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Recommended Towns & Villages near Kentmere

Troutbeck, Windermere, Lake District

Troutbeck (61 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cumbria (3.3 miles, 5.3 km, direction W)

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.....

Waterhead, Windermere.

Windermere (273 Pictures)

in the county of Cumbria (4.4 miles, 7.0 km, direction SW)

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.....

High Sweden Bridge 4

Ambleside (844 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cumbria (5.0 miles, 8.1 km, direction W)

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..

Storrs Hall

Bowness on Windermere (218 Pictures)

in the county of Cumbria (5.8 miles, 9.3 km, direction SW)

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...

Cottages on the road to Rydal Mount

Rydal (62 Pictures)

in the county of Cumbria (6.0 miles, 9.6 km, direction W)

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...

Hawkshead church

Hawkshead (116 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cumbria (7.7 miles, 12.4 km, direction SW)

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.....

Grasmere, Cumbria

Grasmere (405 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cumbria (7.9 miles, 12.7 km, direction W)

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

The Howgills

Kendal (31 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Cumbria (8.0 miles, 12.8 km, direction SE)

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...

Elterwater

Elterwater (25 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cumbria (8.2 miles, 13.1 km, direction W)

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

Call Box in Patterdale, Lake District, County Cumbria, England

Patterdale (16 Pictures)

in the county of Cumbria (8.2 miles, 13.2 km, direction NW)

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

Blea Tarn, Little Langdale, Cumbria

Little Langdale (41 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cumbria (9.0 miles, 14.4 km, direction W)

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

Glenridding, Ullswater. Canon Powershot A710is

Glenridding (67 Pictures)

in the county of Cumbria (9.1 miles, 14.7 km, direction NW)

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

Hause Farm B&B, Hallin Fell, Martindale, Cumbria

Martindale (2 Pictures)

in the county of Cumbria (9.6 miles, 15.5 km, direction N)

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Ullswater looking north from near Glencoyne.

Ullswater (364 Pictures)

in the county of Cumbria (9.9 miles, 15.9 km, direction N)

Ullswater is considered by many to be the lake districts most beautiful lake. It is 7.5 miles of pure beauty, and as you approach it from any direction you will see why. Ullswater.....

Interesting fence, Cumbria

Coniston (238 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cumbria (10.6 miles, 17.0 km, direction SW)

There is a timelessness about this pretty village which is set beneath the awesome splendour of "The Old Man of Coniston" towering some 2,500ft above...

Kelly Hall Tarn, Torver

Torver (5 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cumbria (12.5 miles, 20.1 km, direction SW)

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

Gates leading to Meaburn Hall, Maulds Meaburn, Cumbria

Maulds Meaburn (1 Pictures)

in the county of Cumbria (12.8 miles, 20.6 km, direction NE)

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

The path at the end of Stonethwaite Campsite, used by a lot of walkers

Stonethwaite (5 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cumbria (13.4 miles, 21.6 km, direction NW)

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...

So calm

Watendlath (28 Pictures)

in the county of Cumbria (13.6 miles, 21.9 km, direction NW)

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 (14.0 miles, 22.6 km, direction NW)

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

Recommended attractions near Kentmere

Windermere Boat Museum, Cumbria

Windermere Steamboat Museum (1 Pictures)

(5.4 miles, 8.7 km, direction SW)

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

Brothers Water (10 Pictures)

(6.3 miles, 10.2 km, direction NW)

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

Haweswater from Rigging dale ridge, Lake District

Haweswater (7 Pictures)

(6.4 miles, 10.2 km, direction N)

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Lake Windermere, Summer 2003

Lake Windermere (148 Pictures)

(6.5 miles, 10.5 km, direction SW)

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

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

Dove Cottage (6 Pictures)

(7.4 miles, 11.9 km, direction W)

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

Tarn Hows 5

Tarn Hows (98 Pictures)

(8.4 miles, 13.5 km, direction W)

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

Shap Abbey, near the village of Shap in Cumbria, taken in 1963

Shap Abbey (1 Pictures)

(8.8 miles, 14.2 km, direction NE)

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The Lake District

The Lake District (1476 Pictures)

(10.2 miles, 16.5 km, direction W)

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,.....

Sizergh Castle, near Kendal, Cumbria.

Sizergh Castle (28 Pictures)

(10.4 miles, 16.8 km, direction S)

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

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

Langdale Pikes (45 Pictures)

(11.2 miles, 18.1 km, direction W)

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

Levens Hall Garden, South Lakes

Levens Hall Garden (24 Pictures)

(12.2 miles, 19.6 km, direction S)

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

Lowther Castle with Norman Lowther from Manassas, VA - a direct descendant of Sir Richard Lowther.

Lowther Castle (17 Pictures)

(12.9 miles, 20.7 km, direction N)

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Dalemain House & Gardens, Penrith, Cumbria

Dalemain House & Gardens (19 Pictures)

(14.4 miles, 23.1 km, direction N)

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A picture of The Bowder Stone

The Bowder Stone (6 Pictures)

(14.8 miles, 23.8 km, direction NW)

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A picture of Threlkeld Quarry and Mining Museum

Threlkeld Quarry and Mining Museum (2 Pictures)

(15.1 miles, 24.3 km, direction NW)

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Hardknott Roman Fort( Lake District )19th June 2005

Hardknott Roman Fort (3 Pictures)

(15.1 miles, 24.4 km, direction W)

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Castlerigg Stone Circle

Castlerigg Stone Circle (41 Pictures)

(15.7 miles, 25.3 km, direction NW)

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.....

Penrith Castle in Penrith, Lake District at daybreak

Penrith Castle (13 Pictures)

(15.9 miles, 25.5 km, direction N)

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Brougham Castle, Penrith, Cumbria

Brougham Castle (12 Pictures)

(16.0 miles, 25.8 km, direction N)

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Hutton Roof, Nr Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria Jan 2006

Hutton Roof Crags (1 Pictures)

(16.5 miles, 26.6 km, direction S)

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