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Recommended Towns & Villages near Lakeside

River through Cartmel

Cartmel (24 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cumbria (5.5 miles, 8.9 km, direction S)

Cartmel's village square is surrounded by old shops, pubs and a 14th century gatehouse owned by the National Trust...

Bowness Bay, Lake Windermere.

Bowness on Windermere (218 Pictures)

in the county of Cumbria (5.9 miles, 9.6 km, direction N)

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...

Grange-over-Sands from Arnside Knott

Grange-over-Sands (12 Pictures)

a Seaside Town in the county of Cumbria (6.4 miles, 10.2 km, direction S)

The town is backed by beautiful woodland and overlooks the vast expanse of Morecombe Bay...

Allithwaite, Cumbria. Holme Lane looking towards Boarbank

Allithwaite (16 Pictures)

in the county of Cumbria (6.8 miles, 10.9 km, direction S)

Allithwaite is a small village situated a couple of miles inland from the favoured resort of Grange-over-Sands. It is also within easy reach of Cartmel with its racecourse and old priory...

Hawkshead church

Hawkshead (116 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cumbria (6.8 miles, 11.0 km, direction N)

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.....

Pine trees near Torver, Cumbria.

Torver (5 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cumbria (7.2 miles, 11.5 km, direction NW)

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

Arnside sunset

Arnside (30 Pictures)

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

This pretty village has all the ingredients of an old style fishing village with a delightful mix-match of charming properties rising up from a beach of firm golden sand littered with colourful sailing boats...

Sunset behind the Langdales.

Windermere (273 Pictures)

in the county of Cumbria (7.5 miles, 12.0 km, direction N)

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.....

Market St in Ulverston, Cumbria

Ulverston (38 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Cumbria (7.9 miles, 12.7 km, direction SW)

Old town and port with cobbled streets and a pretty market square. It is surrounded by the Furness fells, Coniston Water, Lake Windemere, and the spectacular Cumbrian Mountains. .....

View of Coniston from Brantwood

Coniston (238 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cumbria (7.9 miles, 12.8 km, direction NW)

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...

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

Grizebeck (1 Pictures)

in the county of Cumbria (8.7 miles, 14.0 km, direction W)

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...

The viaduct at Beckfoot

Kendal (31 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Cumbria (9.2 miles, 14.9 km, direction E)

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...

A picture of Silverdale

Silverdale (28 Pictures)

a Seaside Town in the county of Lancashire (9.4 miles, 15.1 km, direction SE)

The village of Silverdale once sat on the River Kent, but in the 1920's the river changed its course to reach the sea further westward. The deep-water channel of the Kent is now.....

Troutbeck, Windermere, Lake District

Troutbeck (61 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cumbria (9.7 miles, 15.6 km, direction N)

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 Mills

Broughton Mills (4 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cumbria (9.8 miles, 15.8 km, direction W)

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...

A picture of Broughton-in-Furness

Broughton-in-Furness (1 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Cumbria (10.1 miles, 16.2 km, direction W)

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...

Under Loughrigg Ambleside

Ambleside (844 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cumbria (10.4 miles, 16.8 km, direction N)

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..

Little Langdale

Little Langdale (41 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cumbria (10.7 miles, 17.3 km, direction N)

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

Langdale Pikes

Elterwater (25 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cumbria (11.2 miles, 18.0 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 (11.4 miles, 18.3 km, direction NW)

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...

Recommended attractions near Lakeside

Lake Windermere, Summer 2003

Lake Windermere (148 Pictures)

(5.4 miles, 8.7 km, direction N)

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

Windermere Boat Museum, Cumbria

Windermere Steamboat Museum (1 Pictures)

(6.5 miles, 10.5 km, direction N)

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Levens Hall Garden, South Lakes

Levens Hall Garden (24 Pictures)

(7.5 miles, 12.0 km, direction E)

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

Sizergh Castle, near Kendal, Cumbria.

Sizergh Castle (28 Pictures)

(7.5 miles, 12.1 km, direction E)

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

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

The Laurel & Hardy Museum (1 Pictures)

(8.0 miles, 12.8 km, direction SW)

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

Arnside Pele (fortified tower)

Arnside Tower (4 Pictures)

(8.2 miles, 13.2 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.....

Tarn Hows 5

Tarn Hows (98 Pictures)

(8.4 miles, 13.5 km, direction N)

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

Hutton Roof, Nr Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria Jan 2006

Hutton Roof Crags (1 Pictures)

(11.5 miles, 18.4 km, direction SE)

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Warton Rectory, Lancashire

Warton Old Rectory (2 Pictures)

(12.3 miles, 19.7 km, direction SE)

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

Dove Cottage (6 Pictures)

(12.4 miles, 20.0 km, direction N)

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

Hardknott Roman Fort( Lake District )19th June 2005

Hardknott Roman Fort (3 Pictures)

(13.4 miles, 21.5 km, direction NW)

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Millom Castle and Holy Trinity Church, Millom, Cumbria.

Millom Castle (1 Pictures)

(13.4 miles, 21.6 km, direction W)

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

Langdale Pikes (45 Pictures)

(13.7 miles, 22.0 km, direction NW)

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

The ruins of Furness Abbey, near Barrow in Furness.

Furness Abbey (13 Pictures)

(14.0 miles, 22.6 km, direction SW)

St Mary of Furness was founded in 1123 by Stephen, later King of England...

The Lake District

The Lake District (1476 Pictures)

(14.2 miles, 22.9 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,.....

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

Brothers Water (10 Pictures)

(15.8 miles, 25.5 km, direction N)

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

Lancaster Castle, Lancaster, Lancashire.

Lancaster Castle (21 Pictures)

(17.0 miles, 27.3 km, direction S)

Dominating the skyline of the town, Lancaster Castle is of the best-preserved castles in England. This Castle is still used as a.....

Piel Castle was built because of the Scottish raids in 1322

Piel Castle (3 Pictures)

(17.2 miles, 27.7 km, direction SW)

The last foreign invasion of England took place in 1486 when Irish and Flemish supporters of Lambert Simnel landed at Piel in a.....

Lancaster Cathedral at sunset 2005

Lancaster Cathedral (5 Pictures)

(17.4 miles, 27.9 km, direction S)

This may not be as old as other English cathedral churches, but with its soaring spire reaching to a height of 240 feet and a.....

Wast Water

Wast Water (37 Pictures)

(17.5 miles, 28.1 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,.....


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