Browsing local attractions within 8 miles of Church Court Cottages 

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.

Temple Sowerby, Penrith, Cumbria, CA10 1SP, (7 miles, 11kms), 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, 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).

Ainstable, Penrith, Cumbria, (6 miles, 10kms)

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.

Penrith, Cumbria, CA10 2AA, (8 miles, 12kms), Tel: 01768 862488, Email, www.english-heritage.org.uk

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