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Ullswater ‘Steamers’ is an award winning environmentally accredited Lake District attraction celebrating over 150 years of operating cruises on England’s most beautiful lake. Operating one of the largest heritage vessel fleets in the world, offering visitors an experience they will never forget for 363 days a year. Cruises connect to some of the most famous and iconic walking routes in Read more...

The Ruskin Library, designed by Sir Richard MacCormac and opened in 1998 by Princess Alexandra, was built especially to house the Whitehouse Collection of material relating to John Ruskin.  The Galleries show a changing selection from a fascinating collection of pictures, books, manuscripts and photographs relating to the great Victorian writer and artist John Ruskin, who spent his later life Read more...

Leighton Moss is the largest reedbed in north-west England, and home to some really special birds such as breeding bitterns, bearded tits and marsh harriers. You might see deer too, not to mention butterflies aplenty! Choose from a selection of trails and hides, most of which are suitable for wheelchairs, and get right to the heart of the reedbed. Or Read more...

Situated in the beautiful and picturesque Western Lake District, the Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway is one of the oldest and longest narrow gauge railways in England, known affectionately as La’al Ratty meaning “ little railway “ in old Cumbrian dialect. The centre piece in the beautiful Eskdale valley, our fleet of four heritage steam engines journey from Ravenglass, the only Read more...

We are a family run caravan park and have been since the 1940’s. We are located in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, in Arnside and positioned alongside New Barns Bay. Overlooking us is the Knott; which has a summit elevation of 159m from which (on a clear day) you can see across to the Southern Lakeland Fells and over Read more...

Lancaster Arts at Lancaster University is the University’s award-winning arts provider. Lancaster Arts supports cultural and artistic engagement at the highest level through a programme of internationally renowned contemporary theatre, dance, visual art and classical music. As well as inviting the public to our distinctive campus-based performance spaces – the Nuffield Theatre, the Peter Scott Gallery and the Great Hall Read more...

Our friendly and welcoming café was a Cumbria Life Food Award Finalist for ‘Café of the Year’ 2016 and is a Tripadvisor Certificate of Excellence holder. It creates delicious, freshly prepared food using local produce including ingredients grown in our own kitchen garden. The café is just a short walk from the hustle and bustle of Ulverston’s busy main streets. Read more...

The Heritage Centre – The Home of Brief Encounter – offers a fascinating range of exhibition areas, a retail shop outlet and the famous ‘Brief Encounter’ Refreshment Rooms The ‘Brief Encounter’ Cinema Area houses an exhibition dedicated to the classic film, the actors and the famous connection to the Station. The film itself shows throughout the day on the large Read more...