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Tourist
Info
EATING OUT
The
Ambleside Tourist Information Centre (TIC) lists 19 restaurants, 13 cafes,
12 take aways, 2 chip shops and 4 pubs, not to mention hotels, that can
all provide you with meals in Ambleside within easy walking distance of
all our cottages. Our favourites include
- The Log House
- Piano Cafe
- Watersedge Inn
- Salutation Hotel
- Unicorn Pub
- Zeffirelli’s
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ATTRACTIONS
Walking
ESKDALE
The Lake District National Park is a wonderful area
for walking. Ambleside is the ideal centre. Ordnance Survey maps and
walking guide books such as those by Wainwright will help you find your
way around. The Lake District National Park Authority organises many
guided walks between mid March and the end of December. See their free
booklet Events & Park Life available from TICs or phone their Events
Enquiries on 015394 46601. Their walks are graded between easy and hard.
Boats and Steam Trains
Use local boats, ferries, trains or buses in
conjunction with your walks or just to enjoy the ride. The lakes Ulswater
and Coniston have steamers and launches that you can use with walks back
along lakeside paths. Enjoy a cruise down Lake Windermere from Ambleside’s
Waterhead to Lakeside at the south end of Windermere where you can
transfer onto the steam driven Lakeside and Haverthwaite railway. It’s
easy to combine a ride on the steam driven Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway
with a walk in the Eskdale valley.
Homes and Gardens
- Dove Cottage, Grasmere, and Rydal Mount, Rydal
near Ambleside, homes of William Wordsworth,
- Brantwood beside Lake Coniston, home of John
Ruskin
- Hill Top, Near Sawrey, home of Beatrix Potter
- Sizergh Castle and garden, Kendal
- Levens Hall and Topiary Gardens, Kendal
Art Galleries
- Heaton Cooper Studio, Grasmere
- Artists’ exhibitions in Grasmere and Ambleside
EVENING ENTERTAINMENT
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Theatre by the Lake, Keswick (half an hour by car, Tel:
017687 74411),
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Evening cruise on Lake Windermere with bar and fork buffet
to the sound of The New Hall Jazz Band (Tel: 015394 43056),
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Meal and film at Zeffirelli’s cinema in Ambleside.
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Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal, Tel: 01539 725133
FURTHER INFORMATION
- Leaflets supplied at our cottages
- Ambleside Tourist Information Centre, Market
Cross, Ambleside, Tel: 015394 32582
- South Lakeland District Council publishes a free
leaflet available at TICs listing over 60 exciting places to visit, both
indoors and out.
Tourist Information Centre, Market
Cross, Ambleside ( Tel: 015394 32582) |
