Are you someone who doesn’t want to conform …… someone who doesn’t want to follow the crowd? We have some ideas of
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1. Ees Wyke Country House, Near Sawrey Ees Wyke Country House is located In the heart of the picturesque Beatrix Potter country
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The atmospheric ruins of Shap Abbey, including a substantial tower, lie in a secluded hollow beside the River Lowther on the National
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The little-visited valley of Longsleddale lies to the north of Kendal. From Garnett Bridge, near the A6, as you follow the River
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Wet Sleddale is one of several quiet valleys cutting into the eastern Lake District fells. Easily reached from the A6 south of
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Mardale is one of the better-known valleys of the far eastern Lake District – largely on account of its history. In the
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Off the beaten track, secluded, remote… Swindale is all of these things. There are a handful of cottages and farmhouses here, but
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Beyond Howtown on the southern shores of Ullswater, a steep, switchback road leads into the hidden valley of Martindale. Park at 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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The Ullswater Way is a 20-mile, waymarked walking route that completes a full circuit of England’s second largest natural lake. It takes
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