185 Art galleries and museums Caledonia Guest House Index Abbott Hall Art Gallery (Penrith), 136 Index (Kendal), 26, 71, Crown Inn Hotel 125–126 (Coniston), 113 A Armitt Museum Deepdale Hall (Ulls- Abbott Hall Art Gallery (Ambleside), 13, 97 water), 76 (Kendal), 26, 71, 124–126 Beacon Museum Eagle and Child Inn Abbott Lodge Jersey Ice (Whitehaven), (Staveley), 76 Cream, 5, 53, 183 27, 58, 85, 145 Glenfield Guest House Accommodations, 9–10. Beatrix Potter Gallery (Back Corkickle), 146 See also B&Bs (Hawkshead), 15, 32, Greystone Cottage Ambleside, 99–101 66, 120 (Windermere), 105 Bowness-on- Grasmere 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 Lake District, Art Gallery, 13, 80, Honeysuckle Barn 68–69 129 (Ulverston), 142 Cockermouth, 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 (Ullswater), 76–77 Hawkshead, 120–121 William Wordsworth 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 Fell, 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 Allan Bank, 131 Bassenthwaite Lake, 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 (Maryport), 88 haven), 27, 58, 60, 85, 145 animal parks Bay Horse (Ravenglass), Beatrix Potter Gallery (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 Bitter 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 Coast to Coast walk, Blaydes, Chris, 105 Caravaning. See Camping 152–153 Blencathra, 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 Derwentwater, 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 Brewing Company, Lake Windermere, Kendal Castle, 26, 126 51, 183 12, 165 Lowther Castle Coniston Water, 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 Fells, 80–81 57–58, 87 Cranston’s (Penrith), 49, 73, Bowness, 13, 24 Penrith Castle, 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 Brantwood (Coniston), Catbells walk, 14, 20, 28, 80, (Haweswater), 76 6, 25, 44–45, 66, 112 132, 150 Crummock Water, 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 Cumbria 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- Cumbria Way, 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, Buttermere, 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-Furness), 5 Dining C Tarn Hows, 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 Grizedale 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 Hardknott Pass, 4, 87 in Whitehaven, 146 one week, 16–21 Hardknott Roman Fort, 6 Disabilities, travellers with, two weeks, 22–28 Hardy, Oliver, 140–142 18, 66, 180 Furness Fells, 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), Dove Cottage (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 Rydal Mount, 36–37, Helvellyn, 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 Wordsworth House Hesketh, Dom Jerome, 46 Elterwater, 151 (Cockermouth), 108 Hesket Newmarket Embassies, 178 Gay & lesbian travellers, Brewery, 183 Emergency assistance, 178 178 Highpark Wood, 81 Ennerdale Water, 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 Esthwaite Water, 67 137 Buttermere, 81 Exchange rate, 179 Glannoventa (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 Great Gable, 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 High Crag, 81 (Muncaster), 44 Great Gable, 80, 86, 152 High Stile, 81 Festivals, 5, 115, 141,