Bardsea Country ParkConishead Priory and Buddhist TempleFell Foot Country ParkGait Barrows National Nature ReserveGraythwaite Hall GardensLakeside and Haverthwaite RailwayLanternhouseLaurel and Hardy MuseumSir John Barrow CottageStott Park Bobbin MillSwarthmoor HallThe Lakes Glass Centre
An ideal coastal location overlooking Morecambe Bay with picnic areas and coastal walks.
There are magnificent views of the bay and the park includes part of the Cumbria Coastal Walk. The area is maintained with conservation mind, and includes Se ...
Take a fascinating guided tour around the house and temple and learn more about the Buddhist way of life. ...
Country park beside Lake Windermere. This Victorian park, restored to its former glory, offers substantial access to the lakeshore of Windermere, where there are leisure facilities in season. Fine picnic areas and rowing boat hire make this property ...
Gait Barrows NNR is a rich mosaic of limestone habitats including unique limestone pavement, yew woodland, fen and reedbed. The reserve contains the most notable pavement flora in Britain, and is important for its rich invertebrate communities. Aroun ...
Graythwaite Hall Gardens deftly illustrate the genius of Thomas Mawson. Commisioned in 1896 he was instructed to utilise the existing contours and landscape to make a garden combining the formal and informal.
It is essentially a Spring garden sett ...
Join Thomas and Friends for an exciting fun packed weekend at Haverthwaite station. Arrive at Haverthwaite or Lakeside, purchase your all inclusive ticket, which entitles you to unlimited travel on Daisy and Bulgy the bus. They leave Haverthwaite on ...
What’s on? We are always changing our events and exhibitions . So please check out our website for up to date information.
we’ve got lots of amazing free arts events from exhibitions to workshops for all ages here at the Lanternhouse, Ulversto ...
Laurel and Hardy Museum in Ulverston Cumbria welcomes you to the world famous museum devoted to Laurel & Hardy in Ulverston, the town where Stan was born on 16th June 1890. Everything you want to know about them is in the museum. The late Bill Cub ...
John Barrow was born at Dragley Beck, Ulverston on 19th of June 1764, the son of a yeoman farmer. He was educated at Town Bank Grammar School. Before the age of 20, he experienced a variety of important jobs including tutor, surveyor's assistant and ...
This extensive working mill was begun in 1835 to produce the wooden bobbins vital to the Lancashire spinning and weaving industries. Although small compared to other mills, some 250 men and boys (some drafted in from workhouses) worked here in often ...
Swarthmoor Hall was built about 1586 by George Fell, a local landowner. His son, Thomas, inherited the Hall and here in 1652 George Fox, the founder of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), gained the support and encouragement of Margaret, Thom ...
At The Lakes Glass Centre you will now have the opportunity to see both Cumbria Crystal and Heron Glass. Heron Glass are producers of premium Studio Art glass and fancy indoor lighting. Cumbria Crystal produce premium full lead English Crystal. ...
