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Places to visit
The history and houses
The whole area is steeped in history. Below are just a few of the interesting places to visit.
- Castlerigg stone circle
- Wordsworth House, Cockermouth where the kids will be amused and the adults interested
- Senhouse Roman Museum, Maryport
- Haig Pit Mining and Colliery museum, Whitehaven
- The Rum Story, Whitehaven
- Cumberland pencil museum, Keswick
- Dalemain historic house & gardens (nr Ullswater)
- Hutton-in-the-forest historic house & gardens
- Muncaster Castle is well worth a visit (especially in spring) for the Sino-Himalayan gardens alone. Even better is to go when the house is open: the family still live there and provide a very personalised audio tour
- Blackwell, near Windermere is a fascinating arts & crafts house
- The Lakes Distillery, next to Bassenthwaite Lake.
Entertainment & wet days
Kids can be difficult to persuade out onto the fells if the weather is
bad and need to be kept amused. Try the following:
- The Lake District Wildlife Park, at the top of Bassenthwaite lake
- Lake District Coast Aquarium, Maryport
- Ravenglass and Eskdale railway
- Rheged – Lake District discovery centre.
