A Glimpse into Roman Britain: Birdoswald Fort Birdoswald, about a half-hour drive east of Carlisle, has one of the best-preserved forts along
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The southern end of Ambleside is known as Waterhead. Here, at the northern tip of Windermere, are a few hotels and restaurants
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Home to a pub and a café-cum-gallery, Uldale is located on the flanks of the Lake District’s Northern Fells. About five miles
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There’s nowhere else quite like Troutbeck in the Lake District. While other settlements cluster together in valley bottoms, this idyllic village is
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Townend is a seventeenth-century farmhouse located on the edge of beautiful Troutbeck village. It was built for a wealthy yeoman farmer called
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On arrival in Threlkeld, there’s one thing you can’t fail to notice – and that’s the imposing mountain that rears up behind
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About seven miles south of Keswick, Seatoller is the last village in Borrowdale before the valley road starts its steep and winding
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Sitting astride the main valley road and just a pebble’s throw from the River Derwent, Rosthwaite is probably the best known of
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Pooley Bridge sits at the northern end of Ullswater, on the banks of the River Eamont as it issues from the lake.
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Patterdale lies just beyond the southern tip of Ullswater. Smaller and quieter than neighbouring Glenridding, it has a shop, hotel, pub, youth
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