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Things to do...
Aquarium of the Lakes
award-winning, all-weather attraction next to hotel
Windermere Lake
Cruises
boats depart to Bowness, Brockhole and Ambleside from directly outside the hotel
Lakeside & Haverthwaite
Railway catch a steam train only 100m from reception
Fell Foot
Park A Victorian Park directly across the lake by short ferry ride. Fine picnic areas, children's playground, tea room and
boat hire.
Stott
Park Bobbin Mill A 19th century working museum just a 15 minute stroll towards
Hawkshead
Hill
Top Beatrix Potter's home at Near Sawrey
Levens Hall
magnificent topiary gardens and grand Elizabethan home
Holker Hall
Cavendish family home and gardens, with Lakeland Motor Museum
Brantwood
John Ruskin's home on the shores of Coniston Water
Esthwaite
Water
year-round fishing, minutes from Hawkshead
South Lakes Wild Animal Park
great day out for the family, surprising collection of zebras, tigers and other exotic animals
Dock Museum, Barrow spectacular museum tracing history of town and its shipbuilding
Furness Abbey
English Heritage 12thcentury abbey and exhibition
Swarthmoor Hall,
Ulverston
16th century house and early Quaker centre
Ulverston Laurel & Hardy Museum, Heron Glass Factory, Cumbria Crystal and busy
markets
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