parks and gardens

The Old Laundry, Crag Brow, Bowness-on-Windermere, Windermere, Cumbria, LA23 3BX

In May 2009 we opened our first outdoor section of the attraction, The Peter Rabbit Garden. This has proved tremendously popular with visitors who have delighted in the beauty and attention to detail in the design.

Low Wray, Ambleside, Cumbria, LA22 0JA

Wray Castle Grounds offer a great place for a stroll with amazing views of the local fells and access to Windermere Lake shore, all year round.

Sizergh, Kendal, Cumbria, LA8 8AE

You can visit just the gardens at Sizergh

Coniston, Cumbria, LA21 8AD

Brantwood has unique and beautiful mountainside gardens, set in a 250 acre wood estate with spectacular views.

Honister Pass, Borrowdale, Keswick, Cumbria, CA12 5XN

The last working slate mine in England. Fully guided mine tours and Via Ferrata. Browse the visitor centre. Our Sky Hi cafe serves freshly prepared, locally sourced, pannins, soups and crepes.

Near Sawrey, Ambleside, Cumbria, LA22 0LF

Beatrix Potter's lovely, traditional cottage garden is a haphazard mix of flowers, herbs, fruit and vegetables. You'll recognise the rhubarb patch where Jemima Puddle-Duck laid her egg, and the garden where Tom Kitten & his sisters played.

Hutton in the Forest, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 9TH

Historic house and gardens based on a medieval pele towers with substantial 17th, 18th and 19thC additions. Extensive gardens in woodland setting walled garden, topiary, woodland walk and lake with cascade.

Main Street, Cockermouth, Cumbria, CA13 9RX

Meet some of the Wordsworth household and find out what life was like for the maid, the man servant and the clerk. Hear about the Cumbrian market town of the 1770s. Enjoy the signs and sounds of a working 18thC kitchen.

Brockhole, Windermere, Cumbria, LA23 1LJ

Visitor centre with interactive exhibitions, Mawson gardens, adventure playground, shop and information centre. Lakeshore access for all.

Town End, Grasmere, Cumbria, LA22 9SH

Stroll around the delightful 'fellside' garden, a place of refuge, meditation and inspiration, where Wordsworth and his sister planted flowers, grew vegetables, and wrote their famous works.

Kirklinton, Carlisle, CA6 6BB

Kirklinton Hall stands in 14 acres of Gardens and Grounds. At 70 ft above sea level, in its own hidden valley, it has a perfect microclimate for horticulture. Abandoned for 40 years, it is now being restored to production and beauty.

Askham, Penrith, Cumbria, CA10 2PF

Take a stroll through our beautiful gardens with views of the River Lowther, visit our animals and enjoy something delicious in our Kitchen Garden Café.

Dalemain, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 0HB

Enjoy the delightful and fascinating 5-acre Plantsman's garden set against the picturesque splendour of the Lakeland Fells and parkland.

Lowther Castle, Penrith, Cumbria, CA10 2HG

For the first visitors, there'll be limited facilities but the opportunity to discover a garden that few have seen, and to see the conservation craftsmen and women at work on the castle and in the gardens.

Ravenglass, Cumbria, CA18 1RQ

Plants from all over the world, especially the Sino-Himalayan region, nestle in the wild splendour of over 70 acres of gardens with the dramatic backdrop of the glorious Lakeland fells. Many rare and unusual trees and plants flourish here.

Cark in Cartmel, Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria, LA11 7PL

Family home to the Cavendish's, Victorian wing, glorious gardens and parkland, woodlands, food hall, gift shop and courtyard cafe.

Levens, Kendal, Cumbria, LA8 0PD

A Grade I Listed garden dating from 1694, through a combination of circumstance and love the gardens at Levens Hall have survived in their original design. The topiary is some of the oldest in the world and justifiably famous.

Whinlatter Forest Park, Whinlatter Pass, Braithwaite, Keswick, Cumbria, CA12 5TW

One lush green forest and a healthy dollop of breathtaking scenery; a smattering of tree-top high wires, tricky crossings and wind-in-your-face zip wires. Whinlatter is the highest Go Ape course in the country, at 360 metres above sea level