Liverpool John Lennon Airport 2 hr 5
Holker Hall (29 min)
Home of the Cavendish family, this Victorian house also features 25 acres of gardens & meadows. Black Combe Summit (33 min)
Estuary, mountain, climbing, and outdoor recreation South Lakes Safari Zoo (7 min)
Roaming animals, some in walk-through natural areas, with big cats, giraffes, rhinos and monkeys. Earnse Bay (15 min) The Dock Museum (9 min)
Free museum on local history, including the shipbuilding & steelworks industries, with a playground. Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway (21 min)
Picturesque 3-mi. railway offering rides in old-fashioned coaches pulled by historic locomotives. Furness Abbey (16 min)
English Heritage-run 12th-century abbey ruins, with ornate dormitory, cloister and a visitor centre. Piel Castle (16 min)
Stone remains of a 14th-century castle & fortress, reachable only by a small ferry. Piel Island (16 min)
This remote 50-acre island offers a charming pub & the ruins of a 14th-century stone castle. Lakeland Motor Museum (23 min)
With 30,000 exhibits from pedal cars to century-old electric cars, plus a recreated 1950s cafe. Laurel and Hardy Museum (11 min) Dalton Castle (4 min)
Castle and history Holker Hall & Gardens (29 min)
Prominent Cumbrian countryside hall on 200 acres of gardens and woodlands, with a deer park & tours. Walney Island (12 min)
5 sq mi. island in the Irish Sea home to Vickerstown, offshore wind turbines & 2 nature reserves. National Trust - Sandscale Haws National Nature Reserve (5 min)
Estuary, nature reserve, wildlife, and nature | 
