Ullswater
The Quiet Site Brings Home Gold at the VisitEngland Awards 2023
The Quiet Site Brings Home Gold at the VisitEngland Awards 2023 The Quiet Site has scooped gold at this year’s VisitEngland Awards for Excellence 2023, having been named the top Camping, Glamping and Holiday Park of the Year. The multi-award wining site, which boasts a stunning location in the fells overlooking Ullswater, first opened its […]
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Ullswater provides inspiration for new children’s book
Ullswater provides inspiration for new children’s book The shores of Ullswater have set the scene for the launch of a new children’s book written and illustrated by two Lake district locals and featuring the lake’s iconic heritage vessels. By day, Askham-based author Dominic Brown usually drives an oil tanker but was recently inspired to write his first-ever […]
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Cumbria’s landscape takes centre stage for Tour of Britain
Cumbria’s landscape takes centre stage for Tour of Britain – As Cumbria gears up for next week’s Tour of Britain [10 September] it’s a chance for people to rediscover the county’s world-class landscape as they look out for some of the top names in cycling – many of them fresh from the Tokyo Olympics. The […]
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Ullswater – Our Lakes series
Ullswater – Our Lakes series – The second largest lake in the Lake District is described by its own visitor centre as the most beautiful. They would say that of course, but anyone who stands on Ullswater’s shores would be hard-pressed to dispute the claim. Whether the beauty of the surroundings played any part or […]
Paddling on Ullswater
Ullswater is one of the most accessible Lakes in the Lake district with easy road links from the M6 at Penrith and the A66 from Keswick. Access to the lake is easiest from the western shore on the road down towards Glenridding and Kirkstone pass. There are a number of parking places along this road […]
