Browsing local attractions within 8 miles of Wetheral Cottages 

Hutton in the Forest, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 9TH, (6 miles, 9kms), Tel: 017684 84449, Email, www.hutton-in-the-forest.co.uk

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.

Unthank, Nr. Hutton-in-the -Forest, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 9TG, (6 miles, 10kms), Tel: 017684 84538, Email, www.up-front.com

Beautifully converted 17thC farm buildings. Changing exhibitions, vegetarian restaurant, gift shop and puppet theatre.

Redhills, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 0DQ, (6 miles, 10kms), Tel: 01768 868000, Email, www.rheged.com

With 10 fantastic shops, 3 tasty cafes, pottery painting, indoor & outdoor play, a giant cinema screen, plus 5 exhibitions a year in our Gallery, 4 TIC pods and lots of family events in the school holidays, there is plenty to do at Rheged.

Little Salkeld, Nr Penrith, Cumbria, CA10 1NN, (1 miles, 2kms), Tel: 01768 881523, Email, www.organicmill.co.uk

Historic watermill with organic tearoom, millshop and mill tours in a quiet beckside setting. Adult and children's baking and cooking courses.

Temple Sowerby, Penrith, Cumbria, CA10 1SP, (6 miles, 10kms), Tel: 017683 61893, Email, www.nationaltrust.org.uk

Tranquil, walled garden with outstanding medicinal and culinary herb collection and orchards, woodland walks to a restored watermill.

Ainstable, Penrith, Cumbria, (6 miles, 10kms)

Three stone circles and two smaller settings of boulders 12' across. Inside one of the circles was a series of cremations, one in a collared urn.

Penrith, Cumbria, CA10, (4 miles, 7kms), Tel: 01539 816300, Email, www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk/

Cliburn, Penrith, Cumbria, CA10 2DW, (6 miles, 10kms)

Circle is 37' across, seven stones and the retaining kerb of a destroyed cairn. Nineteenth-century excavations produced a cremation.

Little Salkeld, Penrith, Cumbria, CA10, (1 miles, 2kms), www.visitcumbria.com/pen/longmeg.htm

Second largest circle in England - 360' diameter. Long Meg is an outlying stone and is decorated with concentric circle - late Neolithic or early Bronze Age (c2000 or earlier).

Robinson's School, Middlegate, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 7PT, (5 miles, 8kms), Tel: 01768 867466, Email, www.visiteden.co.uk

Gateway Tourist Information Centre providing an extensive range of information and services.

Dalemain, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 0HB, (8 miles, 13kms), Tel: 017684 86450, Email, www.dalemain.com

A much loved historic family home, set against the grandeur and picturesque splendour of the lakeland fells and the surrounding parkland. Daleman has a delightful five acre plantsman's garden.

Penrith, Cumbria, CA10 2AA, (5 miles, 8kms), Tel: 01768 862488, Email, www.english-heritage.org.uk

Early 13thC castle, formidable barrier for Scots invaders, restored by the indomitable Lady Anne Clifford.

Melkinthorpe, Penrith, Cumbria, CA10 2DR, (7 miles, 12kms), Tel: 01931 712767

Red Barn Gallery offers two exciting gallery spaces. Upstairs is devoted to contemporary painting and sculpture. Lower gallery showcases contemporary glass, ceramics and jewellery.