Browsing local transport within 8 miles of Stone Cottage 

(5 miles, 8kms)

Ullswater is the second largest lake at 7.5 miles long. Its is very deep and at picturesque with a lake road affording some lovely scenery.

Cycle Route: Dockray - Matterdale End Summit - Troutbeck - Keswick - Derwentwater - Honister Pass - Newlands Pass - Braithwaite

(5 miles, 8kms)

Ullswater is the second largest lake at 7.5 miles long. Its is very deep and at picturesque with a lake road affording some lovely scenery.

Cycle Route: Patterdale - Bordale Hause - Sandwick - Patterdale

Waterhead Pier, Waterhead, Ambleside, Cumbria, LA22 0EY, (7 miles, 12kms), Tel: 015394 43360, Email, www.windermere-lakecruises.co.uk

Windermere Lake Cruises trace their origins back to Victorian days, steamers and launches carry over 1.35 million visitors each year. The steamers have saloons, promenade decks, teashops and licensed bars.

The Pier House, Glenridding, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 0US, (2 miles, 3kms), Tel: 017684 82229, Email, www.ullswater-steamers.co.uk

Ullswater Steamers celebrate over 150 years sailing on England’s most beautiful lake.

The Pier House, Glenridding, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 0US, (2 miles, 3kms), Tel: 017684 82229, Email, www.ullswater-steamers.co.uk

Ullswater Steamers have been sailing on Englands most beautiful lake for over 150 years

The Pier House, Glenridding, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 0US, (2 miles, 3kms), Tel: 017684 82229, Email, www.ullswater-steamers.co.uk

Ullswater Steamers have been sailing on Englands most beautiful lake for over 150 years

Cumbria, (6 miles, 10kms)

At the heart of the central and south lakes visitor experience, Ambleside bristles with activity and is an ideal base for exploring the county.

Cycle Route: Ambleside - Rydal Water - Loughrigg Tarn - Ambleside

Cumbria, (6 miles, 10kms)

At the heart of the central and south lakes visitor experience, Ambleside bristles with activity and is an ideal base for exploring the county.

Cumbria, (6 miles, 10kms)

At the heart of the central and south lakes visitor experience, Ambleside bristles with activity and is an ideal base for exploring the county.

Cumbria, (8 miles, 12kms), Tel: 0845 272 0004

Pooley Bridge is situated on the river Eamont, below Dunmallard Hill, at the northern tip of Ullswater, one of Lakeland's most attractive lakes.

Cycle Route: Pooley Bridge - Howtown - Askham - Pooley Bridge

Langdale Estate, Great Langdale, Ambleside, Cumbria, LA22 9JD, (7 miles, 12kms), Tel: 015394 37302, Email, www.langdale.co.uk

Two funky electric two-seaters available for hire by the hour.Letting you explore the Lake District like you've never done before. All this whilst knowing that you aren't polluting this fabulos area.

Compston Road, Ambleside, Cumbria, LA22 9DJ, (6 miles, 10kms), Tel: 01729 860353, Email, www.whiteplatts.co.uk

Electric bike charge point

Cumbria, (6 miles, 10kms)

At the heart of the central and south lakes visitor experience, Ambleside bristles with activity and is an ideal base for exploring the county.

Cumbria, (6 miles, 10kms)

At the heart of the central and south lakes visitor experience, Ambleside bristles with activity and is an ideal base for exploring the county.

Cumbria, (6 miles, 10kms), Tel: 0845 602 8030, www.co-wheels.org.uk

VW Up! now available to hire by the hour from Ambleside. Located in the central car park, its close to you when you want it. Its ideal for short hire to get you where you want to be.

(8 miles, 12kms), www.lakedistrict.gov.uk/visiting/planyourvisit/travelandtransport/carparks/carpark_langdale

Today, the Valleys are recognised as one of the most beautiful places in the Lake District and in medieaval days, were home to a woolen mill.

(8 miles, 12kms), Tel: 01539 822222

Elterwater lies in an attractive setting, a few miles west of Ambleside, hidden behind Loughrigg and Silver How, at the entrance to Great Langdale.

Ambleside, Cumbria, (7 miles, 11kms), Tel: 01539 822222

215 spaces

Cumbria, (7 miles, 11kms), Tel: 0871 200 22 33, www.cumbria.gov.uk/roads-transport/public-transport-road-safety/transport/publictransport/busserv/busservmap.asp

Picturesque Grasmere, home to William Wordsworth and famed for its annual sports, is the northernmost village in the southern Lake District.

Rydal, Ambleside, Cumbria, LA22 9LX, (5 miles, 9kms), Tel: 01946 811938, Email, www.rydalhall.org

Electric bike charge point

(7 miles, 11kms), Tel: 0871 200 22 33, www.traveline.org.uk/index.htm

Ambleside - Dungeon Ghyll (via Skelwith Bridge, Elterwater & Chapel Stile)

Bus Route: Dungeon Ghyll-Elterwater-Ambleside

The Slack, Ambleside, Cumbria, LA22 9DQ, (6 miles, 10kms), Tel: (015394) 33592

Cycle Retail

The Slack, Ambleside, Cumbria, LA22 9DQ, (6 miles, 10kms), Tel: 015394 33592

2 Stork electric bikes & charge point

Grasmere, Cumbria, LA22 9SW, (6 miles, 9kms)

Electric bike charge point

Ambleside, Cumbria, (6 miles, 10kms), Tel: 01539 822222

170 spaces. 10 Blue Badge spaces

Little Langdale, Cumbria, LA22 9PA, (6 miles, 10kms), Tel: 01539 822222

Cycle Route: Little Langdale, Skelwith Bridge