The steep but short walk up Hoad Hill to Hoad Monument or Sir John Barrow Monument will provide impressive 360-degree panoramic views
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Situated on the Western banks of Lake Windermere, nestled in amongst the woodland, is Claife Viewing Station. This 18-century building has never
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“I do not know in all my own country, still less in France or Italy, a place more naturally divine…” said the
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The moody, low moorland above Pooley Bridge at the northern end of Ullswater looks, at first glance, like an empty, featureless place,
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Is Ashness Bridge the most photographed place in the Lake District? If not, it must come a close second or third. This
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Close to the oak-fringed banks of the River Derwent in Borrowdale lies an enormous chunk of rock, balancing at an improbable angle
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Dating back 5000 years, to the late Neolithic period, Castlerigg is not just one of the oldest stone circles in Britain, it’s
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The remains of the Roman fort at Hardknott occupy a grassy spur overlooking beautiful Eskdale. The structure, marked on some maps as
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When medieval wizard Michael Scott stumbled across a gathering of witches close to the foot of the bleak Pennine hills, he immediately turned
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