Insight Guides Great Breaks Lake District (Travel Guide eBook)

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Pocket-sized travel guides making the most of the British Isles through clearly laid-out walks and tours.

Explore the best of the Lake District with this indispensably practical Insight Great Breaks Guide. From making sure you don't miss out on must-see attractions like Lake Windermere, Grasmere, Beatrix Potter's house, the Wordsworth Museum and Castlerigg, to discovering hidden gems, including Wast Water, the easy-to-follow, ready-made walking routes will save you time, help you plan and enhance your Great Break in the Lake District.

Practical, pocket-sized and packed with inspirational insider information, this is the ideal on-the-move companion to your trip to the Lake District.

- Over 8 walks and tours: detailed itineraries feature all the best places to visit, including where to eat along the way
- Local highlights: discover what makes the area special, its top sights and unique attractions, and be inspired by stunning imagery
- Insider recommendations: where to stay and what to do, from active pursuits to themed trips
- Rainy day recommendations: uncover plenty of options, whatever the weather
- Practical maps: get around with ease and follow the walks and tours using the detailed maps 
- Informative tips: plan your travels with a useful practical section to ensure effortless exploration
- Inventive design makes for an engaging, easy-reading experience
- Covers: Kendal and Windermere, Ullswater and Kirkstone Pass, Coniston and Hawkshead, Keswick to Grasmere, Borrowdale and Buttermere, around Skiddaw, the Western Lakes and the southwest.

About Insight Guides: Insight Guides is a pioneer of full-colour guide books, with almost 50 years' experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides with user-friendly, modern design. We produce around 400 full-colour print guide books and maps as well as phrase books, picture-packed eBooks and apps to meet different travellers' needs. Insight Guides' unique combination of beautiful travel photography and focus on history and culture create a unique visual reference and planning tool to inspire your next adventure.

Sujets

• Reino Unido
• Travel
• United Kingdom
• Great Britain
• Royaume-Uni
• Europe

Informations

• Publié par: Apa Publications
• Date de parution: 01 juin 2019
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• EAN13: 9781789199086
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 15 Mo

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How To Use This E-Book

This Great Break has been produced by the editors of Insight Guides, whose books have set the standard for visual travel guides since 1970. With top- quality photography and authoritative recommendations, these guidebooks bring you the very best routes and itineraries in the world’s most exciting destinations.
Walks and Tours
The clearly laid-out walks and tours in this book feature options for walking or using public transport wherever possible. The emphasis is on family fun, wholesome outdoorsey activities, local festivals, and food and drink. There are loads of great holiday ideas: kids’ stuff, best beaches, historic pubs, literary connections, unique shops, and – crucially with our Great British weather – what to do on a rainy day.
We recommend reading the whole of a route before setting out. This should help you to familiarise yourself with it and enable you to plan where to stop for refreshments – options are shown in the ‘Eating Out’ box at the end of each tour.
Introduction
The routes are set in context by this introductory section, giving an overview of the destination to set the scene, plus background information on food and drink.
Directory
Also supporting the walks and tours is a Travel Tips section, with a clearly organised A–Z of practical information. There is a comprehensive round up of sports and activities in the destination, recommendations for themed holidays, plus our pick of the best places to stay.
Getting around the e-book
In the Table of Contents and throughout this e-book you will see hyperlinked references. Just tap a hyperlink once to skip to the section you would like to read. Practical information and listings are also hyperlinked, so as long as you have an external connection to the internet, you can tap a link to go directly to the website for more information.
Maps
All key attractions and sights mentioned in the text are numbered and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference [map] just tap this to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view.
Images
You’ll find lots of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of the destination. Simply double-tap on an image to see it full-screen.
About Insight Guides
Insight Guides have more than 40 years’ experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides. We produce 400 full-colour titles, in both print and digital form, covering more than 200 destinations across the globe, in a variety of formats to meet your different needs.
Insight Guides are written by local authors, whose expertise is evident in the extensive historical and cultural background features. Each destination is carefully researched by regional experts to ensure our guides provide the very latest information. All the reviews in Insight Guides are independent; we strive to maintain an impartial view. Our reviews are carefully selected to guide you to the best places to eat, go out and shop, so you can be confident that when we say a place is special, we really mean it.
© 2019 Apa Digital (CH) AG and Apa Publications (UK) Ltd



Table of Contents
Lake District’s Top 10
Overview: An Extra-special Place
Landscape
Geology
Climate
Farming
Food and Drink
Meat
Fish
Cakes and Sweets
Ale
Tour 1: Kendal to Windermere
Kendal
Riverside and museums
Anglicans and Quakers
Art and leisure
Burneside
Staveley
Kentmere
St Cuthbert’s Church
Windermere and Bowness
Soaking up the atmosphere
Blackwell
Lyth Valley
Cartmel Fell
Crosthwaite and Scout Scar
Tour 2: Ullswater and Kirkstone Pass
Penrith
Around Penrith
To Pooley Bridge
Ullswater
Glenridding
Ladies of the Lake
Hartsop
Kirkstone Pass
Troutbeck
Holehird
Brockhole
Ambleside
Museums and culture
The Struggle
Dalemain
Dacre
St Andrew’s church
Rheged
Feature: Literary Lakes
Tour 3: Coniston and Hawkshead
Galava
Loughrigg Fell
To Waterhead
Coniston Water
Coniston
The Gondola
Brantwood
Yewdale
Tarn Hows
The Courthouse
Hawkshead
St Michael’s Church
Wordsworth’s school
Potter’s world
Esthwaite Water
Near Sawrey
Tour 4: Keswick to Grasmere
Keswick
Halls
Museums
Castlerigg
Thirlmere and the Fells
Ancient pass
Grasmere
Dove Cottage
Rydal Water
Rydal Mount
Nab Cottage
Back to Keswick
St John’s in the Vale Church
Feature: Festivals
Tour 5: Borrowdale and Buttermere
Derwent Water
Lake cruises
Lodore Falls
Grange-in-Borrowdale
Boulders and scree
Eagle Crag
Graphite Mines
Seatoller
Honister Pass
Honister Slate Mine
Great Gable
Buttermere
The Buttermere Beauty
Around the lake
Newlands
Tour 6: Around Skiddaw
Blencathra
Threlkeld
Mungrisdale
Caldbeck
Famous huntsman
Cockermouth
Coastal towns
Thornthwaite Forest
White Bishop
Mirehouse
Crosthwaite Church
Feature: Wildlife
Tour 7: The Western Lakes
Langdale Valley
Great Langdale
Blea Tarn
The Wrynose and Hardknott Passes
Eskdale
Viking Cross
Wasdale
Tall stories
Tiny church
Shapely fells
On to Ennerdale
Ennerdale
Tour 8: The Southwest
Grange-over-Sands
Cartmel
Holker Hall
Flookburgh and Humphrey Head
Ulverston
Hoad Hill ‘Lighthouse’
Swarthmoor
Dalton-in-Furness
Furness Abbey
The Dock Museum
Broughton and Millom
Duddon Valley
Birks Bridge
Seathwaite
Grizedale Forest
The railway, motor museum and aquarium
Active Pursuits
Walking
Cycling
Water Sports
Swimming
Sailing and kayaking
Climbing
Fell Running
Themed Holidays
Children
Cooking
Literary Tours
Nature and Birdwatching
Geology
Spas
Volunteering
Walking, Cycling and Sailing
Practical Information
Getting There
By train
By coach
By road
By air
Getting Around
By bus
By train
By bike
By car
By boat
Guided tours
Facts for the Visitor
Disabled travellers
Emergencies
Opening hours
Tourist information
Local Tourist Information Centres
National Park Information Centres
Entertainment
Accommodation
Accommodation Websites


Lake District’s Top 10

There’s water and Wordsworth everywhere – but there’s still much more to drink in. Here are just some of the high spots of this beautiful corner of Britain




Dove Cottage. Imagine Wordsworth, his wife and sister in this former Grasmere pub, reciting poetry. For more information, click here .
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Aira Force. This graceful tumble of water is spanned by a picturesque stone bridge. For more information, click here .
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Derwent Water. Climb aboard a classic boat on one of the most beautiful of all the lakes, dotted with islands, surrounded by magnificent mountains and close to the market town of Keswick. For more information, click here .
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Langdale Valley. A perfect mountain valley, its green floor and fell-sides rising to the bare rock of Langdale Pikes, and at its head the great bulk of Bow Fell. For more information, click here .
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Furness Abbey. Extending along the lovely Vale of Deadly Nightshade are the splendid red sandstone remnants of a once powerful Cistercian community. For more information, click here .
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Wast Water. The most austere and spectacular of the lakes, ringed by high mountains. For more information, click here .
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Beatrix Potter sites. Meet Mrs Tiggy-Winkle in Hawkshead, and visit Hill Top, home of her creator, the talented Beatrix Potter. For more information, click here .
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Tarn Hows. A real piece of peace, this Lakeland icon is set in dense woodland interlaced with paths and created by the merging of three tarns. For more information, click here .
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Castlerigg. This ancient stone circle from the mists of time shows how humankind has always been in awe of nature. For more information, click here .
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Windermere. Cumbria’s longest stretch of water is the ideal leisure lake. On its eastern bank is the fun-loving town of Bowness, from where you can take cruises on the lake, or visit the World of Beatrix Potter. For more information, click here .
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Overview: An Extra-special Place

Well loved, well walked and wildly romantic, the Lake District is one of the best-known corners of Britain. Yet for all its fame, there is always something new to discover

The Lake District is among the most romantic places in the world – indeed this is where the 18th-century Romantic Mov