The gardens and extended parkland at Sizergh Castle are wonderful to explore. There is a mirror lake, herbaceous borders, a working kitchen garden, apple orchard and limestone rock garden.
Kendal Castle's romantic ruins sit high on a gentle hill above the market town, boasting stupendous views of both the town and beyond to the tumultuous Lakeland skyline.
Arnside Tower is believed to have been built in the late 14th century, during the late medieval period. It served as a defensive structure, designed to protect against potential Scottish raids and incursions along the border with Scotland.
Hazelslack Tower was a Peel (Pele) Tower ( small fortified keeps or tower houses, built along the English and Scottish borders in the Scottish Marches and North of England). Thought to built late 14th Century.
This compact Nature Reserve has three unique habitats: wet grassland in the southwest, a northern woodland exuding an ancient woodland charm, and the rest of the area covered by secondary …