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The station house at Torver

Torver (5 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cumbria (2.4 miles, 3.8 km, direction SW)

The lovely village of Torver is found in rich countryside beside Coniston Water in England's Lake District National Park...

Hawkshead Grammar School

Hawkshead (116 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cumbria (3.1 miles, 4.9 km, direction E)

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.....

Little Langdale

Little Langdale (41 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cumbria (3.7 miles, 5.9 km, direction N)

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

Looking down on Elterwater from Lingmoor Fell.

Elterwater (25 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cumbria (4.6 miles, 7.5 km, direction N)

Elterwater is barely 200ft above sea level, it is picturesquely set beneath the glories of the Langdale Pikes..

Hall Dunnerdale

Hall Dunnerdale (2 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cumbria (5.8 miles, 9.3 km, direction W)

Scenery does not come much finer than the scenic beauty surrounding the Valley of the River Duddon where you will find the delightful hamlet of Hall Dunnerdale...

Snowy Ambleside 27-12-10

Ambleside (844 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cumbria (6.2 miles, 10.0 km, direction NE)

Ambleside, meaning "Shieling" or summer pasture by the riverbank, lies next to the northern shore of Lake Windermere. A busy victorian town ideal as a base when visiting the Lake District..

To jump down, or not to?

Grasmere (405 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cumbria (6.4 miles, 10.3 km, direction N)

This tiny stone village is beautifully set between the tranquil waters of Grasmere Lake and the jagged heights of Helm Crag and Nab Scar..

River Ribble

Bowness on Windermere (218 Pictures)

in the county of Cumbria (6.5 miles, 10.5 km, direction E)

This is the principal resort on Lake Windermere, it is a town crammed with quaint narrow streets jammed full of summer tourists which sprawls along the shores of the lake somewhere between Waterhead and Lakeside...

Winter view of Black Combe from the lane near Broughton Mills, Cumbria.

Broughton Mills (4 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cumbria (6.7 miles, 10.7 km, direction SW)

It offers a panorama of superb views in all directions, and is certainly one of the most magnificent walking areas close to the western fringe of the Lake District National Park...

Cottages on the road to Rydal Mount

Rydal (62 Pictures)

in the county of Cumbria (6.7 miles, 10.7 km, direction NE)

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...

Bowness Bay, Lake Windermere.

Windermere (273 Pictures)

in the county of Cumbria (7.0 miles, 11.2 km, direction E)

Lake Windermere is England's largest lake, and one of it's most popular with visitors. It is 10.5 miles long and approx 1 mile wide. The water of the lake reaches a depth of.....

Absolutely wonderful!

Troutbeck (61 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cumbria (7.3 miles, 11.8 km, direction NE)

A village that is spread along an old valley road for around one and a half miles. Lots of charm and old cottages, surrounded by beautiful lakeland countryside. Beatrix Potter.....

A picture of Broughton-in-Furness

Broughton-in-Furness (1 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Cumbria (8.3 miles, 13.3 km, direction SW)

This attractive little place can boast of once being an important market town with a history stretching back to around the 15th and 16th centuries...

Eskdale ramble

Boot (7 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cumbria (8.3 miles, 13.3 km, direction W)

Boot is one of Lakeland's precious jewels, a charming stone village surrounded by towering scenery which includes two of the regions most scenic waterfalls, the Dalegarth Force and Birker Force...

Morning view from moors above Grizebeck, Cumbria.  Coniston Fells in the distance.

Grizebeck (1 Pictures)

in the county of Cumbria (8.8 miles, 14.2 km, direction SW)

This is a place that is all "Morning Glory" as the sun rises over the vast sweep of the moors, nature seems at peace with herself showing an intringent range of moorland colour and newly awaken wildlife creatures, out in search of food...

Pack horse bridge

Wasdale Head (42 Pictures)

in the county of Cumbria (9.8 miles, 15.7 km, direction NW)

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...

Looking down on Eskdale, Cumbria, on a crisp November morning.

Eskdale Green (26 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cumbria (9.9 miles, 15.9 km, direction W)

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

Stonethwaite (5 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cumbria (10.1 miles, 16.3 km, direction N)

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...

Walla Crag - Borrowdale - Lake District

Borrowdale (38 Pictures)

in the county of Cumbria (10.6 miles, 17.0 km, direction N)

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

Gentle farmland of lower Wasdale with the dramatic backdrop of the screes.

Nether Wasdale (4 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cumbria (11.5 miles, 18.6 km, direction W)

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

Recommended attractions near Coniston

Tarn Hows 5

Tarn Hows (98 Pictures)

(2.3 miles, 3.7 km, direction NE)

This exceptional magical landscape is known as Beatrix Potter Country. For it is here amongst Lakeland's magnificent tarns and.....

Hardknott Roman Fort( Lake District )19th June 2005

Hardknott Roman Fort (3 Pictures)

(5.8 miles, 9.4 km, direction NW)

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Lake Windermere, Summer 2003

Lake Windermere (148 Pictures)

(5.9 miles, 9.4 km, direction E)

This is the Lake District National Park's most dazzling resort as well as being England's largest natural lake. It is surrounded.....

A view of Langdale Pikes, Little Langdale, Cumbria from Tarn Hows.

Langdale Pikes (45 Pictures)

(6.0 miles, 9.7 km, direction N)

These famous pikes rise loftily above the village of Langdale, whilst below visitors can savour the wild and desolate beauty of.....

Windermere Boat Museum, Cumbria

Windermere Steamboat Museum (1 Pictures)

(6.3 miles, 10.2 km, direction E)

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Dove Cottage in Grasmere. The one time home of the Poet William Wordsworth

Dove Cottage (6 Pictures)

(6.4 miles, 10.2 km, direction NE)

Dove cottage in the Lake District is the former home of the poet William Wordsworth and is where he wrote much of his famous.....

The Lake District

The Lake District (1476 Pictures)

(7.0 miles, 11.2 km, direction N)

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,.....

Wast Water

Wast Water (37 Pictures)

(9.9 miles, 15.9 km, direction NW)

Wast Water is the deepest lake in England at 280 feet deep. The awesome peaks of Sca Fell and Great Gable tower over the wild,.....

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

Brothers Water (10 Pictures)

(11.3 miles, 18.2 km, direction NE)

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

The world famous Laurel & Hardy Museum in Ulverston, Cumbria. Birthplace of Stan Laurel

The Laurel & Hardy Museum (1 Pictures)

(12.0 miles, 19.3 km, direction S)

The Laurel and Hardy Museum is appropriately sited in the town of Ulverston, Stan Laurel's birthplace. He was born in 1890, the.....

A picture of The Bowder Stone

The Bowder Stone (6 Pictures)

(12.1 miles, 19.4 km, direction N)

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Muncaster Castle, Cumbria

Muncaster Castle (33 Pictures)

(12.2 miles, 19.6 km, direction W)

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Millom Castle and Holy Trinity Church, Millom, Cumbria.

Millom Castle (1 Pictures)

(13.0 miles, 20.8 km, direction SW)

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Sizergh Castle, near Kendal, Cumbria.

Sizergh Castle (28 Pictures)

(13.7 miles, 22.0 km, direction SE)

This ancient fortress has been the home of the Strickland family for more than 750 years. It began as a 60ft, four storey tower.....

Levens Hall Garden, South Lakes

Levens Hall Garden (24 Pictures)

(14.4 miles, 23.1 km, direction SE)

Levens Hall is a wonderful Elizabethan mansion, which began life as a medieval tower refuge against the Scots, it was completed.....

Haweswater from Rigging dale ridge, Lake District

Haweswater (7 Pictures)

(15.3 miles, 24.6 km, direction NE)

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Derwentwater as the daylight starts to go

Derwentwater (424 Pictures)

(15.8 miles, 25.4 km, direction N)

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

Crummock Water, Lake District, Cumbria.

Crummock Water (37 Pictures)

(15.9 miles, 25.6 km, direction NW)

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

Castlerigg Stone Circle

Castlerigg Stone Circle (41 Pictures)

(16.0 miles, 25.8 km, direction N)

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.....

Arnside Pele (fortified tower)

Arnside Tower (4 Pictures)

(16.2 miles, 26.0 km, direction SE)

The oldest building in the parish of Arnside. Arnside Tower is a ruin of a Pele tower which were fortified structures quite.....


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