Abbot Hall Art Gallery   
Abbot Hall Art Gallery provides the perfect setting in which to see and enjoy fine art. It is one of Britain’s finest small galleries with a wonderful art collection and highly...

Abbot Hall Park   
Abbot Hall Park is situated in Kirkland at the southern end of the market town of Kendal. It is located between Abbot Hall Art Gallery, the River Kent and Kendal...

Aira Force   
Aira Force is a waterfall situated near the north shore of Ullswater, where William Wordsworth wrote the famous words, I wandered lonely as a cloud. It is situated in a beautiful...

Aquarium of the Lakes   
Aquarium of the Lakes takes you on a journey through the life of a Lake District river. Starting in the mountains, you can follow a raindrop’s course down to the...

Arnside Knott   
Arnside Knott is a limestone hill on the edge of Arnside that rises to 159 metres above sea leve (522ft). Now owned by the National Trust, the area is home...

Ashness Bridge   
Despite being one of the most photographed viewpoints in the Lake District, the view from Ashness Bridge, across Derwent Water to Keswick and Skiddaw is well worth seeing. Avoid the crowds...

Beatrix Potter Gallery   
This gallery has a display of original watercolours painted by Beatrix Potter for her children’s stories. Exhibits are changed annually. The 17th Century building was once the office of her husband...

Belle Isle   
Belle Isle is a wooded island in Lake Windermere, landscaped in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The island is one mile long - the longest in the lake. It has a...

Blackwell - The Arts and Crafts House   
Blackwell, built in 1900, is one of Britain’s most important houses, positioned in a dramatic Lakeland setting overlooking Lake Windermere. It is a rare example of the Arts and Crafts Movement...

Blencathra   
Blencathra is one of the most fascinating mountains in the Lake District and also one of the most well known, the shattered ribs of its south face dominating the skyline as...

Blindbeck   
This stream, probably called ’blind’ because its source is hidden in the rock fissures of Kendal Fell, was formerly the boundary between the borough of Kendal and the township of Kirkland....

Border & Kings Own Royal Border Regiment Museum   
Two floors of displays tell the story of Cumbria’s County Infantry Regiment from 1702 to date, with uniforms, weapons, silver, paintings, medals including 4 Victoria Crosses and much more. The museum...

Bowfell   
The shapely peak of Bow Fell is instantly recognisable in any view and it commands a superb position at the centre of three popular valleys — Great Langdale, Langstrath and Eskdale....

Brantwood   
Brantwood was the home of John Ruskin from 1872 until his death in 1900 and is regarded as one of the most beautifully situated houses in the Lake District. It enjoys...

Brewery Arts Centre   
The Brewery Arts Centre consists of a 350 seat Malt Room for music events (former racking room and cask store), a photographic Gallery (the sugar store), the Warehouse Gallery for visual...

Bridge House   
Bridge House was built in the 16th Century in what was then an apple orchard, and constructed originally as a summer house and apple store for the now demolished Ambleside Hall....

Brim Fell   
Brim Fell is a gentle, curving hill that links the popular summit of Coniston Old Man with Swirl How and its ridges. On a sunny day, Brim Fell’s grassy slopes are...

Buttermere   
Buttermere is one of three lakes that grace this western-lying valley, the same glacier having carved out its near-neighbours, Crummock Water and Loweswater, several thousand years ago. The lake is arguably...

Carlisle Castle   
The mighty fortress that is Carlisle Castle has watched over the city of Carlisle for 900 years. Situated at the western end of the of the Anglo-Scottish border, Carlisle has witnessed...

Carlisle Cathedral   
Founded in 1122, Carlisle Cathedral is an impressive building, dominating the skyline from across the city. The building is rich both in decoration and in history, with perhaps the most interesting...