There are excellent Tourist offices in Cockermouth and Keswick with a mass of information, copies of many leaflets can be found an our bookshelf.
If you want a group activity the Keswick Climbing Wall can arrange days to include wall climbing assault courses cycling and ghyllscrambling. There are accompanied walks from Keswick Tourist Office which provide the benefit of the guides local knowledge and combine linear walks with a bus or launch ride.
Walks - 'The Cumbrian' magazine contains many good walks and we have compiled a booklet containing most of them from the last couple of years.
Locally there is a visitor centre with a variety of short walks at Whinlatter. Dodd Wood, opposite Mirehouse on the way to Keswick, has routes in the woods. Mirehouse also has a play area for children and in 1999 won the national title as 'the best property to visit for families' in a poll of visitors to country houses. From Mireside you can walk to Bassenthwaite Lake. Turn left out of the back door, when you reach the road turn left until you come to a footpath, on the right, which leads to the Lake. St Bega's church. by the lake is worth a visit. Skiddaw can be reached via Ullock Pike on a route starting at a path near the beck at the farm entrance (or you can park the car on Orthwaite Road') Alternatively go up Ullock Pike via Dodd Wood.
The tranquil lakes of Derwentwater, Bassenthwaite Lake, Crummock Water, Buttermere and Thirlmere all enjoy breathtaking mountain settings with lots of places to relax and enjoy the scenery. The visitor has unparalleled opportunities to enjoy a great variety of sports including walking, cycling, golf, fell running, horse riding, paragliding, rock climbing and water sport.
