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Visiting Cumbria and the Lake District?
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Click here to see the award winning EDGE Guide to Cumbria and the Lake District.

 
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Accommodation in the Lake District and Cumbria


Accommodation: 130+ hotels, inns and bed and breakfast establishments. Featuring live online booking.

Hotels in and around the following towns. Click the links to see available hotels, bed and breakfast and inns in each area.
Alston Ambleside Appleby Barrow in Furness Bowness on Windermere Brampton Carlisle Cockermouth Grange over Sands Kendal Keswick Kirkby Lonsdale Kirkby Stephen Maryport Millom Penrith Ulverston Whitehaven Windermere Workington

 

The towns of Cumbria and the Lake District


The towns of Cumbria and the Lake District.

Click these links to see information on each town, including a description, history, location map and photographs.
Alston Ambleside Appleby Barrow in Furness Brampton Carlisle History of Carlisle Cockermouth Grange over Sands Kendal Keswick Kirkby Lonsdale Kirkby Stephen Maryport Millom Penrith Ulverston Whitehaven Windermere & Bowness Workington

 

The lakes and fells of Cumbria and the Lake District . Also find out about the Pennines, the Eden Valley and the coast.

Lakes and Fells

The Lakes
Bassenthwaite
Buttermere Coniston Crummock Water Derwent Water Elterwater Ennerdale Water Grasmere Haweswater Loweswater Rydal Water Thirlmere Ullswater Wast Water Windermere

The Fells & Mountains
Cat Bells Coniston Old Man Fairfield Fleetwith Pike Grasmoor Great Gable Harrison Stickle Helvellyn High Stile Mellbreak Pillar Place Fell Rosset Crag Saddleback/Blencathra Scafell Pike Skiddaw Yoke

The Pennines The Eden Valley The Coast

 

The long and often violent history of Cumbria. From the ancient stone circles, through the Romans to medieval castles


History

Stone Circles What are they? The Circles: Birkrigg Blakeley Raise Burnmoor Castlehowe Scar Castlerigg Gamelands Grey Croft Gunnerkeld Iron Hill Long Meg Moor Divock Oddendale Swinside
The Henges

The Romans Hadrian's Wall A list of Forts

Border Wars

The Castles
Appleby Castle
Brough Castle Brougham Castle Carlisle Castle Carlisle Castle photos Dacre Castle Dalton Castle Egremont Castle Hutton in the Forest Kendal Castle Muncaster Castle Pendragon Castle Penrith Castle Piel Castle Sizergh Castle Workington Hall

Church History
Carlisle Cathedral
Cartmel Priory Furness Abbey Lanercost Priory Shap Abbey The Dissolution

Carlisle Cathedral photos

 

Maps of Cumbria and the Lake District. We've got some location maps to help you understand the geography

Maps:

The Town maps: Alston Ambleside Appleby Barrow in Furness Brampton Carlisle Cockermouth Grange over Sands Kendal Keswick Kirkby Lonsdale Kirkby Stephen Maryport Millom Penrith Ulverston Whitehaven Windermere & Bowness Workington

The Lake maps:
Bassenthwaite
Buttermere Coniston Crummock Water Derwent Water Elterwater Ennerdale Water Grasmere Haweswater Loweswater Rydal Water Thirlmere Ullswater Wast Water Windermere

The Fell maps:
Cat Bells
Coniston Old Man Fairfield Fleetwith Pike Grasmoor Great Gable Harrison Stickle Helvellyn High Stile Mellbreak Pillar Place Fell Rosset Crag Saddleback/Blencathra Scafell Pike Skiddaw Yoke

History (all maps)
Stone Circles
The Castles Religious Buildings

 

Photographs of Cumbria and the Lake District


The Gallery

Lakes photos Fells photos Pennine photos Eden photos Coast photos Towns & Villages Landscape History photos
Carlisle Castle photos Carlisle Cathedral photos

 

A list of attractions in the Lake District and Cumbria


Attractions

North Pennines Eden Valley Lake District Cumbrian Coast

 

Extras

 

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