Lake District Attractions

Oh I Do Like To Be Beside The- Countryside?

Advantages: Location, Service, Staff, Accomodation
Disadvantages: Couldn't find any

...Center Parcs and especially the Oasis Holiday Village. My own father used to work here as the manager of the cleaning department, a department which still maintains top quality I must add. Anyways, since the dreaded credit crunch British holidaymakers have chosen alternative resolutions to flying abroad. The British holiday is now as popular as ever, with places like Butlins and Haven filling up like the beaches on a bank holiday weekend. Whilst ...
...the holiday. Situated near Ulverston, Oasis Village is pretty much in the centre of the Lakes. Only a short bus ride to other attractions, such as Lake Windermere boat cruises, Aquarium Of The Lakes and South Lakes Wild Animal Park (a great zoo where I used to work) means that there is even more to do should you leave the actual resort. The actual resort then- compact in terms of what to expect and relatively large. The accommodation is well looked ...

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Review of Oasis Holiday Village, Lake District

Solway Holiday Park

Advantages: the farm and hot tub
Disadvantages: people in our hot tub

...the place we stayed. Solway Holiday Park is situated in Silloth Cumbria (about 22 miles west of Carlisle) which is small village with a population of around 3000. If you want a town with lots going on then Silloth is not for you, it has a lovely large green and a great sea view although it is not a beach. It also has cafes and the odd take away along with some little shops and of course a Spar (everywhere seems to have a Spar). Near the green is ...
...quite easy to find I got the directions from greenflag. As we drove in through the entrance the reception was quite well sign posted, when we booked we were told booking in time was 4pm (which I thought was a bit late but thought we could probably use the facilities before then). As it happened we set off later than expected so with the hold up on the motorway we didn't get there until about 3.50pm. I went to reception for the key etc along with ...

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Review of Solway Holiday Park, Silloth, Cumbria

Visit The Magical World Of Beatrix Potter.

Advantages: Very cheap and educational for children and adults.
Disadvantages: Very small museum.

...well known novelist, who over the years brought us the famous Peter Rabbit, Jemima Puddleduck, Miss Tiggy Winkle, Benjamin Bunny and many more cute looking characters. The famous novelist lived most of her life in the Lake District, she had a farm in sawry. She loved the lakes so much that she then went on to buy more and more land, eventually she donated this to the national trust so it would never be ruined. Beatrix Potter was born in London ...
...and adore today. In the memories of this great novelist, a museum about her works and all of the characters she created was opened, this was the perfect thing to do to make sure that the books would always be known, I am sure this has contributed to the large success of the Beatrix potter books. THE WORLD OF BEATRIX POTTER Once you have paid your entrance fee, you are shown a short film about the world of Beatrix potter and its history. Once this ...

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Review of The World of Beatrix Potter, Bowness-on-Windermere

Langdale Pikes Report

Advantages: Beautiful scenery, fresh air...
Disadvantages: None

Suddenly, you find yourself in the Lake District… You are heading along the A592 with Windermere to your left. You look to the north and in the distance you see a curious mountain formation. Two hill tops strangely positioned against each other. What is that? You wonder. It is – or should I say they are - the Langdale Pikes. And today, constant reader, I am going to take you by the hand and guide you across this beautiful terrain. Hope you have brought ...
...We move onto the A593, heading towards Coniston. But before Coniston we turn right for Dungeon Ghyll (B5343), where our destination is. If you have arrived here not knowing where the Lake District is, then I shall briefly tell you that the Lake District National Park is set within Cumbria, in the North West of England. Here is housed England’s highest, Scafell Pike, but we are not going there today – that is another review. You get here by heading ...

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Review of The Langdale Pikes, Cumbria

See Jemima Puddleduck's gate

Advantages: A beautiful house kept as it was in Beatrix Potter's time
Disadvantages: It might get a bit busy in summer

...recently we visited her house, Hill Top, which now belongs to the National Trust. Where is it? Hill Top is in a village called Near Sawrey which is situated about one mile to the west of Lake Windermere, about halfway along the lake and about two miles south of Hawkshead. How do you get there? When I first visited about 25 years ago I was staying in Ambleside and walked from there down to Bowness on Windermere where I caught a ferry across Lake ...
...car park for visitors to Hill Top. It is also accessible by a variety of local Stagecoach buses and details can be found on their website. When is it open? It is open from the middle of February until the end of October each year, every day except Friday. It opens at 1100 and closes at 1530 until the middle of March; after that it opens at 1030 and closes at 1630 for the rest of the season. How much does it cost? As I said it is owned by the ...

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Review of Hill Top, Ambleside