Browsing local attractions within 8 miles of Hillside Bed & Breakfast 

Sizergh, Kendal, Cumbria, LA8 8AE, (3 miles, 5kms), Tel: 015395 60951, Email, www.nationaltrust.org.uk/sizergh/

Medieval House with Tudor additions surrounded by a superb garden and large estate. Has been lived in by the Strickland family for over 760 years. Learn about the Elizabethan carvings and contents of the castle, and the gardens.

Low Sizergh Farm, Sizergh, Kendal, Cumbria, LA8 8AE, (3 miles, 5kms), Tel: 015395 60426, Email, www.lowsizerghbarn.co.uk

National award-winning farm shop, tea room and craft gallery in a fabulous barn on a woking family dairy farm in the South Lakes.

Levens, Kendal, Cumbria, LA8 0PD, (5 miles, 8kms), Tel: 015395 60321, Email, www.levenshall.co.uk

Elizabethan mansion and world famous topiary gardens designed by M Beaumont in 1694, fountain garden and buttery, licenced restaurant and gift shop.

Unit 27, Lake District Business Park, Mint Bridge, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 6NH, (1 miles, 2kms), Tel: 01539 721766, Email, www.kendalwall.co.uk

Largest indoor climbing wall in Cumbria. From 3m to 20m high. Equipment and instruction available. Our Chamber is for quiet leading and top roping. Awsome 20m leading wall has roofs, grooves, belay cave, stalactites and auto-belays.

Friends Meeting House, Stramongate, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 4BH, (0.3 miles, 0.4kms), Tel: 01539 722975, Email, www.quaker-tapestry.co.uk

Explore 350 years of social history beautifully illustrated within 77 inspiring, colourful, modern embroidered panels. Shop, Cafe, audio guides, film, interactive displays, children's activities.

The Promenade, Bowness-on-Windermere, Windermere, Cumbria, LA23 3HQ, (7 miles, 12kms), Tel: 015394 43360, Email, www.windermere-lakecruises.co.uk

Windermere Lake Cruises offer more than a ferry service. We hold private charters, lunch cruises, buffet cruises, corporate hospitality, public sailings and group travel. Steamers and launches sail daily throughout the year from Bowness.

The Old Laundry, Crag Brow, Bowness-on-Windermere, Windermere, Cumbria, LA23 3BX, (7 miles, 12kms), Tel: 015394 88444, Email, www.hop-skip-jump.com

A magical indoor attraction that brings to life all 23 Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit tales. Meet all your favourite characters and find out more about Beatrix Potter herself.

Raines Hall Farm, Sedgwick, Kendal, Cumbria, LA8 0JH, (4 miles, 6kms), Tel: 015395 61760, Email, www.lakelandmaze.co.uk

Family attraction, maze, soft play, go karts, animals, pets, events, parties and refreshments.

Casterton, Kirkby Lonsdale, Carnforth, Lancashire, LA6 2LF, (5 miles, 7kms)

Circle has a diameter of 60' and stands on a flattened mound or platform. There are 20 uprights, none more than 2' high and suggesting perhaps the kerb of a destroyed cairn.

Carlisle, Cumbria, LA8 8LX, (2 miles, 3kms), Tel: 01539 816300, Email, www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk/

Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria, LA8 8LX, (2 miles, 3kms), Tel: 01539 816300, Email, www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk

Birkrigg, Urswick, Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12 0PG, (5 miles, 7kms)

Double Circle of stones surrounding cremations in urns (removed). 'Platform' cairn, small barrows, Romano-British farmsteads.

Bowness-on-Windermere, Windermere, Cumbria, LA23 3JT, (7 miles, 11kms), Tel: 015394 46139, Email, www.blackwell.org.uk

Blackwell is one of Britain's finest and most important houses from the turn of the last century, situated in a stunning setting overlooking lake Windermere.

Glebe Road, Bowness-on-Windermere, Windermere, Cumbria, LA23 3HJ, (7 miles, 12kms), Email, www.lakedistrict.gov.uk

Situated on the shores of Windermere, Englands longest lake. Opposite the main steamer pier. Good range of local gifts, fully accessible. Wheelchairs available to hire.

Victoria Street, Windermere, Cumbria, LA23 1AD, (7 miles, 12kms), Tel: 015394 46499, Email

A wide range of maps and guide books, local and national accommodation bookings. Gift shop, postcards and stamps, public internet access. French, Spanish, Polish, Italian spoken.

Made in Cumbria, 25 Stramongate, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 4BH, (0.1 miles, 0.1kms), Tel: 01539 735891, Email

Windermere, Cumbria, (8 miles, 13kms), Tel: 01539 822222

Boat Route: Ferry Nab, Bowness, Ferry House, Far Sawrey

Abbot Hall, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 5AL, (7 miles, 12kms), Tel: 01539 722464, Email, www.lakelandmuseum.org.uk

This award-winning museum takes you and your family back through time to tell the story of the Lake District and its inhabitants.

Lake Road, Bowness-on-Windermere, Windermere, Cumbria, LA23 3DE, (7 miles, 12kms), Tel: 015394 44176, Email, www.stmartin.org.uk

An ancient and historic church building with many architectural, decorative features and stained glass windows.

Ings, Nr Windermere, Kendal, Cumbria, LA8 9PY, (6 miles, 9kms), Tel: 01539 821309, Email, www.watermillinn.co.uk

The Watermill Inn is a traditional family-run free house within the Lake District National Park.

Speciality: Coniston Bluebird beef & ale pie, venison casserole, local lamb

Station Road, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 6BT, (0.5 miles, 0.8kms), Tel: 01539 721374, Email, www.kendalmuseum.org.uk

One of the oldest museums in the country with outstanding collections of natural history, archaeology and local history. Programme of exhibitions and events.

Abbot Hall, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 5AL, (0.4 miles, 0.6kms), Tel: 01539 722464, Email, www.abbothall.org.uk

Abbot Hall is one of Britain's finest independent art galleries in a beautiful setting beside the river Kent and overlooked by the ruins of Kendal castle.