Liverpool John Lennon Airport 2 hr 5
Walney Island (14 min.) 5 sq mi. island in the irish sea home to vickerstown offshore wind turbines & 2 nature reserves. National Trust - Fell Foot Park (24 min.) family-friendly spot with cafe and space/facilities for games picnics swimming and boating. Piel Island (18 min.) this remote 50-acre island offers a charming pub & the ruins of a 14th-century stone castle. Lakeland Motor Museum (20 min.) with 30 000 exhibits from pedal cars to century-old electric cars plus a recreated 1950s cafe. Tudor Square (1 min) Piel Castle (18 min.) stone remains of a 14th-century castle & fortress reachable only by a small ferry. National Trust - Sandscale Haws National Nature Reserve (8 min) nature reserve estuary and nature Furness Abbey (6 min.) english heritage-run 12th-century abbey ruins with ornate dormitory cloister and a visitor centre. The Dock Museum (12 min.) free museum on local history including the shipbuilding & steelworks industries with a playground. Stott Park Bobbin Mill (25 min.) producer of bobbins for local industries with original machinery and a victorian steam engine. Laurel And Hardy Museum (9 min.) museum Lakeside And Haverthwaite Railway (18 min.) picturesque 3-mi. railway offering rides in old-fashioned coaches pulled by historic locomotives. Holker Hall U0026 Gardens (26 min.) prominent cumbrian countryside hall on 200 acres of gardens and woodlands with a deer park & tours. Holker Hall (26 min.) home of the cavendish family this victorian house also features 25 acres of gardens & meadows. Lakes Aquarium (24 min.) aquarium with freshwater and marine life featuring an underwater otter tunnel and stingrays. |