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Art galleries and museums Caledonia Guest House Index Abbott Hall Art Gallery (Penrith), 136 Index (), 26, 71, Crown Inn Hotel 125–126 (Coniston), 113 A Armitt Museum Deepdale Hall (Ulls- Abbott Hall Art Gallery (), 13, 97 water), 76 (Kendal), 26, 71, 124–126 Beacon Museum Eagle and Child Inn Abbott Lodge Jersey Ice (), (Staveley), 76 Cream, 5, 53, 183 27, 58, 85, 145 Glenfield Guest House Accommodations, 9–10. Gallery (Back Corkickle), 146 See also B&Bs (), 15, 32, Greystone Cottage Ambleside, 99–101 66, 120 (), 105 Bowness-on- Village Hall, Hill Crest Country Guest Windermere, 117 House (Newby 104–105 Heaton Cooper Studio Bridge), 94 catering to children, (Grasmere), 116 Hillside Bed and Break- 9–10 Keswick Museum and fast (Kendal), 127 in Central , Art Gallery, 13, 80, Honeysuckle Barn 68–69 129 (), 142 , 108–109 Moot Hall (Keswick), 129 Howe Keld (Keswick), Coniston, 112–113 Ruskin Museum 132 East Lakes, 76–77 (Coniston), 24, 66, Lowthwaite B and B Grasmere, 116–117 110–111 (), 76–77 Hawkshead, 120–121 Old Vicarage (Lorton), Kendal, 126–127 Museum and Art 82 Keswick, 132–133 Gallery (Grasmere), Orchard House North Lake, 82–83 18, 39, 63, 114 (Ulverston), 142 Penrith, 136–137 Askham, 73 Randy Pike, 117 private rentals, 83 Askham , 73 Rose Cottage (Cocker- South Lake, 94 ATMs, 178 mouth), 109 Ulverston, 142–143 Augustus, George, 43 Stanley House Western Lakes and Automobile museums, (Eskdale), 89 Cumbrian Coast, 13, 80, 93, 130 Town House (Ulverston), 88–89 143 Whitehaven, 146 B Wateredge Inn (Amble- Acland, Cubby, 99 Bacon, Francis, 41 side), 101 Adventure sports, 162–163 Banking, 178 Woolpack Inn (Hard- Aira Force (Ullswater), 75, 150 Barnsgates Brewery, 183 knott), 89 Airports, 174 Bars. See Pubs and Yewfield Vegetarian Air travel, 174–175 breweries (Hawkshead), 69 , 131 , 79 Yew Tree Farm (Conis- Ambleside, 13, 18–19, 24, B&Bs ton), 113 63–64 Anne Tyson’s House Beaches, 165 Ambleside Roman Fort, (Hawkshead), 120 Beacon Bakery, 136 13, 64, 98, 99 Armidale Cottages Beacon Museum (White- Animal parks. See Zoos and (), 88 haven), 27, 58, 60, 85, 145 animal parks Bay Horse (), (Hawks- Aquariums, 12, 56, 65, 85 88 head), 15, 32, 66, 120 Architecture Beech House (Kendal), Bicycle rental and repairs, Blackwell (Bowness- 126 130, 157, 178 on-Windermere), Beech Tree House Bicycling, 10, 65, 67, 80, 81, 24, 45–46 (Coniston), 112 86, 154–157, 178 SizerghCOPYRIGHTED Castle, 91 Blenheim Lodge MATERIALBird of Prey Centre Argyle Street (birthplace of (Bowness-on- (Lowther), 60 Stan Laurel) (Ulverston), Windermere), 104 Birdwatching, 159 141–142 Blue Swallow Guest End pub (Cocker- Armitt, Louisa, 97 House (Penrith), 136 mouth), 108 Armitt Museum (Ambleside), Bramblewood Cottage Black Bull Inn and Hotel 13, 97 Guest House (Coniston), 6, 51, 66, 113 (Keswick), 132 Blackhall Yard (Kendal), 125 186

Blackpool Airport, 174 Camping, 69, 77, 88–89, Clifford, Lady Anne, 136 Blackwell (Bowness-on- 101, 120, 132 Cliff-top path, 86 Windermere), 5–6, 24, Camping barns, 82 Climbing, 5, 160–161

Index 45–46, 65, 125 Canoeing, 165 , Blaydes, Chris, 105 Caravaning. See Camping 152–153 , 80, 152 Car rental, 8 Coast to Coast Walk Bluebird K4 (boat), 67 Cars of the Stars (Keswick), (Wainwright), 153 Bluebird K7 (boat), 67 13, 80, 130 Cockermouth, 27, 79, 183 Boat cruises (Windermere), 3 Cartmel, 91–92 Cockermouth Town Trail, 107 Boats, 19, 25, 63–65, Cartmel Priory, 92 Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 175–176 Cartmel Racecourse 20, 38 Bowness Pier, 103 (Ulverston), 92 Collingwood, W. G., Coniston, 66, 111, 165 Cartmel Races festival 110, 111, 117 , 80 (Ulverston), 141 Conishead Priory (Ulverston), Keswick, 13, 131–132, Castles 93, 141, 142 165 Broughton Castle (Pen- Coniston, 24–25, 111 Lakeside, 65 rith), 73, 135–136 Coniston Company, Lake Windermere, Kendal Castle, 26, 126 51, 183 12, 165 Lowther Castle , 66, 67, 151 Ullswater, 74, 165 (Askham), 73 Conservation, 10 Waterhead Pier, 98 Muncaster Castle, Coronation Hall (Ulverston), Bore, Stephen, 82 4, 26–27, 42, 44, 140–141 Borrowdale , 80–81 57–58, 87 Cranston’s (Penrith), 49, 73, Bowness, 13, 24 , 136, 183 Bowness Pier, 103–104 28, 73, 134 Credit cards, 178 Bragg, Melvyn, 20 Sizergh Castle, Crosthwaite Church, 131 Brandlehow Woods, 132 26, 46, 91 Crown and Mitre Inn (Coniston), Catbells walk, 14, 20, 28, 80, (Haweswater), 76 6, 25, 44–45, 66, 112 132, 150 , 21, 81 Breads and sweets, 182–183 Cavendish, Lord and Lady, Cubin, Bill, 139 Breweries. See Pubs and 43, 92 Cuisine, 182–184 breweries Celleron, 73 Cumberland Pencil Museum Brewery Arts Centre Cellphones, 10, 174 (Keswick), 13, 59, 80, 131 (Kendal), 26, 71, 126 Central Lake District, 62–69 Coastal Way, 153 Bridge House (Ambleside), 97 Chaplin, Charlie, 140 Cumbrian Coast, 84–89 Brothers Water (Kirkstone Children, activities for, 55–60 Cumbrian dialect, 181 Pass), 19 Beacon Museum (White- , 153 Broughton Castle (Penrith), haven), 27, 85, 145 Currency, 179 73, 135–136 bicycling, 155 Customs, 178 Brown Horse Inn (Bowness- Cumberland Pencil on-Windermere), 104 Museum (Keswick), D Buddhist centre, 93, 141, 142 131 Dairies, 183 Bulwark Quay (Whitehaven), horseriding and pony Dale Lodge and Tweedies 145 trekking, 162 Bar (Grasmere), 116 Burns, Robert, 36 Kendal Museum, 123 Dalemain House, 74 Buses, 9, 175, 176 Lakes Leisure (Winder- Derwent Fells, 80 Business hours, 178 mere), 165 Derwentwater, 79–80, , 21, 28, 81 Rheged Visitor Centre 131–132, 150 Buttermere and Crummock (Penrith), 73, 135 De Vieuxpont, Robert, 135 Water, 151 South Lakes Wild Dickensian Christmas Festival Buttermere Fell, 81 Animal Park (Dalton- (Ulverston), 141 in-), 5 Dining C , 66 in Ambleside, 99–101 CAMBRA Beer Festival World of Beatrix Potter in Bowness-on- (Ulverston), 141 (Bowness-on-Winder- Windermere, Campbell, Donald, 25, 66, mere), 13, 30, 64, 104–105 67, 111 103 in Central Lake District, Campbell, Sir Malcolm, 67 Christ Church Oxford, 112 68–69 Campbells on Coniston (boat Clarke, Stuart, 98 with children, 60 tour), 111 Clayton, Hugh, 73 in Cockermouth, 108–109 187

in East Lakes, 76–77 Fish, 184 Forest Park, Index in Grasmere, 116–117 Fisher, Mary, 124 13, 24, 65, 67 in Hawkshead, 120–121 Fishing, 67, 166–167 Guide Through the District in Kendal, 126–127 Foods, specialty, 48–53, 71 of the Lakes (Words- in Keswick, 132–133 Fox, George, 124 worth), 66 in North Lake, 82–83 Friar’s Crag (Keswick), 132 in Penrith, 136–137 Friendly Food and Drink H in South Lake, 94 (Staveley Mill Yard), 52 Haig Colliery Mining in Ulverston, 142–143 Friends Meeting House Museum (Whitehaven), in Western Lakes and (Stramongate), 124 85, 145–146 Cumbrian Coast, Full-day tours, 12–28 Harbour (Whitehaven), 145 88–89 long weekend, 12–15 , 4, 87 in Whitehaven, 146 one week, 16–21 , 6 Disabilities, travellers with, two weeks, 22–28 Hardy, Oliver, 140–142 18, 66, 180 , 113 Hawes End, 132 Doctors, 178 Haweswater, 72–73 Dodd, Ken, 140 G Hawkshead, 15, 24, 66–67 Dodd Wood (Bassenthwaite Galleries. See Art galleries Hawkshead Brewery Lake), 27–28, 79 and museums (Staveley Mill Yard), (Grasmere), Gardens, 41–47 51–53, 71 15, 18, 37–39, 63, 114 Brantwood (Coniston), Hawkshead Grammar Drinking water, 181 6, 25, 44–45, 66, 112 School, 15, 36, 38, 66, Driving, 4, 8–9, 176, 177 Conishead Priory 119–120 Drunken Duck Inn (Barn- (Ulverston), 142 Hawkshead Relish, 183 gates), 17 Dalemain House, 74 Heaton, Alfred, 116 Duck Soup (film), 140 Grange-over-Sands, 91 Heaton, William, 116 Hill Top Farm (Near Heaton Cooper Studio E Sawrey), 119 (Grasmere), 116 Eagle & Child Inn Levens Hall, 46–47, 91 Heelis, William, 32, 33, 120 (Staveley), 76 of , 36–37, , 20, 28, 75, 81, East Lakes, 69–77 41–42 151–152, 156 Egremont, 183 Sizergh Castle, 91 Henry II, 73 Electricity, 178 Stagshaw Garden, 99 Henry VIII, 126 Elephant Yard (Kendal), 125 Hesketh, Dom Jerome, 46 Elterwater, 151 (Cockermouth), 108 Hesket Newmarket Embassies, 178 Gay & lesbian travellers, Brewery, 183 Emergency assistance, 178 178 Highpark Wood, 81 , 86, 151 Gem Den, 136 High Street, 152 Eskdale Valley, 87 George (Keswick), 132 Hiking and walking Esk River, 87 George & Dragon (Penrith), Aira Force (Ullswater), 75 , 67 137 Buttermere, 81 Exchange rate, 179 (Ravenglass), 87 Catbells, 14, 20, 28, Glasgow Airport, 174 80, 132 F Glenridding, 19, 74–75 Cliff-top path, 86 Farmers’ markets, 183 Go Ape!, 81 Cockermouth Town Farms, 183 Golden Rule (Ambleside), 51 Trail, 107 Fell Foot Park (Lake Winder- Golf, 161–162 Coniston Launch, 111 mere), 12, 65, 93 Gondola (steam yacht), Crummock Water, 81 Fell walks, 10, 151–152 6, 66, 111–112, 165 Cumbria Coastal Way, 86 Ferries, 65, 177 Grahme, Colonel James, 46 Dodd, 81 Bowness Pier, 103 Grange-over-Sands, 91 Ennerdale Water, 86 Coniston Water, 66, 151 Grant, Richard E., 75 Grange-over-Sands, 91 Keswick Launches & Grasmere, 15, 18, 24, 63 , 80 Derwentwater, Grasmere Gingerbread Shop, Haweswater, 72–73 131–132 15, 53, 63, 115 Hay Stacks, 81 Waterhead Pier, 98 Grasmere Village Hall, 117 Helvellyn, 75 Festival of Fools Gray, Effie, 112 , 81 (Muncaster), 44 Great Gable, 80, 86, 152 , 81 Festivals, 5, 115, 141, Greystone House Farm Keswick, 79–80 172–173 Shop & Tearoom, 183 Park Foot campsite, 74 , 81 188 Hiking and walking (cont.) Cumberland Pencil K , 81 Museum (Keswick), Kayaking, 165 Wainwright’s Coast to 13, 59, 80, 131 Kendal, 25–26, 125, 183 Index Coast Walk, 86 Haig Colliery Mining Kendal Castle, 26, 126 Wastwater & Museum (White- Kendal mint cake, 125, 183 Pike, 86 haven), 85, 145–146 Kendal Museum, 26, 71, 123 Whinlatter Forest Kendal Museum, Keswick, 13, 20, 28, 79–80, Park, 81 26, 71, 123 131–132 Hill, Octavia, 131 Museum of Kendal Keswick Brewing Company, Hill Top Farm (Sawrey), Life, 71 183 5, 13–15, 17, 24, 31, Museum of Lakeland Life Keswick Museum & Art 66, 119 (Kendal), 26, 124–125 Gallery, 13, 80, 129 Historical attractions Rum Story Museum Kirkgate Centre, 108 Ambleside Roman Fort, (Whitehaven), Kirkstile Inn (Crummock 13, 64, 98, 99 5, 85, 144 Water), 82, 183 Blackwell (Bowness-on- Ruskin Museum (Conis- , 19, 75 Windermere), 5–6, ton), 24, 66, 110–111 Kitchen Nightmares, 100 24, 45–46, 65 Senhouse Roman Brantwood (Coniston), Museum (Maryport), L 6, 25, 44–45, 112 85 Lake Artists Society, 117 Bridge House Holidays, 172 Lake District Coast Aquar- (Ambleside), 97 Holker Food Hall, 183–184 ium, 85 Cartmel, 91–92 Holker Hall (Cark-in-Cartmell), Lake District National Park, Dalemain House, 74 43–44, 92 10, 155, 156, 171 Dove Cottage (Gras- Homes of Football (Amble- Lake District region mere), 15, 18, 37–39, side), 98 favourite moments in, 63, 114 Honister Pass, 80–81 3–6 Glannoventa, 87 Honister Slate Mine (Borrow- history of, 181–182 Hawkshead Grammar dale), 5, 21, 28, 58–59, 80 maps, 2 School, 15, 36, 38, Horse-drawn carriages strategies for seeing, 66, 119–120 (Ambleside), 13 8–10 Hill Top Farm (Near Horseriding, 162 Lake District Visitor Centre Sawrey), 5, 13–15, Hospitals, 178–179 (), 156 17, 24, 31, 66, 119 House and garden tours, Lakeland (Bowness-on- Holker Hall (Cark-in- 41–47 Windermere), 102 Cartmell), 43–44, 92 Howtown, 74 Lakeland Arts Trust, 45, 125 Levens Hall, 46–47, 91 Hunter, Sir Robert, 131 Lakeland Motor Museum Mirehouse (Bassen- Hutchinson, Mary, 38 (Backbarrow), 93 thwaite Lake), 27–28, Hyde, Adrian, 82 Lakeland poets (tour), 34–39 41, 79 Hyde, Angela, 82 Lakes Aquarium (Lakeside), Moot Hall (Keswick), 129 12, 56, 65 Quaker Tapestry I Lakeside, 65 (Kendal), 6, 26, Insurance, 179 Lakeside & Haverthwaite 71, 124 International Jester Tourna- Railway, 12, 56–57 Rydal Mount, 3–4, 18, ment, 44 Lakeside Aquarium, 93 24, 36–37, 41–42 Internet access/cafés, 179 Lake walks, 150–151 St. ’s & All Irk River, 87 Lake Windermere, 12–13, Angels Church 17, 24 (Hawkshead), 119 J Laurel, Stan, 93, 140–142 Abbey, 72 James Bond Museum (Kes- Laurel & Hardy Museum Troutbeck, 64 wick), 6, 13, 80, 130–131 (Ulverston), 93, 139 Wordsworth House Jazz festival (Keswick), 5 L’Enclume (Cartmel), 6 (Cockermouth), Jefferson, Arthur Stanley, 140 Levens Hall, 46–47, 91 35, 107–108 Jennings, John Sr., 107 Lime Tongue (Whitehaven), History museums Jennings Brewery (Cocker- 145 Armitt Museum (Amble- mouth), 27, 50, 51, 79, Lindeth Howe Country side), 13, 97 107, 183 House (Bowness-on- Beacon Museum John I, 135 Windermere), 31 (Whitehaven), 27, 58, Jones, John Paul, 145 John Lennon 85, 145 Jones, Peter and Eleanor, 162 Airport, 174 189 Index Lodging. See N Crown and Mitre Inn Accommodations Nelson, Peter, 130 (Haweswater), 76 Lost property, 179 Nelson, Sarah, 15, 115 Dale Lodge and Tweed- Low Sizergh Barn, 53 , 92–93 ies Bar (Grasmere), Lowther, Sir William, 35, 43 Newcastle Airport, 174 116 Lowther Castle (Askham), 73 North Lakes, 78–83 Eagle and Child Inn Lowther Estates, 73 (Staveley), 76 Lucy Cooks School (Staveley O George (Keswick), 132 Mill Yard), 71, 100 George and Dragon Old Man of Coniston, 66, 152 Lucy Cooks store (Staveley (Penrith), 137 Old Market Hall Mill Yard), 52 Hawkshead Brewery (Ambleside), 19 (Coleridge (Staveley Mill Yard), Organico (Staveley Mill and Wordsworth), 38 51–53, 71 Yard), 52, 71 Jennings Brewery Oswald of Northumbria, 115 (Cockermouth), 27, M Outdoor activities, 148–168 50, 51, 79, 107, 183 Maid of Buttermere bicycling, 154–157 Kirkstile Inn (Crummock (legend), 20 sports, 158–163 Water), 82, 183 Mail services, 179 walking, 148–153 Kirkstone Pass Inn, 76 Manchester Airport, 174 watersports, 164–168 Maritime Museum (Mary- Punchbowl (Askham), 4–5, 73, 77 port), 85 P Market Hall (Ulverston), Queens Head Palmer, Joseph, 20 139–140 (Askham), 73 Park Foot campsite, 74 Market Place News and Sienna’s Bar and Grill Parking, 179 Gifts, 136 (Keswick), 133 Parks Maryport, 85 Stan Laurel Inn (Ulvers- Fell Foot Park (Lake Masefield, John, 39 ton), 143 Windermere), McGann, Paul, 75 Vats Bar (Kendal), 126 12, 65, 93 Meat, 184 Zaffirellis (Ambleside), Grizedale Forest Park, Miles, H. T., 111 101 13, 24, 65, 67 Millais, John Everett, 112 Punchbowl (Askham), 4–5, Whinlatter Forest Park, Millennium Promenade 73, 77 81, 155, 156 (Whitehaven), 145 Parr, Catherine, 126 Miners’ Memorial Statue, 145 Q Pennine Way Companion Mirehouse (Bassenthwaite Quaker Tapestry (Kendal), (Wainwright), 153 Lake), 27–28, 41, 79 6, 26, 71, 124 Pennington Family, 87 (film), 113 Queens Head (Askham), 73 Penrith, 28, 73–74, 183 Mite River, 87 Quick Quest (Whitehaven), Penrith and Eden Museum, Mobile phones, 10, 174 144–145 134–135 Penrith Castle, 28, 73, 134 (Ruskin), 112 Pharmacies, 179–180 R Money, 179 Phone numbers, 180 Ramsay, Gordon, 100 Moore, Noel, 31 Pictorial Guides to the Fells Ransome, Arthur, Moot Hall (Keswick), 129 (Wainwright), 153 24, 111, 124 More (Staveley Mill Pony trekking, 162 Ravenglass, 27, 87 Yard), 52 Pooley Bridge, 19, 74, 183 Ravenglass and Eskdale Bay, 91 Potter, Beatrix, 5, 17, 30–33, Railway, 27, 87 Morris, William, 46 113, 119, 120, 131 Ravenglass Camping and Mountain biking, 156–157. Prelude (Wordsworth), 38 Caravanning Club Site, 27 See also Bicycling Pubs and breweries, 183 Rawnsley, Canon Hardwicke Muncaster Castle, Bitter End (Cocker- Drummond, 131 4, 26–27, 42, 44, mouth), 108 Regional tours, 61–94 57–58, 60, 87 Black Bull Inn and Central Lake District, Museum of Kendal Life, 71 Hotel (Coniston), 62–69 Museum of Lakeland Life 6, 51, 66, 113 East Lakes, 69–77 (Kendal), 26, 124–125 Brown Horse Inn North Lakes, 78–83 Museums. See Art galleries (Bowness-on- South Lakes, 90–94 and museums; History Windermere), 104 Western Lakes and museums; specific Coniston Brewing Com- Cumbrian Coast, museums pany, 51, 183 84–89 190

Rental cars, 177 Shopping, 135, 180, 183 Tarn Hows, 17–18, 32, Rheged Visitor Centre Ambleside, 98 66, 149 (Penrith), 28, 49–50, Kendal, 125 Taste Farm Shop, 50

Index 59, 60, 73, 135 Lakeland (Bowness-on- Taxes, 180–181 Richard III, 134 Windermere), 102 Taxis, 178 Road cycling and touring, Market Hall (Ulverston), Taylor, Bill, 21 157. See also Bicycling 139–140 Telephones, 180 , Bruce, 75 Penrith, 136 Tennis, 163 Robinson, Mary, 20 Rheged Visitor Centre Theatre Robinson, William, 134 (Penrith), 135 Brewery Arts Centre Robinsons School, 134–135 Sienna’s Bar and Grill (Kendal), 26, 71, 126 Rogan, Simon, 94 (Keswick), 133 Coronation Hall (Ulvers- Rum Story Museum Sizergh Castle, 26, 46, 91 ton), 140–141 (Whitehaven), 5, 27, Skelton, Tom “Tom Fool,” Kirkgate Centre, 108 85, 144 26, 42, 87 Theatre by the Lake Ruskin, John, 6, 25, 44–45, , 79, 80 (Keswick), 13, 131 66, 110–112, 124, 125, Slade Professor of Art, 112 Thirlmere, 81 132 Sleddale Hall (Wet Sleddale Thomas, Taffy, 116 Ruskin Museum (Coniston), Reservoir), 75 Time zone, 180 24, 66, 110–111 Smoking, 180 Tipping, 180 Rydal Cave, 63 South Cumbria Music Festi- Todhunter, William, 123 Rydal Mount, 3–4, 18, 24, val (Ulverston), 141 Toffee Shop (Penrith), 36–37, 41–42 Southey, Robert, 38 53, 73, 136 , 15, 63 South Lakes, 90–94 Tom Fool, 26, 42, 87 South Lakes Wild Animal Toplis, Percy, 135 S Park (Dalton-in-Furness), Tourist information centres, Safety, 180 5, 26, 57, 60, 93 170–171 Sailing, 167–168 Spas, 69, 82, 94, 105, 137 Tower Bank Arms St. Andrew’s Church Special interest tours, 30–60 (Sawrey), 14 (Coniston), 111 for children, 54–60 Townend (Troutbeck), 64 St. Bees Abbey, 145 house and gardens, Town tours, 96–146 St. Bees church, 86 40–47 Ambleside, 96–101 St. Bees Head, 86 Beatrix Potter, 30–33 Bowness-on- St. Bees Lighthouse, 86, 150 specialty foods, 48–53 Windermere, St. Michael’s & All Angels William Wordsworth 102–105 Church (Hawkshead), 119 and the Lakeland Cockermouth, 106–109 St. Nicholas’s Church Poets, 34–39 Coniston, 110–113 (Whitehaven), 145 Sports, 158–163, 168 Grasmere, 114–117 St. Oswald’s Church Spring Buddhist Festival Hawkshead, 118–121 (Grasmere), 39, 63, 115 (Ulverston), 141 Kendal, 122–127 Saunders Chocolates Spring Fun Fair (Ulverston), Keswick, 128–133 (Rheged), 50 141 Penrith, 134–138 Savouries, 184 Stagshaw Garden, 99 Ulverston, 139–143 , 3, 151 Stan Laurel Inn (Ulverston), Whitehaven, 144–146 Scale Force (waterfall), 143 Trains, 6, 9, 12, 27, 175, 177 81, 151 Staveley Mill Yard, 52–53, 71 Lakeside, 56–57, 65, 93 Scarfell Pike, 86 Stock Ghyll Force (Amble- Newby Bridge, 93 Scoops Ice Cream (Staveley side), 13, 19, 64, 97, 98 Ravenglass, 27, 87 Mill Yard), 53 Storyteller’s Garden, 116 Trinity Church (Whitehaven), Scott, MH Baillie, 24, 45 Strickland, Walter, 46 145 Scrambling, 5, 160–161 Striding Edge (Helvellyn), 20 Troutbeck, 64 Screes, 86 Turner, William, 112 Senhouse, John, 85 (boat tour), 71, 111, 124 Senhouse Roman Museum Sweets, 182–183 U (Maryport), 85 Swimming, 168 Ullswater, 19, 28, 67, Senior travellers, 180 73–75, 150 Shackleton’s Antarctic T Ulverston, 93 expedition, 125 The Tale of Ulverston Carnival, 141 , 72 (Potter), 33 Ulverston Food Fair, 183 Sharrow Bay (Ullswater), 50 Tales in Trust, 116 191 Index V Western Lakes and Cumbrian Wordsworth House (Cocker- Vats Bar (Kendal), 126 Coast, 84–89 mouth), 35, 107–108 VAT tax, 180–181 Whinlatter Forest Park, Wordsworth’s Seat, 63 Via ferrata (Honister Pass), 81, 155, 156 Wordsworth walks 5, 21, 58–59, 160–161 Whinlatter Visitor Centre, 81 (Grasmere), 149–150 Village Bakery (Melmerby), Whitehaven, 27, 85 World Market Literary Festi- 49 Whitehaven Labyrinth, 145 val Week (Ulverston), 141 Visas, 171 Wilf’s Café (Staveley Mill World of Beatrix Potter Yard), 53, 71 (Bowness-on-Windermere), W Williamson, Shaun, 145 13, 30, 56, 60, 64, 103 William Wordsworth Museum World Owl Trust (Mun- Wainwright, Alfred, 153 and Art Gallery (Grasmere), caster), 26, 42, 57, 87 Wainwright’s Coast to Coast 18, 39, 63, 114 Wynose Pass, 87 Walk, 86 Windermere and Bowness- Wainwrights Yard (Kendal), on-Windermere, 64–65 125 Y Windermere Ice Cream and Walking Festival (Ulverston), Ye Olde Friars (Keswick), Chocolate Company, 141 5, 53 53, 71, 183 Walking tours, 148–153. Yew Tree Farm (Coniston), Windermere Lake Cruises, See also Hiking and 32–33 103–104 walking Yurts, 68 Windermere to Hill Top Farm Warne, Norman, 33 (Sawrey), 149 Wastwater, 86 Z Windsurfing, 165 Water, 181 Zaffirellis (Ambleside), 101 Withnail and I (film), 75 Waterfoot, 74 Zoos and animal parks Wordsworth, Dorothy, 36, 38 Waterhead Pier, 98–99 Bird of Prey Centre Wordsworth, John, 35 Watersports, 164–168 (Lowther), 60 Wordsworth, Mary, 36 Wave (Maryport), 85 Muncaster Castle, 42 Wordsworth, William, 3–4, Weather and climate, South Lakes Wild Ani- 15, 18, 20, 27, 34–39, 41, 171, 173, 174 mal Park (Dalton-in- 63, 66, 79, 107–108, 114, Websites, useful, 51, 171 Furness), 5, 26, 57, 93 115, 119–120, 131 Weir, Mark, 21 World Owl Trust (Mun- caster), 26, 42, 57, 87 192 Photo Credits

Credits Front Matter Credits: i: © Britain on View /Photolibrary; © Britain on View /Photolibrary; © Robert Harding Travel / Photolibrary.

All images: © Louise and Sean McGrath with the following exceptions: Photo Courtesy of Blackwell: p 45 bottom, p 65 bottom.

Courtesy Cumbria Tourist Board: p 34, p 50 bottom, p 53, p 65a, p 72 bottom, p 99, p 108 top, p 135 top, p 152, p 160 top, p 161 bottom, p 163 top (© Dave Willis); p 61, p 95, p 142 top, p 155, p 156 top, p 161 top (© Ben Barden); p 126, p 127, p 169 (© Cumbria Tourism).

Courtesy of English Heritage: p 74 bottom.

Courtesy of Holker Hall: p 43 top.

Courtesy Honister Slate Mine: p 6 top, p 162 top.

Courtesy Lakeland Arts Trust: p 25 top.

Courtesy of Levens Hall: p 47 bottom.

Courtesy of Mirehouse: p 41.

Courtesy of Muncaster Hall: p 26.

Courtesy of Quaker Tapestry: p 123, p 124.

Courtesy World of Beatrix Potter: p 31, p 56.

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