They say good things come in small packages and that’s very true of Arnside. This former fishing village, bounded to the north
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There are two atmospheric nature reserves on Walney, one at either end of the nine mile-long island. Cumbria Wildlife Trust’s South Walney
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A half-mile stretch of the Hadrian’s Wall Path leads from the edge of Gilsland village to the farm at Willowford and down
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Boasting a long and proud history, Carlisle is located in Cumbria’s far north, just a few miles from the Scottish border. It
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Birdoswald, about a half-hour drive east from Carlisle, has one of the best preserved forts along Hadrian’s Wall. Apart from in one
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The southern end of Ambleside is known as Waterhead. Here, at the northern tip of Windermere, are a few hotels and restaurants
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Home to a pub and a café-cum-gallery, Uldale is located on the flanks of the Lake District’s Northern Fells. About five miles
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There’s nowhere else quite like Troutbeck in the Lake District. While other settlements cluster together in valley bottoms, this idyllic village is
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Townend is a seventeenth-century farmhouse located on the edge of beautiful Troutbeck village. It was built for a wealthy yeoman farmer called
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On arrival in Threlkeld, there’s one thing you can’t fail to notice – and that’s the imposing mountain that rears up behind
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