Top Things to do in Lake District
Top Hotels in Lake District
- 1. Ravenstone Manor Hotel
- 2. Applegarth Villa Hotel and Restaurant (Adult Only)
- 3. Ambleside Salutation Hotel, BW Premier Collection
- 4. The Keswick Country House Hotel
- 5. The Daffodil Hotel & Spa
- 6. Ravenstone Manor Hotel
- 7. Riverside Hotel
- 8. Damson Dene Hotel
- 9. The Wordsworth Hotel
- 10. Castle Green Hotel in Kendal, BW Premier Collection
What to do and see in Lake District, England: The Best Churches & Cathedrals
Cumbria's valleys and fells (as the low mountains are known) are home to idyllic villages, high moorlands and picturesque lakes. Literary buffs will enjoy Wordsworth's Dove Cottage (go in March to see daffodils), and if you've got kids in tow, visit The World of Beatrix Potter. Or just enjoy a leisurely drive through beautiful scenery.
Restaurants in Lake District
1. St Paul's Church, Grange over Sands
2. St Catherine's Chruch
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 21 reviews
Reviewed By jeffwS8480OZ
A tiny delightful church in the most stunning setting, with distinctive red sandstone window frames. On the day of our visit, a chap was strimming carefully around the gravestones and then mowing the remainder of the churchyard, which is most beautifully maintained. Most probably the best kept churchyard I've ever visited, and I've visited a lot! Inside the charming church are some very lovely stained glass windows portraying the usual biblical scenes,but containing the most fabulous faces in fine detail.
3. St Oswalds Church
4. Crosthwaite Parish Church
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 1 reviews
5. Parish Church of St. James, Staveley
6. St Michael's Church-Isel Church
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 11 reviews
Reviewed By no1pinkpanther - Maryport, United Kingdom
Situated beside the River Derwent, close to the grounds of Isel Hall, this church dates from around 1130AD. Two Norman arches survive, in addition to four Norman windows. The oddities that have also endured from the past include an early stone staircase ambiguously set in the wall below an early window near the pulpit, what was it for? Several historical wall plaques, table and chest tombs can be found inside and four intriguing sundials are carved into the outside wall. The pre Conquest name of St Michael, and fragments of crosses on display inside the church, indicate the presence of a church on this site before Norman times. Here, by the River Derwent (the river of oak trees), not far from the Roman fort of Derventio at Papcastle, a village community worked and worshiped under the influence of the Christian ethic until the arrival of the Normans.
7. St Bega's Church
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 59 reviews
Reviewed By no1pinkpanther - Maryport, United Kingdom
A short drive down the lane signposted to the church leads you to an entrance to the church. If driving, you will need to drive along the track through 2 or 3 fields, but this means it's accessible even to the disabled. Just drive with care so as not to disturb the livestock and close the gates (which you will need to open) behind you. This leads you right down to the church by the lakeside. Alfred (Lord) Tennyson stayed at Mirehouse in 1835 while he was writing ‘Morte D’Arthur’ and St Bega’s Church inspired the opening lines: ‘…to a chapel nigh the field, A broken chancel with a broken cross, That stood on a dark straight of barren land,’.
8. Jesus Church
9. St Lawrences Church
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 6 reviews
10. Penrith Methodist Church
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 6 reviews
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