A Good Guide will take you to places you might never find alone!
 The North West Lakes |
The physical beauty, abundance of fauna, striking flora and native wildlife makes the county of Cumbria, and the Lake District National Park, the most attractive destination in the United Kingdom today.
- Tranquillity, great beauty
- Mighty mountains
- Lakes, rivers, waterfalls
- Rolling countryside, unspoilt shorelines
- An agreeable climate
- Sophisticated hotels, high quality B & B's and charming restaurants.
How extraordinary, that there is so much to see and do in this most beautiful of counties, that Cumbria is so little known in Britain.
The countryside is diverse, surrounded to the North, West and South
by the Irish Sea and protected in the East by the Pennine Mountains,
the backbone of England. Explore unusual, exciting locations and historic
sites, many of which are off the beaten track.
Map of the Lake District and its Location in The UK
Image produced
from the Ordnance Survey Get-a-map
service.
Image reproduced with kind permission of Ordnance
Survey and Ordnance
Survey of Northern Ireland.
Access
By
air: both Manchester and Liverpool airports are within 1½
hour's drive of Kendal, in south Cumbria; both Glasgow and Edinburgh
airports are within 2 hour's drive of the city of Carlisle, in the
north of the county
By rail: The West Coast Main Line from London to Glasgow stops
at Oxenholme (for Kendal and Windermere), Penrith and Carlisle; there
are regular direct trains between Manchester airport and Windermere
(via Oxenholme station). Journey times are approximately as follows:
London - Oxenholme 3½ hours
Oxenholme - Carlisle 45 minutes
[Please note these times are only approximations. For more detailed
information please call the National Rail Enquiry Service on 08457
484950]
By road: the M6 motorway from the midlands to Carlisle passes
up the eastern side of the County of Cumbria, providing easy access
from all parts of the United Kingdom.
