Liverpool John Lennon Airport 2 hr 7
Stott Park Bobbin Mill (27 min.) producer of bobbins for local industries with original machinery and a victorian steam engine. Dalton (6 min) The Dock Museum (11 min.) free museum on local history including the shipbuilding & steelworks industries with a playground. Piel Island (20 min.) this remote 50-acre island offers a charming pub & the ruins of a 14th-century stone castle. Lakes Aquarium (26 min.) aquarium with freshwater and marine life featuring an underwater otter tunnel and stingrays. Laurel And Hardy Museum (10 min.) museum Holker Hall (28 min.) home of the cavendish family this victorian house also features 25 acres of gardens & meadows. Lakeland Motor Museum (21 min.) with 30 000 exhibits from pedal cars to century-old electric cars plus a recreated 1950s cafe. Walney Island (14 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 (7 min) nature reserve estuary and nature National Trust - Fell Foot Park (25 min.) family-friendly spot with cafe and space/facilities for games picnics swimming and boating. Furness Abbey (7 min.) english heritage-run 12th-century abbey ruins with ornate dormitory cloister and a visitor centre. Holker Hall U0026 Gardens (28 min.) prominent cumbrian countryside hall on 200 acres of gardens and woodlands with a deer park & tours. New Road End (11 min) Alexander Place (13 min) Lakeside And Haverthwaite Railway (20 min.) picturesque 3-mi. railway offering rides in old-fashioned coaches pulled by historic locomotives. New Road (11 min) Piel Castle (20 min.) stone remains of a 14th-century castle & fortress reachable only by a small ferry. |