Links to site of interest in and around the Lake District.

The Environment

Lake District Tourism and Conservation Partnership
A partnership of conservation organisations, tourist businesses and visitors to the Lake District – all working to preserve this very special part of the world. http://ourstolookafter.co.uk

Weather Forecast : Lake District weather  links

Walking

Outdoor Clothing and Equipment Specialist, Lake District.

Visit "the best little outdoor clothing shop in Ambleside"

HeadtotheHills are an independent Outdoor Clothing retailer based in Ambleside, in the Heart of the Lake District.  Specialists in great value outdoor clothing & equipment and customer service.

We also stock camping equipment, maps, walk guides, Karrimor rucksacks, Deuter rucksacks,  walking socks, Leki walking poles, Helly Hansen Lifa Base Layers, Grisport Walking Boots and Exed Waterproof Bags, etc 

Horse Holidays in Cumbria
We are an equestrian riding holiday group who has an abiding interest and understanding of horses. We will help you plan exciting equestrian riding holiday days out exploring open fells, forest trails, bridle-ways and quiet country lanes. Non-riders can tour, cycle or walk these areas. Horse holidays in Cumbria will cater for every Equestrian riding holiday requirement at one of its many beautiful locations in the Lake District.

Lake District Outdoors
Whatever the time of year, whatever the weather, whatever stirs your passions, there is something outdoors for everyone in Cumbria and The Lake District - from the tranquillity of hill walking, to the white knuckle excitement of white water canoeing.

Art, photography and craft

Lakelandcam - Photographs
Lakelandcam –stunning photographs taken that day [each day of the year] – why not check in and see what the Lake District looks like out of season – try and find a day that it doesn’t take your breath away! All taken by Tony, our local postman. For all Lakes lovers this site is not to be missed – we live here and we still look at it daily – he gets up earlier than the rest of us and travels farther.

Lake District Attractions

Steam to the Hills
Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway - 2002 Most Popular Attraction in the Wester Lake District

Rheged – The Village in the Hill
Award winning Rheged is home to a giant cinema screen the size of six double decker buses showing daily Rheged the Movie, and Everest. Now open at Rheged is the only major international Everest ‘The Top of the World’ exhibition. Also local craft & gift shops, artists exhibitions, Mountain Life Outdoor adventure shop, indoor play area, Reivers Cafe, tourist information centre and free entry to building.

Links to attractions around Windermere and the Lake District
Lake District links is a comprehensive listing of links for Cumbria and the Lake District in north-west England, UK

Cumbria and the Lake District Attractions.
The internet's most complete guide to Cumbria and the English Lake District. Whether you are looking for business information, accommodation, town information, English Lake District hills and lakes guides, shopping or somewhere to eat in Cumbria, you can find it all on www.cumbria.uk.com

Lakeland Wildlife Oasis
Lakeland's Wildlife Discovery Centre is a unique and exciting blend of exotic wildlife and interactive "hands-on" displays which take you through the animal kingdom from magic molecules to mischievous monkeys.

South Lakes Wild Animal Park
South Lakes Wild Animal Park, the UK's unique open zoo. Probably Britans best conservation Zoo Park

Art galleries, museums and cumbria tourist attractions

William Wordsworth Trust, Dove Cottage Attraction
The Wordsworth Trust exists to be a living memorial to the life and poetry of William Wordsworth and his contemporaries, serving, in the words of the first Trustees, 'lovers of English poetry from all over the world'. The Trust's focus is Dove Cottage and the hamlet of Town End, Grasmere - a place and a landscape at the centre of the English Lake District where the poet lived, wrote and found inspiration.

Brantwood Cumbria Tourist Attraction Home of John Ruskin
It enjoys the finest lake and mountain views in England and there is no other house in the district with such a diversity of cultural associations
The home of John Ruskin from 1872 until his death in 1900, Brantwood became an intellectual powerhouse and one of the greatest literary and artistic centres in Europe.

Tourism Sites

Cumbria Tourist Board
Cumbria Tourist Board's complete guide to Cumbria and the Lake District.

www.english-lakes.com  A comprehensive guide to the Lake District