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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Located beside Maryport harbour, the Lake District Coast Aquarium is home to more than 2000 creatures. The display tanks hold local freshwater
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Overlooking the choppy waters of the Solway Firth, Senhouse Roman Museum contains artefacts unearthed from the adjoining Roman fort of Alauna. The
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The Beacon Museum tells the story of Whitehaven in a lively, engaging way. As well as being able to view historic artefacts,
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The history of the rum trade is told in this museum housed in the eighteenth-century cellars, offices and bonded warehouse of the
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To the south and west, Cumbria is bordered by the sea – a fact that many visitors overlook in their desire to
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Its attractive harbour area and elegant Georgian townhouses are reminders of Whitehaven’s transition from simple fishing village to England’s third largest port.
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Along a fairly flat coastline – fairly flat all the way from north Wales to southern Scotland, in fact – St Bees
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Once little more than a fishing village, Maryport’s heyday began towards the end of the eighteenth century when the local coal and
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A few miles inland from Maryport is the sedate town of Cockermouth. It’s probably best known among visitors as being the birthplace
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