The Lake District Coast Aquarium is an award winning, privately owned medium-sized aquarium. We specialise in native British aquatic life and have 20 years’ experience of running public aquariums. We are also involved in the consultancy, design and theming of...

Maryport has a long history that is associated with the sea, and many of the people here have been involved with maritime affairs, or are related to someone who was in the past. The collection is made up of...

Part of Hadrian’s Wall World Heritage Site, the museum is sited on cliffs overlooking the harbour at Maryport. The oldest antiquarian collection in the country, including artefacts from the adjacent Roman fort including the mysterious Serpent Stone, one of the...

Burnbank Fell has a height of 47 m (1,559 ft). It is a Wainright located on the far west of the Loweswater Fells. The hill is very grassy with large flanks and a broad ridge connecting it to Blake Fell....

Castlegate House is a commercial gallery specialising in northern and Scottish artists. Sited in a beautiful Georgian House it mounts 8 exhibitions each year and sculpture in the walled secret garden. Open daily 10.30 to 5.00pm, Sundays 2 – 5....

Elva Plain is a small stone circle on the southern slope of Elva Hill near Cockermouth in Cumbria. It’s located in the middle of a field and isn’t easy to find. The 15 stones that make up the circle...

Fellbarrow has a height of 416 m (1,365 ft). It is a Wainright with a smooth curved grassy summit crossed by a fence. From the summit there is a fine view of the North Western Fells across Lorton, alongside Grasmoor...

Graystones has a height of 452m (1,483 ft). It's a fairly small hill with reasonable views, offering sights of the Loweswater Fells and the peaks surrounding Coledale Hause. In the distance walkers might be able to catch glimpses of Skiddaw...

The Helena Thompson Museum was originally a house known as Park End, where Helena Thompson lived for most of her life. The beautiful property and exquisite contents was gifted to the community after her death, under the condition that...

Jennings Brewery is situated in the shadow of historic Cockermouth Castle. Discover how our real ales are still brewed in the traditional way using pure Lakeland water drawn from the brewery’s well. Sample our range of Lakeland ales in the...

Ling Fell has a height of 373m (1,224 ft) and is just south of the village of Wythop Mill. The view from the summit southwards is cut off by the higher Broom Fell, although the Skiddaw and Grasmoor fells are...

Scale Force lies to the south of Crummock Water, near the village of Buttermere (and close to Keswick). It’s the highest waterfall in the Lake District with a single fall of around 120 feet. The waterfall - or ’force’...

This beautiful Georgian townhouse is located within the charming town of Cockermouth in Cumbria, and is noted as the birthplace of William Wordsworth in 1770. Visitors are invited to see how the young poet lived, as costumed actors guide...