Out & About the English Lake District

Limefitt which is located in the Troutbeck Valley is perfect for you to have your Familiy Holidays.

With all sorts to do nearby with a host of many local attractions the location of this park is a perfect base to explore.

Go Ape!

Grizedale - Hawkshead, Cumbria, LA22 0QJ
Tel: 0845 6439 215
Web:www.goape.co.uk

Go Ape is an experience allowing you to zip line through the forest, climb in the trees and generally act like a monkey for the best part of three hours. It is an absolutely fantastic experience.

The course is split up into five sections where you end each section usually by a zip wire. Each course gets progressively harder.

Not everyone can take part in a Go Ape course. You must be over ten at least 4"7, and a maximum 20 stone. It is also worth mentioning that family and friends can watch you take part as the course is through the forest, over paths, and even over a road at one point!

The World of Beatrix Potter

Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria, LA23 3BX

Tel: 0844 504 1233
Web: http://www.hop-skip-jump.com/

Once you have paid your entrance fee, you are shown a short film about the world of Beatrix Potter and its history. Once this has finished you can then enter the world of Beatrix Potter, where you can look around at your own leisure.

Here you can experience all of the twenty three Beatrix potter tales; these are brought to life in an indoor recreation of the beautiful Lake District. You can experience some of the sights, sounds and even smells, so this is just like stepping into the story book.

The museum is really quite small to look at but it is packed with big human size models of the Beatrix creations, Peter Rabbit, Jemima Puddleduck, Miss Tiggy Winkle and all of the other characters created by the legendary Beatrix Potter.

Although it is small it can take a while to get around it all, as the displays are so impressive and detailed, not only are the models great but the interactive and in depth reviews and details about the Beatrix legacy and all of the many characters will keep you gripped.

Lakes Aquarium
Lakeside, Newby Bridge, Cumbria, LA12 8AS

Tel: 015395 30153
Web: http://www.lakesaquarium.co.uk/

The Aquarium of the Lakes takes you on a journey to discover the types of life found in and around the Lakes. It has the UK's largest collection of freshwater fish, and a walk underwater along Windermere's re-created lake bed, a look at the amazing diving ducks and a chance to meet their mischievious otters and even come face to face with Lakeland's pike, you can also encounter sharks and rays from around the local coast.

• The Aquarium's stunning displays follow the fascinating journey of a Lakeland River
• From it's beginning on the mountain top to its final destination of Morecambe Bay.
• With the aid of up to date aquarium technology the Aquarium offers multi-level viewing
• Over 2 floors and over 30 wonderful displays that feature the vast array of life found in and around the Lake District.

The Aquarium provides an enjoyable and educational experience for all ages.

Windermere Lake Cruises

Glebe Road, Bowness-on-Widermere, Cumbria, LA23 3HE

Tel:015394 43360
Web: www.windermere-lakecruises.co.uk

This is a great way to spend a day, especially if you have children to entertain. If you have a day to spare, buy the ticket that includes the boat, steam train and aquarium and you have a great day out.

The boat starts from Ambleside and goes to Lakeside via Windermere. At Lakeside you disembark and get the steam train. You can then either get off the steam train for some lunch or tea in an old style railway café or return straight away to Lakeside.

The aquarium is here and well worth a visit with lots of exotic and not so exotic fish as well as a glass tunnel to walk through so that the fish are swimming all around and over you!

The scenery is fabulous and all in all, a very good day out!