Cumberland Pencil Museum                                 Keswick                                   www.pencils.co.uk
Visit Keswick, home of the first pencil and the Cumberland Pencil Museum.  Walk through a replica of the Seathwaite mine, where graphite was first discovered.  Trace the history of pencil manufacture over the last 350 years and see how we make Derwent Fine Art pencils today.  Be amazed by the worlds longest pencil, over 25 feet and try some of our products.  Events and exhibitions are held in the museum throughout the year. Directions:  The Museum is just as you leave the town centre, on the north side of town.
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Acorn Bank Garden & Watermill	Temple Sowerby, Nr Penrith	Mill & Garden
Best known for its collection of 250 herbs and traditional fruit orchards. Sample the tea-room menu with culinary herbs from the garden used daily in soups, salads and scones, and fruit from the orchards used in delicious puddings and cakes. Wander along the Crowdundle Beck to the partially restored watermill, spot some wildlife then enjoy the views across the Eden Valley to the Lake District from the magnificent backdrop of the sandstone house.

Aquarium of the Lakes	Lakeside, Newby Bridge	Aquarium
Uncover the secret world of the Lakes at Britain’s unique freshwater Aquarium. Discover British sharks and rays as well as otters, water voles and underwater tunnel.

Beatrix Potter Gallery	Hawkshead	Other Buildings
Step inside this charming 17th-century building to enjoy a new exhibition of Beatrix Potter's original watercolours and paintings. This gallery has an interesting history, as previously it was the office of Potter's husband, William Heelis. Many of these pictures are only displayed at this location. Learn more about Beatrix as a farmer and early supporter of the National Trust.

Brantwood	Coniston	House and Garden
Brantwood is the home of eminent Victorian, John Ruskin. A treasure house of art and memorabilia with extensive grounds and gardens. Spectacular views over Coniston Water.

Brewery Arts Centre	Kendal	Arts Centre
Dynamic multi purpose venue with a theatre, thriving music scene, art galleries, bars, restaurant and cinemas. National and international artists. Youth Theatre, Music and Dance activities.

Coniston Launch	Coniston	Boat Trip - Cruise
Cruise on 1920s Solar-electric passenger launches around wonderful Coniston Water. Special cruises include 'Swallows & Amazons' and 'Campbells on Coniston'. Private hire also available.

Dalton Castle	Dalton-in-Furness	Other Building
14th-century tower built to assert the authority of the Abbot of Furness Abbey.

Fell Foot Park	Newby Bridge, Ulverston	Park
The views of Lake Windermere beyond the park are breathtaking. The Victorian lawns and garden sweep away to fine picnic areas and lakeshore. Enjoy the Boathouse Café with its patio, where you can enjoy watching the boats and soaking in the atmosphere. Bring your own boat to explore the lake.

Finestra Gallery	Kirkby Lonsdale	Art Gallery
Finestra Gallery presents a continuing display of high quality fine art, including paintings, sculpture, glass ware, ceramics, jewellery and furniture. (Open every day)

Gondola	Coniston	Boat Trip
The original 'Gondola', a re-built Victorian steam yacht, was first launched in 1859 and now, completely rebuilt by the National Trust, gives passengers the chance to sail in her sumptuous, upholstered saloons. This is the perfect way to view Coniston's spectacular scenery. Sail to Monk Coniston jetty at the north of the lake, then walk through the Monk Coniston garden on to Tarn Hows. Circular walk four miles. All sailings are subject to weather conditions.

Greystoke Gill Pottery	Greystoke Gill	Pottery
Individual and beautiful hand thrown ceramics, decorated with multiple colourful glazes. From small pots to large individual garden sculptures. Workshop and gallery open to the public.

Hill Top	Nr Sawrey, Ambleside	House & Garden
Enjoy the tale of Beatrix Potter – Hill Top is a time-capsule of this amazing woman's life. Full of her favourite things, the house appears as if Beatrix had just stepped out for a walk. Every room contains a reference to a picture in a 'tale'. The lovely cottage garden is a haphazard mix of flowers, herbs, fruit and vegetables. Hill Top is a small house and a timed-ticket system is in operation to avoid overcrowding and to protect the interior. Hill Top can be very busy and visitors may sometimes have to wait to enter the house.

Holker Hall & Gardens	Cark In Cartmel	House and Garden
More than just a day out - breathtaking scenery, historic buildings, beautiful gardens, deer park ...and delicious food from Britain's finest producers.

Lakes Supertours	Windemere	Sightseeing Tour
Daily sightseeing tours of the English Lake District including attractions such as Hill Top, Yew Tree Farm and Lough Rigg Tarn seen in film 'Miss Potter'.

Mirehouse Historic House & Garden	Keswick	House and Garden
Historic house with strong literary connections; grounds stretch from fellside to lakeshore; four woodland playgrounds, heather maze and rhododendron tunnel; tearoom specialising in Cumbrian cooking.

Muncaster Castle	Ravenglass	House and Garden
Historic Castle, Breathtaking Himalayan Gardens, World Owl Centre, Meadow Vole Maze, Plant Centre, cafe, gift shops, 12th century church. Wild herons and daily bird show.

Platty+ Watersports	Keswick	Water Sports
Tuition or hire in Canoes, Kayaks, Sailing boats, Dragon boat, Voyager or Viking Longship on Derwentwater for individuals, groups, families & people with special needs.

Sizergh Castle & Garden	Sizergh, Nr Kendal	Castle & Garden
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 certainly feels lived in, with centuries-old portraits and fine furniture sitting alongside modern family photographs. The exceptional wood panelling culminates in the Inlaid Chamber, returned here in 1999 from the Victoria & Albert Museum.

Solway Aviation Museum	Carlisle	Air Museum / Airport
Aviation museum with several Ex- RAF Jet aircraft on external display and a museum with exhibition rooms with information on aviation & local WWII RAF airfields.

Stagshaw Garden	Ambleside	Garden
A fine collection of shrubs, including rhododendrons, azaleas and camellias. Adjacent to the garden are Skelghyll Woods.

Townend	Troutbeck, Windemere	House
The Brownes of Townend were just an ordinary farming family, but their home and belongings bring to life more than 400 years of extraordinary stories. You will understand why Beatrix Potter described Troutbeck valley as her favourite as you approach this traditional stone and slate farmhouse. Once inside, you are welcomed into the farmhouse kitchen with a real fire burning most days and a quirky collection of domestic tools. Exploring further, you can marvel at the intricately carved furniture and discover why the collection of books belonging to a farming family is of international importance.

Ullswater & Aira Force	Aira Force	Countryside
Beautiful lake winding through a glaciated valley with impressive mountain scenery and a waterfall that inspired many of Wordsworth's great works.

Wasdale, Eskdale & Duddon	Wasdale	Countryside
From Scafell Pike, England's highest mountain look down on Wastwater, England's deepest lake, with its majestic screes. The National Trust owns the valley farms, campsite, lake, surrounding mountains and the nearby Nether Wasdale Estate. Walk the delightful paths of Upper Eskdale or explore the ever-changing Duddon Valley.

 

Abbot Hall Art Gallery & Museum	Kendal
Abbot Hall Park	Kendal
Abbott Lodge Jersey Ice Cream	Clifton
Adrian Sankey, Designer Makers	Ambleside
Aira Force	Glenridding
Alpaca Centre, The	Nr Penrith
Ambleside Roman Fort	Ambleside
Ambleside Tourist Information Centre	Ambleside
AMF Bowling	Carlisle
Appleby Castle	Appleby-in-Westmorland
Appleby-in-Westmorland Tourist Information Centre	Appleby-in-Westmorland
Armitt Library & Museum Centre	Ambleside
Artcrystal of Grange-over-Sands	Grange-over-Sands
Arthur's Round Table	Penrith
Banks East Turret (Hadrian`s Wall)	Banks, Nr Brampton
Barrow-in-Furness Tourist Information Centre	Barrow-In-Furness
Beacon, The	Whitehaven
Belle Isle	Windermere
Bewcastle Church and Cross	Bewcastle
Birdoswald Fort (Hadrian`s Wall)	Gilsland
Blackwell - The Arts & Crafts House	Nr Bowness
Blindbeck	Kendal
Border Regiment and Kings Own Royal Border Regiment Museum	Carlisle
Borrowdale	Keswick
Bow Bridge	Barrow-In-Furness
Bowness-on-Windermere Tourist Information Centre	Windermere
Brampton Tourist Information Centre	Brampton
Bridge House	Ambleside
Brockhole	Windermere
Brough Castle	Brough
Brougham Castle	Nr Penrith
Broughton-in-Furness Tourist Information Centre	Broughton-In-Furness
Carlisle Airport	Carlisle
Carlisle Castle	Carlisle
Carlisle Cathedral	Carlisle
Carlisle Racecourse	Carlisle
Carlisle Tourist Information Centre	Carlisle
Cars of the Stars Motor Museum	Keswick
Cartmel Priory Gatehouse	Cartmel, Grange-over-Sands
Castlegate House Gallery	Cockermouth
Castlerigg Stone Circle	Keswick
Catbells	Keswick
Claife Heights	Near Sawrey
Clifton Hall	Nr Penrith
Cockermouth Tourist Information Centre	Cockermouth
Colwith Force	Little Langdale
Conishead Priory & Buddhist Temple	Nr Ulverston
Coniston & Tarn Hows	Coniston
Coniston Tourist Information Centre	Coniston
Coniston Village	Coniston
Countess Pillar	Brougham
Courtyard Gallery	Appleby
Cumberland Toy & Model Museum	Cockermouth
Cumbria Classic Coaches	Kirkby Stephen
Dairy Cottage Studio	Kirkby Lonsdale
Dalemain Historic House & Gardens	Penrith
Dent Brewery Tour, The	Dent
Dent Craft Centre	Sedbergh
Derwent Bay Bears	Portinscale
Derwent Island House	Derwentwater
Derwentwater Marina	Keswick
Devil’s Bridge	Kirkby Lonsdale
Dock Museum, The	Barrow-In-Furness
Dove Cottage & The Wordsworth Museum	Grasmere
Dr. Manning’s Yard	Kendal
Eden Ostrich World	Langwathby, Penrith
Elva Plain Stone Circle	Cockermouth
Eskdale Historic Water Corn Mill	Holmrook
Farfield Mill Arts & Heritage Centre	Sedbergh
Florence Mine Heritage Centre	Egremont
Furness Abbey	Nr Barrow-in-Furness
Gincase, The	Wigton
Gleaston Castle	Gleaston
Gleaston Watermill	Ulverston
Go Ape! High Wire Forest Adventure Grizedale	Grizedale
Go Go Go Indoor Karting	Carlisle
Gosforth Pottery	Gosforth
Grange-over-Sands Tourist Information Centre	Grange-over-Sands
Grasmere & Great Langdale	Loughrigg, Ambleside
Grasmere Tourist Information Centre	Grasmere
Graythwaite Hall Gardens	Ulverston
Grey Croft Stone Circle	Seascale
Grizedale Forest Park	Grizedale
Guildhall Museum	Carlisle
Haig Colliery Mining Museum	Whitehaven
Hardknott Roman Fort	Hardknott Pass
Hare Hill (Hadrian`s Wall)	Lanercost
Harrow's Scar Milecastle (Hadrian`s Wall)	Birdoswald
Hawkshead	Hawkshead
Hawkshead Trout Farm	Hawkshead
Hayes Garden World	Ambleside
Haystacks	Buttermere
Heaton Cooper Studio	Grasmere
Helena Thompson Museum, The	Workington
Heron Corn Mill & Museum	Milnthorpe
Hoad Monument	Ulverston
Hollywood Park Leisure Complex	Barrow-In-Furness
Holme Open Farm	Sedbergh
Homes of Football	Ambleside
Honister Tramway	Buttermere
Honnister Slate Mine	Honister Pass
Howton Activity Centre	Ullswater
Hub, The	Alston
Humphrey Head	Allithwaite
Hutton in the Forest	Penrith
Jennings Brothers PLC	Cockermouth
John Cooke Hill Studio and Best Cellars Crafts Shop	Dent
K Village Outlet Centre	Kendal
Kangol Factory Store	Cleator
Kendal Castle	Kendal
Kendal Leisure Centre	Kendal
Kendal Market	Kendal
Kendal Museum of Natural History & Archaeology	Kendal
Kendal Parish Church	Kendal
Kendal Tourist Information Centre	Kendal
Kendal Tourist Information Centre	Kendal
Kendal Town Hall	Kendal
Kendal United Reformed Church	Kendal
Kentmere Pottery	Kentmere
Keswick Holiday Arts Studio	Keswick
Keswick Launch Company	Keswick
Keswick Museum & Art Gallery	Keswick
Keswick Tourist Information Centre	Keswick
Killington Lake Tourist Information Centre	Killington
King Arthur`s Round Table	Eamont Bridge, Nr Penrith
Kirkby Lonsdale Tourist Information Centre	Kirkby Lonsdale
Kirkby Stephen Tourist Information Centre	Kirkby Stephen
Kirkstone Galleries	Nr Langdale
Laburnum Ceramics Gallery	Penrith
Lake District Coast Aquarium	Maryport
Lake District Visitor Centre at Brockhole, The	Nr Windemere
Lake Windermere	Windermere
Lakeland Bird of Prey Centre	Penrith
Lakeland Climbing Centre	Kendal
Lakeland Equestrian	Troutbeck, Windemere
Lakeland Miniature Village	Cark In Cartmel
Lakeland Motor Museum	Holker Hall, Cark In Cartmel
Lakeland Sheep & Wool Centre	Cockermouth
Lakeland Wildlife Oasis	Hale, Milnthorpe
Lakes Glass Centre	Ulverston
Lakes Homecentre, The	Cockermouth
Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway	Haverthwaite
Lanercost Priory	Lanercost, Nr Brampton
Lanternhouse	Ulverston
Larch Cottage Nurseries	Melkinthorpe
Latrigg	Keswick
Laurel and Hardy Museum	Ulverston
Leahill Turret and Piper Sike Turret (Hadrian`s Wall)	Nr Birdoswald
Levens Hall	Kendal
Little Meg Stone Circle	Penrith
Little Salkeld Watermill	Nr Langwathby
Long Meg and Her Daughters	Penrith
Longtown Tourist Information Centre	Longtown, Carlisle
Low Sizergh Barn	Nr Kendal
Lowes Court Gallery	Egremont
Maiden Moor	Keswick
Maryport Maritime Museum	Maryport
Maudes Meadow	Kendal
Mayburgh Henge	Penrith
Meadowbank Farm Artists Studio	Wigton
Millom Folk Museum	Millom
Moss Eccles Tarn	Near Sawrey
Museum of Lakeland Life at Abbot Hall	Kendal
Nichol End Marine	Portinscale
OSHY Gallery	Ambleside
Paper Warehouse - Arts & Crafts, The	Nr Kendal
Parish Church of St Michael	Workington
Pennine Llama Treks	Alston
Penrith Beacon	Penrith
Penrith Castle	Penrith
Penrith Golf Centre & Driving Range	Penrith
Penrith Museum	Penrith
Percy House Gallery	Cockermouth
Piel Castle	Barrow-In-Furness
Pike Hill Signal Tower (Hadrian`s Wall)	Banks
Poltross Burn Milecastle (Hadrian`s Wall)	Gilsland
Pooley Bridge Tourist Information Centre	Pooley Bridge
Printing House Museum	Cockermouth
Quaker Tapestry Exhibition Centre	Kendal
Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway	Ravenglass
Ravenglass Roman Bath House	Ravenglass
Red Screes	Rydal
Rheged Discovery Centre	Penrith
Roman Army Museum	Brampton
Rookin House Equestrian & Activity Centre	Nr Ullswater
Ruhm	Penrith
Rum Story, The	Whitehaven
Ruskin Museum	Coniston
Rutter Falls Café and Mill	Nr Appleby
Rydal Mount and Gardens	Nr Ambleside
Rydal Water	Rydal
Saint Martin's Parish Church	Bowness
Sands Centre	Carlisle
Scafell Pike	Wasdale Head
Scale Force	Buttermere
Seatoller Tourist Information Centre	Borrowdale
Sedbergh National Park Visitor Centre	Sedbergh
Sellafield Visitors Centre	Sellafield
Senhouse Roman Museum	Maryport
Settle - Carlisle Railway	Carlisle
Shap Abbey	Shap
Silloth-on-Solway Tourist Information Centre	Silloth-on-Solway
Sir John Barrow Cottage	Ulverston
Solway Coast Discovery Centre	Silloth-on-Solway
South Lakes Wild Animal Park Ltd	Dalton-In-Furness
South Tynedale Railway	Alston
South Walney Nature Reserve	Barrow-In-Furness
Southwaite Tourist Information Centre	Southwaite, Carlisle
St Cuthberts Church Tithe Barn	Carlisle
St John’s Church	St. John’s
St Mary’s Church	Kirkby Lonsdale
Stott Park Bobbin Mill	Newby Bridge
Swinside Stone Circle	Broughton
Talkin Tarn Country Park	Brampton
Tarn Hows	Hawkshead
Teapottery, The	Keswick
Tewet Tarn	St. John’s
Theatre by the Lake	Keswick
Thornthwaite Galleries	Keswick
Threlkeld Quarry & Mining Museum	Keswick
Trotters World of Animals	Bassenthwaite
Tullie House Museum	Carlisle
Ullswater Steamers	Pooley Bridge
Ullswater Tourist Information Centre	Glenridding
Ulverston Tourist Information Centre	Ulverston
Upfront Gallery, Coffee Shop & Marionette Theatre	Unthank
Village Bakery Melmerby	Melmerby
Walney Island Airfield	Barrow-In-Furness
Waterhead Tourist Information Centre	Ambleside
Webbs Garden Centre	Kendal
Wetheral Priory Gatehouse	Wetheral
Wetheriggs Country Pottery Ltd	Penrith
Whinlatter Forest Park	Keswick
Whitehaven Tourist Information Centre	Whitehaven
Willowford Wall, Turrets and Bridge (Hadrian`s Wall)	Gisland
Windermere & Troutbeck	Windemere
Windermere Ferry	Windermere
Windermere Lake Cruises	Windermere
Windermere Steamboat Museum	Windermere
Windermere Tourist Information Centre	Windermere
Winderwath Garden	Penrith
Winshields Wall (Hadrian`s Wall)	Once Brewed
Wise Een Tarn	Near Sawrey
Wordsworth House	Cockermouth
Workington Tourist Information Centre	Workington
World of Beatrix Potter Attraction	Bowness