Fell Foot Park is a great, family friendly location at the southern end of Windermere near Newby Bridge. You will find a magnificent view up the lake to the mountains…

Swarthmoor Hall was built in 1652 as a country home set in beautiful grounds in 130 acres of farmland. Known as the cradle of Quakerism due to Judge Thomas and…

Great Langdale is easy to get to from Ambleside or Windermere. It's not surprising this valley is so popular with walkers and climbers. The Langdale Pikes rise sheer from the…

Arnside has been a fishing village, boat building centre and Victorian playground. The stone jetty is testimony to the visiting pleasure craft of yesteryear. A peaceful village with pretty shops,…

On the site of Yewbarrow Lodge apartments in the centre of Grange-over-sands, once stood a 19-Century house of the same name. In 1915 the the owner, Arthur Leigh, died when…

Furness Abbey near Barrow in Furness was once one of the richest Cistercian monasteries in England. The wealth came from such things as farming, controlled fishing, production of grain and…

Rock carved graves at Heysham

Cartmel has been celebrating the 800th anniversary of the man who founded Cartmel Priory. The church was founded in 1189 by Sir William Marshall on land recently granted to him…

Carnforth Railway Station’s main claim to fame is for its use as the location for David Lean's 1945 film 'Brief Encounter’. Today it is still an important station being on…