Towns in Cumbria

Hawkshead, Cumbria

The pretty village of Hawkshead is full of old-world picturesque charm throughout its traffic-free streets where one can roam freely to investigate all it has to offer in the way.....

Kendal, Cumbria

Sometimes referred to 'the auld grey town' because it was built mainly of grey stone, Kendal is a large Market town in the east of Cumbria...

Keswick, Cumbria

Keswick is a pretty Market Town that nestles between the spectacular Skiddaw Mountains and the northern end of the serene Derwentwater Lake within the Lake District National Park.....

Levens, Cumbria

This pretty Cumbrian village has a history stretching back to the time of the Doomsday Book in which it was listed as Lefuenes...

Little Langdale, Cumbria

Little Langdale is a delightful hamlet in a hauntingly beautiful area lying above the Furness Fells...

Low Lorton, Cumbria

Low Lorton is one of two villages known as The Lortons, both lie the beautiful Vale of Lorton close to the River Cocker amid truly spectacular lake-land scenery...

Loweswater, Cumbria

Loweswater is centred in a landscape of grandeur, it is surrounded by Mellbreak Fell, Carling Knott Fell and Burnbank Fell, all excellent climbing and walking country giving views of a mountainous landscape reflected in sun-kissed pewter waters...

Martindale, Cumbria

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Maryport, Cumbria

Today, first and foremost Maryport is a splendid resort town on the beautiful Solway coast, it is steeped in the maritime history of two thousand years of sea...

Maulds Meaburn, Cumbria

Hunter Davies (famous author, journalist and broadcaster) described the village as "... one of the most beautiful villages in the country"...

Millom, Cumbria

The town of Millom developed close to the banks of the estuary of the River Duddon. It nestles in the shadow of the Black Combe, beyond which lies the majestic scenery of the.....

Nenthead, Cumbria

Nestling beside the sparkling River Nent, Nenthead lies on Alston Moor, in a lonely remote North Pennine Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, between the pleasant market town of Alston and the Killhope lead mining museum...

Nether Wasdale, Cumbria

Nether Wasdale lies opposite Wasdale Head at the western fringe of Wast Water...

Patterdale, Cumbria

The village of Patterdale is a well known vantage point at the head of Ulleswater, close to Brotherswater...

Penrith, Cumbria

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Ravenglass, Cumbria

Special for being the only coastal village within the Lake District National Park, Ravenglass lies where three important rivers converge into the sea...

Rosthwaite, Cumbria

Small as Rosthwaite may be, it has magic and serenity coupled with some of the most unforgettable sights in the Lake District National Park..

Rydal, Cumbria

Rydal in the lake district will be forever associated with the poet William Wordsworth who lived here and whose works reflect the beautiful landscape that so vividly captured his imagination almost from the moment he was born...

Seathwaite, Cumbria

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Silecroft, Cumbria

This little village is set along the glorious Whicham Beck against a back-drop of dramatic scenery encompassing fells and the Black Combe...