Cumbria is a great place to have a day out with the kids. Below we've tried to list as many attractions as we can to make it easy for you to find fun places to visit - we hope you find our website useful - and easy to use. Do you know of any other great
places to go that we may have missed? If so, it would be really nice if you could you get in touch, so that other kids can enjoy the day out as well - thanks a lot - have fun!
Family Days Out in Cumbria
The World of Beatrix Potter
Bowness-on-Windermere
The World of Beatrix Potter The World of Beatrix Potter is a magical attraction for all the family. Inside all 23 Peter Rabbit⢠tales are brought to life with sights, sounds and even smells. Outdoors you can explore the delightful new Peter Rabbit⢠Garden. Our family-friendly Tea Room serves the freshest produce from the garden and our shops are packed with Peter Rabbit⢠gifts.
Rheged
Penrith
Rheged An award winning family day out, Rheged's attractions include a giant cinema with a screen the size of six double decker buses, a kids play centre and an international mountaineering exhibition as well as superb shops and fabulous food.
Lakes Aquarium
Ulverston
Lakes Aquarium See things that swim, things that fly and things that bite!
The Aquarium of the Lakes has re-launched as Lakes Aquarium- with all new features allowing you to visit the lakes of the world, along with those a little closer to home- making it a captivating centrepiece to the Lake District.
Walk through our incredible underwater tunnel, home of the breath taking diving ducks.
Come face to face with hippos, sharks and crocodiles in our Virtual Dive Bell
South Lakes Wild Animal Park
Dalton-in-Furness
South Lakes Wild Animal Park Prepare to be truly amazed with penguins, lions, tigers, giraffes, rhinos, hippos, kangaroos, lemurs, monkeys and much much more you will not experience anything like this anywhere else in the UK!
Lakeland Wildlife Oasis
Milnthorpe
Lakeland Wildlife Oasis Lakeland's Wildlife Discovery Centre is a unique and exciting blend of exotic wildlife and interactive 'hands-on' displays, which take you through 3,000 million years of evolution and follow the development of life on Earth - from magic molecules to mischeivous monkeys.
Trotters World of Animals
Keswick
Trotters World of Animals Trotters World of Animals - home to hundreds of friendly animals including traditional favorites, endangered species, birds of prey and reptiles. A great deal is under cover so rain need not spoil your visit...
Eden Ostrich World
Penrith
Eden Ostrich World Tons to do: African Black Ostrich - Rare Farm Animals - Zebroid (Zebra/Pony Cross)!! - Adventure and pre-school Playgrounds - African Black Ostrich - Giant Maze - Tractor Rides - Indoor heated Soft Play Area
Lake District Coast Aquarium
Maryport
Lake District Coast Aquarium 45 carefully themed and informative aquatic displays + Adventure playground, radio controlled boats and mini golf.
Duckys Park Farm
Grange over Sands
Duckys Park Farm There's plenty to do at Ducky's. Meet a large variety of animals and enjoy hands on petting, have a go at the farm trail and play on the trampolines and huge indoor play frame with separate toddlers area.
Lakeland Motor Museum
Grange-over-Sands
Lakeland Motor Museum Over 30,000 motoring related exhibits including many reminiscent rarities, tastefully presented in a rather quaint former Shire Horse Stables and courtyard setting.
The Dock Museum
Barrow-in-Furness
The Dock Museum explore the fascinating history of Barrow-in-Furness, and discover how it grew from a tiny 19th Century hamlet to the biggest iron and steel centre in the world, and a major ship-building force, in just 40 years + kids adventure playground.
Cars of the Stars Motor Museum
Keswick
Cars of the Stars Motor Museum You will also find many famous vehicles and even motorcycles. (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, James Bond, Fools and Horses etc.) The museum also has a collection of autographs of famous people and even rides for the children.
Cumberland Pencil Museum
Keswick
Cumberland Pencil Museum The world famous pencil museum!! Probably best you have a look at the link to their website (in the more info area) to explain what they do there!!!
Keswick Leisure Pool
Keswick
Keswick Leisure Pool warm waters, wave machine and 'black hole' flume there is fun for all the family
The Park Leisure Centre
Barrow-in-Furness
The Park Leisure Centre The Park Leisure Centre has two pools, both heated to a warm 29 degrees C. The Main Pool is a 25m, six lane deck pool that ranges in depth from 0.9m to 2.0m. The Leisure Pool is free form with a wave machine, water Cannons and an exciting 20m water slide.
Honister Slate Mine
Keswick
Honister Slate Mine The tour shows the current workings of the mine and how a mixture of modern and traditional methods is still extracting the slate which was forming some 400 million years before tyrannosaurus Rex was to stride the land.
Carlisle Castle
Carlisle
Carlisle Castle Carlisle Castle is still a sight to behold. William Rufus founded it in 1092. It's had a few famous guests in it's time, including Mary Queen of Scots who was imprisoned here.
Wordsworth House and Garden
Cockermouth
Wordsworth House and Garden Step back in time at Wordsworth House and Garden, the C18th century home of poet William Wordsworth. Hands on rooms and fun for all the family.
Muncaster Castle
Ravenglass
Muncaster Castle Historic Haunted Castle! 70 acre garden for the kids to run wild in. Win a prize if you answer the questions correctly in the indoor MeadowVole maze. Visit the World Owl Centre and get up close at the daily display. Interactive computer?s, playground, caf鬠shops and events programme.
Windermere Lake Cruises
Newby Bridge
Windermere Lake Cruises Windermere Lake Cruises - no.7 in the official tourist board attractions in the UK - so must be good!! Great idea for family days out in the Lake District.
South Tynedale Railway
Alston
South Tynedale Railway Preserved steam and diesel locomotives from Britain and overseas run between Alston Station (875 feet above sea level) and Kirkhaugh, following part of the old Haltwhistle to Alston branch line along the Tyne Valley in North East Cumbria. There is a railway shop and refreshment facilities at the station, as well as a picnic area.
Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway
Ravenglass
Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway The Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway runs for seven-miles from the coastal village of Ravenglass in the Western Lake District through two of Lakeland's 'loveliest valleys' to Dalegarth station and visitor centre in Eskdale, nestling at the foot of England's highest mountains. Steam trains operate every month of the year
Ullswater Steamers
Glenridding
Ullswater Steamers Lake cruises surrounded by some of the highest mountains and home to many different birds and animals. Come and sail with us and uncover our darkest secrets. Our Round The Lake ticket gives you time to explore, fish for tiddlers or play I spy with your free 'Sammy' guide onboard...
Crafty Monkeys
Penrith
Crafty Monkeys Come and have fun throwing paint and clay around in our ceramic and pottery cafe. All parties welcome - open to all ages and abilities
Lakeland Miniature Village
Grange-over-Sands
Lakeland Miniature Village Over 140buildings made from local Coniston slate. Houses, farms and barns create the Lakeland landscape. Under construction is our new Japanese Tea House overlooking our Japanese Garden.
Huntfun Windermere Treasure Hunt
Windermere
Huntfun Windermere Treasure Hunt A great fun way to explore in your own town or when visiting somewhere new. Fun for all the family and something a bit different getting everyone out and about in the fresh air for a few hours.
Thanks for all the great places to go when visiting Cumbria you keep sending in.
Now the summer holidays are upon us, we're trying to find as many things to do with kids as possible, especially cheap and free family friendly places to visit this year - theme parks, waterparks and swimming pools, museums, indoor soft playcentres, petting farms, wildlife parks and zoos, castles, railways, pottery making and ceramic cafes, roller and ice skating rinks, dry and indoor ski slopes, climbing walls, ten pin bowling alleys, steam railways and other tourist attractions.
Also teachers may find the site useful for ideas for the best places to take their classes on school journeys.
So, if you've been for great days out with the kids, or a school trip, which isn't listed above, just send in an email and we'll add it on so people on holidays and all the other children in Cumbria can enjoy the great day out as well.
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