What to do and see nearby.
Mirefoot Cottages are located in the National Park in a converted barn. The following list is not exhaustive but should prove useful. All of the following are links to sites which describe them.
Sporting Activities
Yacht broker, yacht sales, Windermere and North Wales
Historic Houses and Gardens
Leighton Hall Holker Hall and Gardens and Motor Museum Blackwell - The arts and crafts House Levens Hall and Gardens The National Park Visitors’ Centre at Brockhole Hilltop, Near Sawrey, Hawkshead Brantwood - John Ruskin’s house, near Coniston Dove Cottage, Grasmere Townend, Troutbeck Stagshaw Garden, Ambleside Muncaster Castle and Owl Centre Sizergh Castle, near Kendal Kendal Castle Lanercost Priory
Museums and craft centers
Cumberland Pencil Museum, Keswick Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal Museum of Lakeland Life and Industry, Kendal Barrow Dock Museum Stott Park Bobbin Mill Blackwell Arts and crafts center, Windermere Beatrix Potter Gallery, Hawkshead Dalemain, near Pooley Bridge Cars of the Stars Motor Museum, Keswick The Wordsworth Museum and Rydal Mount Windermere Steamboat Museum
Outdoor Activities and Attractions
Adventure21 Aira Force, Ullswater The Cumbria Directory - Loads of Information . Grizedale Theatre in the Forest and Sculpture Trail Castlerigg Stone Circle, near Keswick Lake District Outdoors, Walking and Cycling routes Leighton Moss RSPB Reserve Ravensglass and Eskdale Railway Whitehaven Beacon Aquarium of the Lakes,Lakeside Maryport Aquarium Tullie House, Carlisle Kendal Climbing Wall, Kendal The World of Beatrix Potter, Bowness The Old Laundry Theatre, Bowness Little Salkeld Mill Lakeland Bird of Prey Centre, Lowther Hardknott Roman Fort Steam Gondola on Coniston Appleby Castle Windermere Lake Cruisers Sellafield Visitors Center Kankku 4X4 Driving Coniston Water Festival Go Ape High Wire Forest Adventure
Shopping Areas and Distances
Kendal Town Center,ASDA,Boots etc. 4 Miles Windermere,Booths,Boots etc. 6 Miles Bryson's of Keswick - Baker