Browsing local attractions within 8 miles of Loweswater 

27 Lowther Street, Whitehaven, Cumbria, CA28 7DN, (8 miles, 13kms), Tel: 01946 592933, Email, www.rumstory.co.uk

Award winning attraction, The Rum Story, is the worlds first exhibition depicting the story of the UK rum trade.

Main Street, Cockermouth, Cumbria, CA13 9RX, (5 miles, 8kms), Tel: 01900 824805, Email, www.wordsworthhouse.org.uk

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

Dean Moor, Nr Gilgarren, Workington, Cumbria, (3 miles, 5kms)

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, (8 miles, 12kms)

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, (5 miles, 8kms), 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.

38-42 Market Place, Cockermouth, Cumbria, CA13 9NG, (5 miles, 8kms), 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.

Castlegate House, Cockermouth, Cumbria, CA13 9HA, (5 miles, 8kms), Tel: 01900 822149

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

9 South Street, Cockermouth, Cumbria, CA13 9QP, (5 miles, 8kms), Tel: 01900 823521

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