Browsing local shops within 8 miles of Armidale Cottages Bed & Breakfast 

Main Street, Cockermouth, Cumbria, CA13 9RX, (6 miles, 10kms), Tel: 01900 824805, Email, www.wordsworthhouse.org.uk

Wordsworth House and Garden was the childhood home of William Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy.

13a Station Street, Cockermouth, Cumbria, CA13 9QW, (3 miles, 5kms), Tel: 01900 825514

I am a wedding photographer. Photographing weddings all over Cumbria.

Castlegate House, Cockermouth, Cumbria, CA13 9HA, (6 miles, 10kms), Tel: 01900 822149

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

38-42 Market Place, Cockermouth, Cumbria, CA13 9NG, (6 miles, 10kms), 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.

9 South Street, Cockermouth, Cumbria, CA13 9QP, (6 miles, 10kms), Tel: 01900 823521

A small artist-run gallery selling original etchings and pastels, plus a good selection of British-made crafts and fashion jewellery.