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Southey Works, Keswick, Cumbria, CA12 5NG, Tel: 017687 73626, www.pencilmuseum.co.uk

A monthly programme exhibited by professional pencil, watercolour, pastel and mixed media artists. View the work over a coffee or browse the gallery at your leisure. All works are for sale and are framed or on canvas.

The Old Bank, The Promenade, Arnside, Lancashire, LA5 0HA, Tel: 01524 761762, Email, www.gallery-h.co.uk

Leading international contemporary and traditional design collections of fine art, furniture and jewellery pieces. Exhibitions are held throughout the year. Online shopping at www.galleryh.co.uk

Tithe Barn Midtown, Caldbeck, Wigton, Cumbria, CA7 8EA, Tel: 016974 78015, Email, www.hestascene.co.uk

The idea is for a working studio gallery showcasing a unique range of work from post-graduate students and established artists/makers, hence the name Hesta Scene? (hesta is 'have you' in Cumbrian dialect).

West Strand, Whitehaven, Cumbria, CA28 7LY, Tel: 01946 592302, Email, www.thebeacon-whitehaven.co.uk

Home to the Copeland museum collection, gallery and new harbourside restaurant. From early history to modern day, The Beacon offers fun and learning for the whole family.

Unthank, Nr. Hutton-in-the -Forest, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 9TG, Tel: 017684 84538, Email, www.up-front.com

Upfront gallery has changing exhibitions throughout the year. There is a shop selling ceramics, jewellery, cards and gifts. A restaurant serving a wide selection of vegetarian meals, snacks and home-made cakes.

Abbot Hall, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 5AL, Tel: 01539 722464, Email, www.abbothall.org.uk

Abbot Hall is an exquisite gallery in the northwest of England on the edge of the Lake District. Works of art can be enjoyed in this beautiful Georgian villa, drawn both from its important collections and the changing series of exhibitions.

12 Main Street, Egremont, Cumbria, CA22 2DW, Tel: 01946 820693, Email, www.lowescourtgallery.co.uk

The ruins of the 12thC Norman castle dominate the town of Egremont. It is set in lovely public grounds with flower beds, walks and trees, used for many open-air events, concerts, plays and poetry readings.

High Head Farm, Ivegill, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA4 0PJ, Tel: 016974 73552, Email, www.highheadsculpturevalley.co.uk

Art Gallery with a changing exhibition of traditional and contemporary art including sculptures, paintings, photography and ceramics.

The Studio, Grasmere, Ambleside, Cumbria, LA22 9SX, Tel: 015394 35280, Email, www.heatoncooper.co.uk

The Heaton Coopers are a family of artists that go back 4 generations. The studio in Grasmere, founded by William Heaton Cooper (1903-1995) in 1939.

Low Newton, Newton-in-Cartmel, Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria, LA11 6JP, Tel: 015395 31498, Email, www.yewtreebarn.co.uk

Where Art meets Architectural Antiques…Yew Tree Barn is a stunning old barn full of intriguing and diverse businesses. Browse through showrooms of antiques, garden displays of statuary, stone troughs and artefacts, visit artisans working.

Thornthwaite Village, Keswick, Cumbria, CA12 5SA, Tel: 017687 78248, Email, www.thornthwaitegalleries.co.uk

Art and craft gallery with teashop, exhibiting the work of over 130 mainly local exhibitors.

9 South Street, Cockermouth, Cumbria, CA13 9QP, Tel: 01900 823521

A small artist-run gallery selling original etchings and pastels, plus a good selection of British-made crafts and fashion jewellery. Etchings can be purchased on line, commissions for pastel paintings accepted.

38-42 Market Place, Cockermouth, Cumbria, CA13 9NG, Tel: 01900 829667

Percy House dates from 1390 and extended in 1598 by The Percy's of Northumberland. The Gallery has work by over 80 Cumbrian artists from Jewellery and textiles to paintings and photos. Exhibitions change monthly.

Castlegate House, Cockermouth, Cumbria, CA13 9HA, Tel: 01900 822149

A contemporary art gallery in a listed Georgian house, showing northern Scottish artists, Royal academicians and emerging young artists.

Melkinthorpe, Penrith, Cumbria, CA10 2DR, Tel: 01931 712767

Contemporary gallery space specialising in fine and applied arts from throughout the UK. Details on website.