Liverpool John Lennon Airport 2 hr 12
The Dock Museum (8 min) Free museum on local history, including the shipbuilding & steelworks industries, with a playground. Dalton Castle (11 min) Castle and history Piel Island (13 min) This remote 50-acre island offers a charming pub & the ruins of a 14th-century stone castle. South Lakes Safari Zoo (13 min) Roaming animals, some in walk-through natural areas, with big cats, giraffes, rhinos and monkeys. Holker Hall (36 min) Home of the Cavendish family, this Victorian house also features 25 acres of gardens & meadows. Earnse Bay (8 min) Piel Castle (13 min) Stone remains of a 14th-century castle & fortress, reachable only by a small ferry. Barrow Park (11 min) 45-acre recreation area with a pool & gym, skate park, boating lake, gardens & a playground. Holker Hall & Gardens (36 min) Prominent Cumbrian countryside hall on 200 acres of gardens and woodlands, with a deer park & tours. Walney Island (5 min) 5 sq mi. island in the Irish Sea home to Vickerstown, offshore wind turbines & 2 nature reserves. Laurel and Hardy Museum (18 min) Black Combe Summit (40 min) Estuary, mountain, climbing, and outdoor recreation Barrow-in-Furness Town Hall (3 min) National Trust - Sandscale Haws National Nature Reserve (11 min) Estuary, nature reserve, wildlife, and nature Furness Abbey (9 min) English Heritage-run 12th-century abbey ruins, with ornate dormitory, cloister and a visitor centre. |