Kids in the lakes
The skies are big, the fells grand and imposing, the water enticing. The Lakes is just the place to wake and shake kids from their iPads. Launch their activity programme at Derwentwater Marina with sailing, windsurfing, canoeing, kayaking, ghyll scrambling, rock climbing and even raft building.
It’s a similar story at Keswick Adventure Centre, with an all-action menu of canyoning, white-water tubing and water rollers. Or how about the indoor climbing wall, archery and high ropes at Keswick Climbing and Activity Centre? Nearby, Aira Force falls, with its 70-foot drop, is a fine walk and top picnic spot.
Elsewhere, Go Ape at Whinlatter Forest Park, tour England’s last working slate mine at Honister, complete with knee-knocking climbing on the Via Ferrata. Back on terra firma, the Lake District Wildlife Park brings together over 100 species of animals free to roam the 25 acres of parkland.
Uncover the secrets of the Dark Lake on the Ullswater steamers, take an excursion into the wonderful world of optical illusions at The Puzzling Place, or crack the code on the self-guided Keswick Spy Mission Treasure Trail.