelton Skelwith Bridge Skirwith Soulby (Kirkby Stephen) Soulby (Penrith) Spark Bridge St. Bees Stainton With Adgarley Stanah Staveley (Kendal) Stonethwaite Storth Swarthmoor Talkin Tallentire Tebay Temple Sowerby Thornthwaite Threlkeld Thursby Thurstonfield Tirril Torpenhow Torver Troutbeck (Windermere) Uldale Ulpha Ulverston Urswick Great and Little Waberthwaite Walton Warcop Warwick Bridge Warwick-on-Eden Wasdale Head Watendlath Waterhead Watermillock Welton Westnewton Westward Wetheral Whitbeck Whitehaven Wigton Windermere Winton Witherslack Workington Wreay (Carlisle) Wythburn Wythop Mill

Cars of the Stars Motor Museum Keswick

Whether you have booked hotel accommodation in Windermere, a cottage at Ullswater or a guest house in Penrith, the Keswick Cars of the Stars Motor Museum is well worth a visit. Featuring vehicles from TV and film, including Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, James Bond´s Aston Martin, the A-Team van and many more, this is one of the most popular attractions in Keswick. A souvenir and autograph shop is situated onsite.

Ullswater Steamers

Ullswater steamers have been operating in the area for almost 150 years, and they provide the perfect way to get around and view the stunning landscapes from the lake. Ullswater is also a great location for walking the lakeside trails, enjoying the flora and fauna or relaxing at a lakeside pub. With miles of footpaths, all linked by steamer routes, Ullswater offers great fun and attractions for all the family.

If you are visiting the lakes for the first time, the best place to be based is Windermere or Bowness. From here you can explore the lakes at your own pace, walk along the shore or take a Windermere cruise and enjoy the scenery. Windermere hotels are among the best hotels in the Lake District and you can choose from boutique hotels, organic hotels, themed hotels and romantic hotels when you visit. Lake District pubs, restaurants and cafés are legendary, and everything is within easy reach of Windermere so you can make the most of your stay.

 

 

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