Liverpool John Lennon Airport 2 hr 6
Bank Corner (2 min) Piel Island (18 min.) this remote 50-acre island offers a charming pub & the ruins of a 14th-century stone castle. National Trust - Sandscale Haws National Nature Reserve (7 min) nature reserve estuary and nature Roose (9 min) Lakeside And Haverthwaite Railway (19 min.) picturesque 3-mi. railway offering rides in old-fashioned coaches pulled by historic locomotives. Piel Castle (18 min.) stone remains of a 14th-century castle & fortress reachable only by a small ferry. Town Hall (2 min) Laurel And Hardy Museum (10 min.) museum Askam (6 min) The Dock Museum (11 min.) free museum on local history including the shipbuilding & steelworks industries with a playground. Holker Hall (28 min.) home of the cavendish family this victorian house also features 25 acres of gardens & meadows. Furness Abbey (5 min.) english heritage-run 12th-century abbey ruins with ornate dormitory cloister and a visitor centre. National Trust - Fell Foot Park (25 min.) family-friendly spot with cafe and space/facilities for games picnics swimming and boating. 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. Dalton Castle (5 min.) castle and history Holker Hall U0026 Gardens (27 min.) prominent cumbrian countryside hall on 200 acres of gardens and woodlands with a deer park & tours. Lakes Aquarium (25 min.) aquarium with freshwater and marine life featuring an underwater otter tunnel and stingrays. |