Browsing local attractions within 8 miles of Southwaite Green Farm 

Main Street, Cockermouth, Cumbria, CA13 9RX, (2 miles, 3kms), Tel: 01900 824805, Email, www.wordsworthhouse.org.uk

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

The Battery, Sea Brows, Maryport, Cumbria, CA15 6JD, (8 miles, 13kms), Tel: 01900 816168, Email, www.senhousemuseum.co.uk

Small museum housing an internationally significant collection of Roman objects from the adjacent Roman fort and civilian settlement. Housed in a Victorian naval battery.

Coalbeck Farm, Bassenthwaite, Keswick, Cumbria, CA12 4RD, (6 miles, 9kms), Tel: 017687 76239, Email, www.lakedistrictwildlifepark.com

Go wild & experience a world of wildlife! There's over 100 species from Anaconda to Zebra. Rare and endangered species like Gibbons and Asian Fishing Cats, plus family favourites like lemurs and Meerkats. A great day out for all the family.

1 Senhouse Street, Maryport, Cumbria, CA15 6AB, (8 miles, 12kms), Tel: 01900 813738, Email, www.maryportmaritimemuseum.btck.co.uk

Whinlatter Pass, Braithwaite, Keswick, Cumbria, CA12 5TW, (7 miles, 11kms), Tel: 017687 78469, Email, forestry.gov.uk/whinlatter

Whinlatter Forest Park is England's only true mountain forest. Rising to 790 metres above sea level Whinlatter offers spectacular views of the Lake District and into Scotland.

Thornthwaite Village, Keswick, Cumbria, CA12 5SA, (6 miles, 10kms), Tel: 017687 78248, Email, www.thornthwaitegalleries.co.uk

Art and craft gallery with teashop, exhibiting the work of over 130 mainly local exhibitors.

Underskiddaw, Keswick, Cumbria, CA12 4QE, (7 miles, 11kms), Tel: 017687 72287, Email, www.mirehouse.com

Family-run historic house with strong literary connections. Live piano music and children's quiz in the house. Woodland playgrounds, heather maze, lakeside and poetry walk in the grounds.Great tearoom specialising in Cumbrian food.

Whinlatter Forest Park, Whinlatter Pass, Braithwaite, Keswick, Cumbria, CA12 5TW, (7 miles, 11kms), Tel: 0845 6439215, Email, goape.co.uk/days-out/whinlatter

Take to the trees and tackle an exhilarating course of rope bridges, Tarzan swings and zip slides high above the forest floor. Go Ape is a great experience to share with friends and family, providing lots of thrills and laughs.

Dean Moor, Nr Gilgarren, Workington, Cumbria, (7 miles, 11kms)

Stone circle is now incomplete and has a modern wall cutting through it, incorporating one stone. Eleven others survive, some only a few inches high.

Eva Plain, Nr Smetmurphy Common, Embleton, Cockermouth, (4 miles, 6kms)

The 15 stones, of which the tallest is just under one metre, form an almost perfect circle some 40 metres in diameter. Only 15 stones of the original 30 remain.

4 Old Kings Arms Lane, Cockermouth, CA13 9LS, (2 miles, 2kms), Tel: 01900 822634, Email, www.cockermouth.org.uk

Set within a former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel the Tourist Information Centre is situated by the river Cocker, just minutes from the town centre and provides both local and national information.

Irish Street, Maryport, Cumbria, CA15 8AD, (8 miles, 12kms), Tel: 01900 811450, Email, www.thewavemaryport.co.uk

A revolutionary £3.3 million entertainment and conferencing centre, situated in the historic Georgian harbour town of Maryport, in the Western Lake District.

South Quay, Maryport, Cumbria, CA15 8AB, (8 miles, 12kms), Tel: 01900 817760, Email, www.coastaquarium.co.uk

Stroke the rays and touch the starfish. Cafe, gift shop, crazy golf and model boats. Tickets valid all day.

Castlegate House, Cockermouth, Cumbria, CA13 9HA, (2 miles, 2kms), 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, (2 miles, 2kms), 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, (1 miles, 2kms), Tel: 01900 823521

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