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Great Heritage 2020 Castles, Historic Houses, Gardens & Cultural Attractions FAMILY DAYS OUT • ALL WEATHER ATTRACTIONS • WHAT’S ON LAKE DISTRICT & CUMBRIA GREAT HERITAGE 2020 CASTLES, HISTORIC HOUSES, GARDENS & CULTURAL ATTRACTIONS www.cumbriaslivingheritage.co.uk Welcome to Cumbria’s Living Heritage Cumbria’s Living Heritage brings you an exclusive collection of over 30 unique attractions and cultural destinations in and around the Lake District. This year we are celebrating three significant anniversaries - William Wordsworth’s 250th anniversary, the 125th anniversary of the National Trust and the centenary of the death of its founder, Canon Hardwicke Rawnsley. Join us to celebrate their lives and achievements and enjoy the landscapes they loved and protected. We have a full programme of events throughout the year, here is just a selection. FEBRUARY /MARCH DECEMBER 28 Feb - 1 Mar Askham Hall: Classical Music Festival 26 Lakeland Motor Museum: Classic Drive & Ride 14 & 15 Dalemain: Marmalade Awards & Festival REGULAR GARDEN TOURS 27 Birdoswald Roman Fort, Walking the Roman Mile Brantwood 2.15pm Wed, Fri & Sun Apr-Oct APRIL / EASTER Holehird Gardens 11am Wednesday May-Sept 4 Lakeland Motor Museum: Drive It Day Levens Hall Gardens 2pm Tuesday Apr-Oct 10-13 Steam Yacht Gondola: Evening Cruises SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS 18 Celebrate World Heritage Day at Allan Bank Until - 19 Apr Blackwell: The Arts & Crafts of Politics with Wordsworth Grasmere and Keswick Museum 1 Feb - Dec Keswick Museum: The Stories of Keswick MAY 15 Feb - 1 Nov Beatrix Potter Gallery: ‘Friendship 2 & 3 Holker Hall: Spring Fair by Post’ 2 & 3 Swarthmoor Hall: Printfest Collection Exhibit 17 Feb - Nov Swarthmoor Hall: The Quaker Story 8 - 10 Muncaster: Victorious Food Fest 14 Mar - 8 Nov Wordsworth House and Garden: 10 Hutton-in-the-Forest: Plant and Food Fair The Child is Father of the Man 17 Holehird Gardens: Open Day/Meet the Gardeners 21 Mar – 1 Nov Sizergh Castle: One Place, One Family, 800 Years 24 Hutton-in-the-Forest: Classic Cars in the Park 20 Mar - Dec Brantwood: The Treasury. The John JUNE Summer Fairs Ruskin Mineral Collection Dalemain: Plant Fair / Askham Hall: Fete 14 21 Mar - Dec Windermere Jetty: Swallows and Amazons SEPTEMBER Mar - Nov Townend: William Longmire Holker Hall: Chilli Fest 5 & 6 Mar - Nov The Armitt Museum: Canon Hardwicke OCTOBER Rawnsley; Beatrix Potter & Kurt Schwitters. 1 Wordsworth Grasmere: Poetry Day Party Apr - May Brockhole: The art of Holehird Gardens 27 - 1 Nov Muncaster: Halloween Festival SPECIAL EVENTS Dates throughout 2020 NOVEMBER Winlatter: Wild Women. Traditional living skills. 7 & 8 Holker Hall: Winter Market Grizedale: Fell Pony Treks amongst the sculptures 14 & 15 Brantwood: Winter Craft Market Keswick Museum: ‘What’s in Store’ Tours, & 12 & 14 Rydal Mount: Inward Eye Film Festival and First Thursday Free lunchtime talks Writers Workshop Grizedale and Whinlatter: Gruffalo Spotters trail Free Parking Assistance dogs only Facilities for wheelchair users and those with limited Tea room Dogs on leads welcome mobility Gift shop Children’s playground Facilities for those with visual impairments Plant sales Family events Facilities for those with Group visits auditory impairments 2 Armitt Museum and Library Rydal Road, Ambleside, LA22 9BL Tel: 015394 31212 www.armitt.com Map Ref 3 Today the Armitt presents a permanent exhibition devoted to OPENING TIMES its greatest benefactor, Beatrix 1 Apr – 31 Oct, Tues – Sat Potter. ‘Image and Reality’ reaches 10am – 5pm beyond the popular image to her 1 Nov – 31 Mar, Tues – Sat extraordinary life and achievements. 10.30am – 4.30pm Kurt Schwitters, the German modernist, lived and worked in DIRECTIONS Ambleside. One of the most influential Situated at the northern end artists of the twentieth-century, of Ambleside, just our collection of his work is of past the mini roundabout at international importance. the bottom of the Kirkstone Pass Road. At the heart of the Armitt is its antiquarian and local history library, There are pay and display which also hosts other important car parks opposite and Founded by poets, artists and writers, the collections including that of the Fell adjacent on the University Armitt is a unique combination of museum, and Rock Climbing Club and the of Cumbria Ambleside library and gallery devoted to preserving Cumberland and Westmorland Dialect Campus. and sharing the cultural heritage of the Society. The Armitt is truly one of the Reg. Charity 526975 Lake District. rarest treasures of the Lakes. Askham Hall Askham, Penrith, CA10 2PF Tel: 01931 712350 www.askhamhall.co.uk Map Ref 4 Askham Hall is a rare Grade I listed Pele Tower and a multi award- OPENING TIMES winning Lake District hideaway. Gardens and Café: every day (except Sat) 10am – 5pm from 14 Feb - 8 Nov; then We can offer an intimate, luxurious closed until March 2021. place to relax and stay with 19 During the winter you can individually designed bedrooms, a visit our nearby sister pub restaurant, party spaces, beautiful the Queen’s Head Askham for gardens and a nearby Health Barn. all day food, cake and coffee. Restaurant and accommodation available We grow and rear much of our own Tue – Sat for dinner and produce in our gardens and fields at overnight stays. Askham Hall and on our family estate Groups can stay any day. – the Lowther Estate in Cumbria. Enjoy the stunning views of the River DIRECTIONS Lowther and surrounding area. Situated in a quiet and picturesque village within easy access (about ten The grade II listed gardens are minutes drive) from Penrith open to the public and full of and junction 40 of the M6. stunning features; visitors can also Sister establishment of the Queen’s Head enjoy something delicious in the Askham and the George and Dragon Clifton atmospheric Kitchen Garden Café. 3 Blackwell, The Arts & Crafts House Bowness-on-Windermere, LA23 3JT Tel: 015394 46139 www.blackwell.org.uk Map Ref 7 Fall in love with the most beautiful house in the Lake District. OPENING TIMES Designed by architect Mackay Hugh Open daily. Mar – Oct: House Baillie Scott, this Grade I listed and Shop 10:30am – 5pm, historic house is a masterpiece of Tea Room 10am – 5pm. twentieth century craftsmanship. Nov – Feb: House and Shop Discover original decorative features, 10:30am – 4pm, Tea Room furniture and objects by leading Arts 10am-4pm. & Crafts designers. Blackwell invites Closed 25 and 26 Dec. you to enjoy the tranquillity of the See website for Jan closed beautiful house with its impressive dates. views over the lake, learn about its history as a family home and school, DIRECTIONS and enjoy special talks and events Just off the A5074 (Lyth throughout the year. Valley Road) on the B5360. Leave time to treat yourself to homemade lunch or cake in the Tea Room and to browse the contemporary craft shop, which showcases the very best of British Culture & Heritage craftsmanship. Parking is free – so Experience Award there’s no need to rush. Brantwood: John Ruskin’s home East of Lake, Coniston, LA21 8AD Tel: 015394 41396 www.brantwood.org.uk Map Ref 8 KidsKids gogofreefree One of the most beautifully situated houses in the country, Brantwood OPENING TIMES is both a vibrant centre for the arts Open all year. and a historic house. Mid Mar – end Nov, The house overlooks Coniston Water Daily 10.30am – 5pm. End Nov – mid Mar, amid 250 acres of gardens designed Wed – Sun 10.30am – 4pm. and built by Ruskin himself. You can take in the mountain views from the DIRECTIONS house and The Terrace Coffee House and Restaurant. On east shore of Coniston Water. Off B5285. Filled with many fine paintings and Follow brown tourist signs beautiful furniture, the house retains from Hawkshead and the character of its famous resident. Coniston. From mid-March, marvel at some of Also via bus, connecting the finest crystalline treasures in the with Coniston Launch and all new geology display. The Gondola at Coniston jetty to Brantwood jetty. Children’s house and garden trails are available during the holidays. Small Visitor Attraction Always a friendly welcome to dogs of the Year in the gardens and at The Terrace. 4 Heritage gardens Set amongst 10 acres of beautiful historic listed gardens, with exclusive lake shore access, Brockhole on Windermere provides an unrivalled Lake District experience. The Gaddum Explore Thomas Mawson’s gardens at your leisure or on a guided tour and visit the Gaddum Gallery with its exhibitions by selected Cumbrian artists. Make time for “The best Afternoon Tea in The Lake District” in the beautifully styled Arts & Crafts Gaddum Restaurant. AFTERNOON TEAS AS STUNNING AS THE WINDERMERE VIEWS TASTE MAGAZINE There are always plenty of activities for all the family, inside and out, Gaddum gallery all year round. Visit our website to find out more and plan your visit brockhole.co.uk 015394 46601 LA23 1LJ Map Ref 9 Brockhole is on the A591 between Windermere and Ambleside 5 Dalemain Mansion and Historic Gardens Dalemain, Penrith, CA11 0HB Tel: 017684 86450 www.dalemain.com Map Ref 12 KidsKids gogofreefree Situated in the UNESCO World Heritage Lake District site, Dalemain OPENING TIMES offers a wonderful combination 29 Mar – 1 Nov, Sun – Thurs. of history, culture & landscape. Gardens, Tearoom & Gift Shop: Home to the Hasells for eleven 10am – 4.30pm generations, the Mansion boasts a (4pm in Oct/Nov). fine mixture of Mediaeval, Tudor & House: 10.30am – 3.30pm Georgian architecture and holds the (3pm in Oct/Nov). internationally renowned World’s Original Marmalade Festival. The See website for Friday garden openings, winter openings and Plantsman’s Gardens encompass 5 specialist tours. acres of richly planted borders with intriguing and unusual combinations DIRECTIONS of flowers and shrubs. Highlights include the Blue Himalayan Poppies, On the A592 Penrith to Rose Walk, Tudor Knot Garden, Ullswater, 3 Miles from J40/ M6, at Penrith or 2 Miles Earth Sculpture and Topiary Dragon.
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