Located on Station Road on the north side of the River Greta, Keswick Museum and Art Gallery includes a fascinating, often weird
Read More »One stormy day in Borrowdale in the sixteenth century, the river came flooding down the valley, trees were uprooted and the messy
Read More »Overlooking the choppy waters of the Solway Firth, Senhouse Roman Museum contains artefacts unearthed from the adjoining Roman fort of Alauna. The
Read More »The Beacon Museum tells the story of Whitehaven in a lively, engaging way. As well as being able to view historic artefacts,
Read More »The history of the rum trade is told in this museum housed in the eighteenth-century cellars, offices and bonded warehouse of the
Read More »The Armitt museum, gallery and reference library was established in Ambleside in 1912 to “foster an exchange of ideas in the local
Read More »The Lakeland Motor Museum is a great big barn of the place, filled to the rafters with items telling the story of
Read More »The children’s writer Beatrix Potter purchased Hill Top in Near Sawrey in 1905, the first of many farms that she bought in
Read More »Telling the story of England’s largest lake, the Windermere Jetty is also known as the ‘Museum of Boats, Steam and Stories’. Opened
Read More »Style and simple elegance are the watchwords at Blackwell, the Arts and Crafts house, about a mile south of Bowness-on-Windermere. Couple this
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