Cumbria is just so beautiful that you want to be outside all the time. We’ve got a great selection of family days out in Cumbria. A family picnic near a waterfall, a gentle walk along a river, slipping over sand-dunes near one of the little coastal resorts and of course at least one ferry or boat trip on one of those luminous lakes. Cumbria is hard to beat for a family outing or holiday. However you do get the odd shower or even downpour, after all that’s what keeps it so green. Oddly children do not enjoy walking in the rain or the pleasures of picnicking under dripping trees, so Childfriendly have come up with some good ideas to keep the kids happy and dry as well. From Beatrice Potter to William Wordsworth, from the largest pencil in the world to the highest steam railway in England; all this and the most breathtaking natural scenery in Britain. You can’t really go wrong!
The Go-Ape Centre at Grizedale, Hawkshead is embedded in the virtual centre of the Lake District and what better way to appreciate the natural beauty of this part of the world than by looking down from the top of a Douglas Fir, suspended over a pretty stream! Kids over ten who are not...
The Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery is just the place to take the children for an hour or two on a rainy day. In fact even if it’s sunny it still very much worthy of a visit. All aspects of Carlisle and its surroundings are on display from its pre-history through Roman, Medieval and...
Rydal Mount and Gardens was home to William Wordsworth for the latter half of his life, and the property is still owned by his descendants. Family portraits and originals of works by Wordsworth are on display, and you can even visit the attic room that served as his study during his te...
Coniston Boating Centre, located on the shore of Coniston Water and within walking distance of the village, offers daily or hourly hire of electric motor boats for a leisurely family day out. If you‘re feeling more energetic, traditional rowing boats and dinghies, or kayaks and canoes...
Visit The Alpaca Centre to discover “The Fibre of the Gods” – from the alpaca – a South American herd animal which produces a fibre which is at once “luxurious, warm, lightweight and hardwearing”. The Alpaca Centre is a breeding-farm and has a programme which has helpe...
