Area - Local Information
Brockhole (opposite the cottage)
www.lakedistrict.gov.uk/lake_district_visitor_centre_at_brockhole-2
Fantastic children’s adventure playground, ferries, lake walks, tea rooms and for the very brave – swimming in the Lake!
Kids!!
www.goape.co.uk (one for the teenagers!)
www.aquariumofthelakes.co.uk (Bowness)
www.wildanimalpark.co.uk (Grange)
http://www.lakesiderailway.co.uk (Newby Bridge)
www.lakelandmotormuseum.co.uk (near Grange)
www.lakelandminiaturevillage.com (near Grange)
Open all day to eat
www.lucysofambleside.co.uk (recommended by many guests)
www.zeffirellis.com (Ambleside – dinner and cinema)
www.thejumbleroom.co.uk (Grasmere)
For special occasions eating out
www.thesamling.com (Close to the cottage – Michelin starred)
www.lenclume.co.uk (Grange)
www.millerhowe.com (Windermere)
www.hobeckghyll.com (Windermere)
Pubs close by
www.queensheadhotel.com (Troutbeck )
www.thesunhotel.co.uk (Troutbeck Bridge)
Breweries/Good Beer
www.hawksheadbrewery.co.uk (Hawkshead)
www.barngatesbrewery.co.uk (Ambleside)
www.conistonbrewery.com (Coniston)
Supermarkets
www.booths-supermarkets.co.uk/best (Windermere)
Tesco Express (Bowness)
Historic Houses
Townend at Troutbeck
Hill Top (Far Sawrey)
www.muncaster.co.uk (Ravenglass)
www.nationaltrust.org.uk (FellFoot park)
Cinemas
www.zeffirellis.com (Dinner and cinema experience)
www.nm-cinemas.co.uk (Bowness- built 1926)
Fishing
www.lakedistrictfishing.net
www.hawksheadtrout.com
On the water/boat hire
www.windermere-lakecruises.co.uk (Windermere, Brockhole, Ambleside)
www.lake-lander.co.uk (Ambleside)
And for everything else there is always:
www.golakes.co.uk (Website of the Cumbria Tourist Board –
packed with everything there is to see and do in Cumbria!)
