A pretty lake surrounded by woods and fells, with views to the Langdale Pikes and Helvellyn. An easy path of about a mile and a half goes all the way round, suitable for pushchairs and wheelchairs with help.
It was once owned by Beatrix Potter, who sold it to the National Trust. Belted Galloway cattle graze around the tarn.
A mock-Gothic castle with turrets and battlements on the western shore of Windermere, built in the 1840s for a retired surgeon.
The small 17th-century farmhouse Beatrix Potter bought in 1905 with the money from her first books, and where she wrote many of her tales.
A medieval house built around a 14th-century tower, home to the Strickland family for over 700 years.
England's largest national park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site of lakes, fells and stone villages that inspired Wordsworth and Beatrix Potter.
A 65-foot waterfall crashing through a wooded ravine above Ullswater, often called the most beautiful lake in England.
The highest lake in England, surrounded by limestone pavement and moorland in the Yorkshire Dales.
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