Within walking distance

• Scafell Pike - England's highest mountain
• Wastwater - England's deepest lake
• Hundreds of riverside, valley and mountain walks and climbs
• Ravenglass & Eskdale Miniature Railway: www.ravenglass-railway.co.uk
• Muncaster Castle, with its azaleas, rhododendrons and Owl Sanctuary:
  www.muncaster.co.uk & www.owls.org
• Hardknott Roman Fort & Ravenglass Roman Bath House
• Eskdale Corn Mill - still working with its waterwheel
• Ravenglass fishing village
• Fold End Art Gallery
• Fishing on river or stocked pool
• Stanley Ghyll waterfall
• Fishing on river or local stocked pools (day permit available from Holmrook Garage).
• The village shop at Eskdale sells a comprehensive range of goods, including groceries, fresh fruit and vegetables, food to go, alcohol and newspapers, as well as outdoor clothes and equipment: www.eskdalestores.co.uk.
• 5 pubs in the valley - please visit www.kinggeorge-eskdale.co.uk (200 yards), www.brookhouseinn.co.uk or www.bootinn.co.uk for the three of the nearest pubs

Within an hour's drive

• Boating on Derwentwater, Coniston and Windermere
• Windermere, with its Steamboat Museum, marina, water skiing and sailing
• Horse riding and pony trekking
• Dozens of historical houses and castles open to the public
• Wordsworth's birthplace and his homes, Dove Cottage and Rydal Mount
  www.wordsworth.org.uk
• Brantwood, home to John Ruskin: www.brantwood.org.uk
• Golf courses
• Cumbria's coast with sandy beaches
• The 'Theatre by the Lakeside' at Keswick: www.theatrebythelake.com
• The Lakeland Sheep and Wool Centre:
  www.sheep-woolcentre.co.uk
• Shopping at Ambleside and Kendal
• Steamboat Gondola on Coniston
• Lake Stott Park Bobbin Mill Museum
• South Lakeland Wild Animal Park: www.wildanimalpark.co.uk

Fisherground even has it's own station for the l'aal ratty railway

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