Browsing local attractions within 8 miles of Cobblestone Barn 

Temple Sowerby, Penrith, Cumbria, CA10 1SP, (6 miles, 9kms), 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.

Little Salkeld, Nr Penrith, Cumbria, CA10 1NN, (3 miles, 5kms), 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.

Little Salkeld, Penrith, Cumbria, CA10, (3 miles, 4kms), 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).

Penrith, Cumbria, CA10, (8 miles, 12kms), Tel: 01539 816300, Email, www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk/

Cliburn, Penrith, Cumbria, CA10 2DW, (7 miles, 12kms)

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

Ainstable, Penrith, Cumbria, (7 miles, 12kms)

Three stone circles and two smaller settings of boulders 12' across. Inside one of the circles was a series of cremations, one in a collared urn.

Robinson's School, Middlegate, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 7PT, (8 miles, 12kms), Tel: 01768 867466, Email, www.visiteden.co.uk

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

Penrith, Cumbria, CA10 2AA, (7 miles, 11kms), Tel: 01768 862488, Email, www.english-heritage.org.uk

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