Browsing local attractions within 8 miles of The Kings Arms Hotel 

Redhills, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 0DQ, (7 miles, 11kms), 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.

Lowther Castle, Penrith, Cumbria, CA10 2HG, (6 miles, 9kms), Tel: 01931 712192, www.lowthercastle.org

Gardens and castle abandoned for 70 years now being restored. 130 acres of gardens dating back to 17thC.

Askham, Penrith, Cumbria, CA10 2PF, (6 miles, 10kms), Tel: 01931 712 348, www.askhamhall.co.uk

Askham Hall has 12-acres of beautiful gardens (with an edible theme), an animal viewing area and a stylish rustic café.

Little Salkeld, Nr Penrith, Cumbria, CA10 1NN, (6 miles, 10kms), 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, (0.8 miles, 1kms), 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.

Cliburn, Penrith, Cumbria, CA10 2DW, (3 miles, 4kms)

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

Penrith, Cumbria, CA10, (6 miles, 10kms), Tel: 01539 816300, Email, www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk/

Little Salkeld, Penrith, Cumbria, CA10, (7 miles, 11kms), 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).

Pooley Bridge, Penrith, Cumbria, CA10 2NW, (8 miles, 13kms)

This area is rich in prehistoric remains including a standing stone, stone circle and cairns. Moor Divock is 300 metres above sea level, forming part of Askham Fell, to the East of Ullswater.

Robinson's School, Middlegate, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 7PT, (6 miles, 10kms), Tel: 01768 867466, Email, www.visiteden.co.uk

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

Moot Hall, Boroughgate, Appleby-in-Westmorland, Cumbria, CA16 6XE, (6 miles, 10kms), Tel: 017683 51177, Email, www.applebytown.org.uk

Come and visit us in the Tourist Information Centre for postcards, Ordnance Survey Maps, walking and cycling leaflets and books, local interest books, accommodation brochures for UK destinations, plus ideas for trips to local attractions.

Penrith, Cumbria, CA10 2AA, (5 miles, 7kms), Tel: 01768 862488, Email, www.english-heritage.org.uk

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

Pattinson Close, Hackthorpe, Penrith, Cumbria, CA10 2HN, (5 miles, 8kms), Tel: 01524 761228, Email, www.kendalcalling.com

Melkinthorpe, Penrith, Cumbria, CA10 2DR, (4 miles, 6kms), 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.