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Maryport Harbour

Maryport (12 Pictures)

a Seaside Town in the county of Cumbria (5.0 miles, 8.1 km, direction SW)

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...

Silloth, Cumbria

Silloth (13 Pictures)

a Seaside Town in the county of Cumbria (6.6 miles, 10.6 km, direction N)

Silloth lies at one of the widest points along the estuary, it was established as a harbour for coastal shipping during the 19th-century...

The Herdwick Tup, COCKERMOUTH, The Lake District, Cumbria 2005.

Cockermouth (4 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Cumbria (8.5 miles, 13.7 km, direction S)

Cockermouth is ideally placed to be used as a centre for touring the Lake District National Park. It has a High Street seemingly unaltered, and is ringed by some of the finest scenery in England...

River Derwent, WORKINGTON, Cumbria `With The Lakeland Fells In Background'

Workington (7 Pictures)

in the county of Cumbria (10.3 miles, 16.6 km, direction SW)

Ancient market town of quintessential English charm, where you could easily swap the modern day cars parked in gracious tree-lined avenues for the horse and carriage of Victorian times...

Bassenthwaite Autumn Sunset.

Bassenthwaite (39 Pictures)

in the county of Cumbria (11.7 miles, 18.8 km, direction SE)

This is the most northerly of all the lakes, it resembles beaten silver nestling between the sun dappled heights of soaring fells and mountains. Almost at its shores are Barf,.....

Loweswater

Loweswater (17 Pictures)

in the county of Cumbria (14.3 miles, 23.0 km, direction S)

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...

The pretty village of Caldbeck in Cumbria.  Taken Nov 05 using Canon Powershot S50

Caldbeck (8 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cumbria (15.1 miles, 24.2 km, direction E)

An old brewery stands beside the Caldbeck - a tribute to the cold clear waters which gave the village its name. Caldbeck, which means 'cold stream' in Old Norse, grew up where.....

Tallships in Whitehaven, Cumbria

Whitehaven (79 Pictures)

a Seaside Town in the county of Cumbria (16.9 miles, 27.2 km, direction SW)

This attractive, historic Cumbrian resort owes much to the ingenuity of the Lowther family, who developed Whitehaven as a port for shipping and the export of Cumbrian coal...

View from Derwentwater, Keswick

Keswick (465 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Cumbria (17.3 miles, 27.8 km, direction SE)

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.....

Buttermere Panorama 2

Buttermere (102 Pictures)

in the county of Cumbria (17.4 miles, 28.0 km, direction S)

Even when swirling mist rolls in over the stark fells surrounding Buttermere, the little hamlet remains serene in its simplicity and beauty...

From Castlerigg Farm Campsite, looking towards Cat Bells. Lake District

Castlerigg (10 Pictures)

in the county of Cumbria (18.3 miles, 29.5 km, direction SE)

Castlerigg is a favoured destination for tourists, it is easily accessible from the market town of Keswick and is within easy reach of the snaking waters of the pretty River Greta, picturesque becks and fells...

A picture of Threlkeld Quarry and Mining Museum

Threlkeld (12 Pictures)

in the county of Cumbria (18.5 miles, 29.8 km, direction SE)

This is a magical area of sparking lakes, tumbling waterfalls, high peaks and vast moorland regions...

Tea room at Grange in Borrowdale, Cumbria

Grange in Borrowdale (15 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cumbria (19.4 miles, 31.2 km, direction SE)

A picturesque village in the Borrowdale valley, one of the most beautiful valleys in England...

St Bees Head

St Bees (26 Pictures)

a Seaside Town in the county of Cumbria (20.6 miles, 33.2 km, direction S)

St.Bees, the most westerly coastal village on the wild cumbrian coast, is a vision of loveliness...

A picture of Watendlath

Watendlath (28 Pictures)

in the county of Cumbria (20.7 miles, 33.3 km, direction SE)

A place of great beauty, Watendlath's dramatic landscape inspired writer Sir Hugh Walpole to choose it as the setting for his Rogue Herries series...

Castle Crag, Borrowdale, Cumbria

Borrowdale (38 Pictures)

in the county of Cumbria (21.2 miles, 34.1 km, direction SE)

There is little doubt that Borrowdale possess some of the most unforgettable of all in the vast landscape of The Lake District National Park...

ST MICHAELS CHURCH, CARLISLE, CUMBRIA

Carlisle (33 Pictures)

in the county of Cumbria (21.4 miles, 34.4 km, direction E)

For over 1700 years this town occupied an important position on the Scottish-English border, few town's have experienced such turbulent times, but strangely Carlisle has little.....

Heron Crag in the Langstrath Valley  near Smithymire Island and Stonethwaite Borrowdale

Stonethwaite (5 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cumbria (21.8 miles, 35.0 km, direction SE)

Tucked away in a quiet part of Borrowdale where streams tumble down crags amongst a patchwork of old pack-horse trails, scenery does not come more beautiful than that which surrounds this peaceful hamlet in the Langstrath Valley...

Lingmell

Wasdale Head (42 Pictures)

in the county of Cumbria (22.5 miles, 36.2 km, direction S)

Vast, lonely landscape of towering fells, jewel like streams and tarns situated at the head of the Wasdale Valley with the mighty Scafell Pike, England's highest mountain and Great Gable forming an almost uniformity range of mountains in the distance...

Glenridding, Cumbria

Glenridding (67 Pictures)

in the county of Cumbria (25.1 miles, 40.4 km, direction SE)

Glenridding lies in a beautiful area on the south-west side of Ullswater...

Recommended attractions near Allonby

Holme Cultram Abbey, Abbey Town, Near Silloth, Cumbria

Holme Cultram Abbey (6 Pictures)

(7.5 miles, 12.1 km, direction NE)

This was a Cistercian foundation of the 12th century of which the nave is now the parish Church of St.Mary, and although the.....

General view showing Cockermouth Castle and Jennings Brewery, Cumbria

Cockermouth Castle (1 Pictures)

(8.2 miles, 13.2 km, direction S)

These wonderful ruins of a by-gone age can be discovered in the charming inland resort of Cockermouth, amongst Lakeland's.....

A picture of Whinlatter Forest Park

Whinlatter Forest Park (7 Pictures)

(14.8 miles, 23.8 km, direction SE)

If you happen to visit Keswick in Cumbria do not miss out on Whinlatter Forest Park, for this superb gift of nature is a real.....

Crummock Water, Lake District, Cumbria.

Crummock Water (37 Pictures)

(16.0 miles, 25.8 km, direction S)

The romantic setting between high fells gives Crummock Water its character. It is somewhat overshadowed by other better known.....

Derwentwater as the daylight starts to go

Derwentwater (424 Pictures)

(17.1 miles, 27.6 km, direction SE)

Derwentwater is one of 16 Lakes set within the Lake District National Park in Cumbria. It is one of the most northerly of the.....

Castlerigg Stone Circle

Castlerigg Stone Circle (41 Pictures)

(18.1 miles, 29.1 km, direction SE)

The best time to view Castlerigg Stone Circle is that eyrie time when night is just giving way to dawn. It is then, with a.....

A picture of Threlkeld Quarry and Mining Museum

Threlkeld Quarry and Mining Museum (2 Pictures)

(19.1 miles, 30.8 km, direction SE)

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A picture of The Bowder Stone

The Bowder Stone (6 Pictures)

(19.9 miles, 32.0 km, direction SE)

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St Bees Head in Cumbria

St Bees Head (7 Pictures)

(20.6 miles, 33.1 km, direction S)

These are the only cliffs on the coast of Cumbria, and it here visitors can catch a glimpse of the sheer drama of sea-birds, for.....

Looking back toward to inner entrance of Carslisle Castle

Carlisle Castle (9 Pictures)

(21.1 miles, 34.0 km, direction E)

Set in the scenic surroundings on the northern outskirts of Carlisle, the castle built by William Rufus in the late 11th century.....

Carlisle Cathedral, Carlisle, Cumbria.

Carlisle Cathedral (17 Pictures)

(21.3 miles, 34.2 km, direction E)

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Threave Castle, Castle Douglas, Dumfries & Galloway

Threave Castle (1 Pictures)

(24.3 miles, 39.2 km, direction NW)

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The Lake District

The Lake District (1476 Pictures)

(25.4 miles, 40.9 km, direction SE)

I first saw the Lake District many years ago, when for eight out of my eleven day sojourn, it rained, and rained! None-the-less,.....

Brothers Water from Kirkstone Pass, English Lakes. September 2006. Cannon Powershot 400

Brothers Water (10 Pictures)

(27.6 miles, 44.4 km, direction SE)

Dorothy Wordsworth (c.1771-1855, diarist, poet, sister of William ) referred to it as "..the glittering lively lake..". The.....


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