Activities

On the doorstep

• Mirehouse Estate and Gardens
• Calvert Trust
• Dodd Wood walks and osprey viewing
  
• Lake District Osprey Project
• St. Bega's church near Bassenthwaite Lake

Further afield (less than 5 miles)

• Keswick (shops, theatre, cinema, pubs, restaurants etc)
• Whinlatter Forest Park
• Lyzzick Hall (fine dining)
• Armathwaite Hall (fine dining and spa)
• Theatre by the Lake
• Alhambra Cinema

A bit further (less than 10 miles)

• Honister Slate Mine (Via Ferrata)
• Rookin House (outdoor activities including horse-riding)
• Keswick Golf Club at Threlkeld
• Newlands Adventure Centre (a range of outdoor activities e.g. canyon scrambling, kayaking etc)

Day Trips

• Beatrix Potter (Sawrey)
• John Ruskin (Coniston)
• William Wordsworth (Grasmere)
• Lal Ratty Railway (Ravenglass)
• The Roman Wall (Hadrian's Cavalry exhibition through the summer of 2017)