Places to Visit in the Lake District

A selection of Places to Visit in Cumbria and the Lake District
(please click on any underlined link to be transported to the website)

Do Keswick	Online tourism guide to Keswick and area
Rheged	(at Penrith) Discover legends at the village in the hill
	Also National Mountaineering Exhibition
Dalemain	(at Penrith) Historic House and Garden
Larch Cottage Nurseries	(Melkinthorpe, Penrith) and La Casa Verde terrace restaurant
Lake District Visitor Centre	at Brockhole (on Windermere)
The Heaton Cooper Studio	(Grasmere)
Lake District Osprey Project	(Bassenthwaite)
Cumberland Derwent Pencil Museum	(Keswick)
Mirehouse Historic House	and Gardens (Keswick)
Forest Parks	(Grizedale, Whinlatter)
Theatre by the Lake	(Keswick)
Keswick Museum and Art Gallery
Derwent Bay Bears	(near Portinscale) for hand carved bears and garden furniture
Carlisle Area	www.historic-carlisle.org.uk, www.carlisleborderlands.co.uk, www.hadrians-wall.org Hadrians Wall www.birdoswaldromanfort.org
Lakes Cruises	Derwentwater Ullswater Windermere Coniston
Steam Railways	Settle to Carlisle line South Tynedale Railway Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway (tel: 015395 31594)
Other Useful Links	National Trust English Heritage (these sites will give details of various Histroic properties and gardens in Cumbria)
Walkers	www.lakedistrictwalks.com www.lakedistrictoutdoors.co.uk