Enjoy The English Lake District

• Rothay Park ( playground and playing field)
• Apple Pie Teashop ( listed in Eating Out page)
• Pitch and Putt (near Rothay Park. Has Crazy Golf as well as tennis, french boules and bowles )
• Bonkers Play Den (Piano Cafe play area)
• Shops ( If Mum gets bored)

Then there are the Grasmere walks. They are near:

• A playground (next to Broadgate pay and display car park. Includes playground and playing field)
• If you are vegetarian there is the cafe/ restaurant called The Rowan Tree.*
• If you are coeliac (gluten free) there is the cafe Greens.*
• The Grasmere Garden Centre (which has an internet computer. Serves food and drink)
• A reasonable amount of shops (walking, Sam Reads Bookshop ,food, beauty and healthfood)
• * Both serve normal food as well ( but Rowan Tree does not serve meat)

Windermere walks are varied because it depends where you are. In Bowness-on-Windermere there are:

• Loads of good restaurants (a good reason to check it out)
• Cruises (get on the Swan, Teal, Tern or other boats)
• Souveneir shops (as well as clothes ,walking and a  Co-Op ,Deli and recently opened Tesco Express)
• The bowling green playground (a small playground next to a bowling green)
• Lyons Playground ( mainly wooden playground with basketball hoop and football net)
• Good cafes and restaurants ( too many to list but some are on the Eating Out page.