SAWMILL COTTAGE: THE SURROUNDING AREA

 

Golf

Golf Courses in Cumbria provides a list of courses. Within a few miles of the cottage are:

• Eskdale Golf Club (5 mins drive from Waberthwaite)
• Cockermouth Golf Club (45 minutes from Waberthwaite)
• St Bees Golf Course (30 minutes from Waberthwaite)
• Seascale Golf Course (15 minutes fromWaberthwaite)
• Windermere Golf Course (1 hour from Waberthwaite)
• Workington Golf Course (40 minutes from Waberthwaite)
• Silloth Golf Course (an hour from Waberthwaite)

 

Nearby

• Scafell Pike - England's highest mountain
• Hundreds of riverside, valley and mountain walks and climbs right from the door
• Ravenglass & Eskdale Miniature Railway: www.ravenglass-railway.co.uk
• Muncaster Castle, with its azaleas, rhododendrons and Owl Sanctuary:
  www.muncaster.co.uk & www.owls.org
• Hardknott Roman Fort & Ravenglass Roman Bath House
• Ravenglass fishing village
• Fishing on river or stocked pool
• BNFL Visitor’s Centre: www.sellafield.com
• Florence Mine - Egremont: www.florencemine.co.uk
• Wasdale Head with Wastwater & Scafell Pike: www.gosforthandwasdale.info
• Roman Bath House – Ravenglass: www.visitcumbria.com/wc/rbath.htm
• Murthwaite Green Trekking Centre - www.murthwaitegreen.co.uk
• The Brown Cow pub in Waberthwaite and the Ratty Arms pub in Ravenglass

  

  Within one hour's drive are most of the Lake District's attractions, including:
  

  • Boating on Derwentwater, Coniston and Windermere
  • Carlisle Castle: www.historic-carlisle.org.uk
  • Holker Hall: www.holker-hall.co.uk
  • Furness Abbey: www.explorelowfurness.co.uk/furnessabbey.htm
  • Dove Cottage – Grasmere: www.wordsworth.org.uk
  • Cumbria Crystal: www.cumbriacrystal.com
  • Windermere Steamboat Museum: www.steamboat.co.uk
  • The World of Beatrix Potter: www.hop-skip-jump.com
  • Lakeland Motor Museum: lakelandmotormuseum.co.uk
  • Stan Laurel Museum – Ulverston: www.laurel-and-hardy-museum.co.uk
  • Windermere, with its Steamboat Museum, marina, water skiing and sailing
  • Horse riding and pony trekking
  • Dozens of historical houses and castles open to the public
  • Wordsworth's birthplace and his homes, Dove Cottage and Rydal Mount
    www.wordsworth.org.uk
  • Brantwood, home to John Ruskin: www.brantwood.org.uk
  • Golf courses
  • Cumbria's coast with sandy beaches
  • The 'Theatre by the Lakeside' at Keswick: www.theatrebythelake.com
  • The Lakeland Sheep and Wool Centre:
    www.sheep-woolcentre.co.uk
  • Shopping at Ambleside and Kendal
  • Steamboat Gondola on Coniston
  • Lake Stott Park Bobbin Mill Museum
  • South Lakeland Wild Animal Park: www.wildanimalpark.co.uk

  
  
  
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