The Lancaster and Morecambe area is widely regarded as the 'Gateway to the Lakes'. One of Britain's most beautiful regions, the South Lakes can easily be reached from the Lancaster area, by train, bus or car.

The Lake District is awash with a huge variety of attractions, from the Beatrix Potter Musuem, the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway to Rheged. Then of course there's Sellafield, but you can't have everything. Of course, the Distirct has plenty of its own natural attractions which are a powerful draw to walkers from all over the world.

John Freeman

Image: Elterwater Area, Langdale Pikes, courtesy of Ken Rotheram, www.virtual-lakes.co.uk

GENERAL INFORMATION

• Cumbria Tourist Board web site: Go
• An Interactive Tourist Map of the Lakes: Go
• Lake District North West

GETTING THERE
• Stationmaster
A useful site for rail and bus timetables in Cumbria.and further afield



SOUTH LAKES TOWNS

 Ambleside | Bowness | Cartmel | Coniston | Eskdale
Grasmere | Hawkshead  | Kendal
Keswick-on-Derwentwater |  Kirby Lonsdale 
| Newby Bridge |

Heversham and Leasgill
Community Web site: www.heversham.org
Heversham and Leasgill constitute a small rural community with a population of approximately 500, located in South Lakeland, in the old county of Westmorland (now Cumbria), UK.

Great & Little Langdale, Skelwith & Clappersgate local website

THE LAKE DISTRICT PENINSULA

Barrow-in-Furness  |  Broughton
Cartmel & Grange-over-Sands  |  Lakeside  
Ravenglass | Ulverston

ALSO FEATURED ON THIS SITE ...

Carlisle (Not in South Lakes) | Penrith (Not in South Lakes)
Sedbergh (in the Yorkshire Dales)

MORE INFO/LINKS

www.virtual-lakes.co.uk
Lake District walks, with virtual tours.
Full screen desktops showing the Lake District (see image above). See walks and tours and send for a multimedia CD Rom.