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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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