Outdoor activities & sport
Things to do and places to visit during your stay
We hope you find the following selection useful. These are some of our favourite things to do and favourite places to visit but we are also interested in hearing about the places you discover so we can share your experience and make recommendations for others.
We hope you find the following selection useful. These are some of our favourite places but we are also interested in hearing about the places you discover so we can share your experience and make recommendations for others.
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- Adventure Peaks – Climbing Wall
- Air Ventures Paragliding School
- Climb 365 – Kendal
- Cycling Cumbria
- Escape Paragliding Adventures with Jocky Sanderson
- Go Ape – Whinlatter
- Keswick Bikes
- Newlands Adventure Centre (1 mile away)
- Mountain Biking at Whinlatter
- Pendle & Cumbria Balloon Flights
Golf
- Cockermouth Golf Club
- Keswick Golf Club – Threlkeld
- Penrith Golf Club
- Silloth Golf Club
- Windermere Golf Club
Horse Riding
- Cumbrian Heavy Horses – Whicham Valley
- Lakeland Pony Trekking – Winderemere
- Rookin House Farm Equestrian Activity Centre – Troutbeck
Watersports / Fishing
- Derwent Water Marina – Portinscale
- Low Wood Bay Watersports Centre – Windermere
- Keswick Anglers
- Lake District Fishing
- Nichol End Marine – Portinscale
- Watersports in the Lake District
If you have any suggestions or recommendations for additional listings, we’d love hear from you. Please forward these to Joanne Roberts by email a joanne@rowlingend.co.uk
heatre by the Lake opened its doors in 1999 and is a very popular destination for visitors to the area. Boasting a 400-seat auditorium and a 100-seat studio, the theatre stages productions throughout the year.