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Make the most of ytour time here at Cote How, by trying to plan your days before you get here.

Most of our visitors are here to enjoy the natural beauty of this fabulous National Park. This can be done in many ways, walking, cycling, mountain biking, touring etc. We have listed a few ideas below of ways of enjoying this wonderful landscape in a sustainable way.
Leave the car behind and take a more leisurely approach to planning your holiday. These are all great fun things to do and could be a challenge too!

CHEAPER - BUS TICKETS
There is only one bus company in Cumbria - Stagecoach, so it is definately worth buying a saver ticket and exploring the whole of Cumbria:

The Explorer offers unlimited travel on all stagecoach buses throughout Cumbria. You can buy these tickets on the bus, so if you are travelling by train to Windermere or Oxenholme - buy your saver ticket on your first bus trip!

2008 Prices are:
1 day Explorer - Adult £9.50, Child £6.25, Concession £5.75, Group £19.00
4 day Explorer - Adult £21.00, Child £14.50
7 Day Explorer - Adult £30.00, Child £20.50

You can plan your days out by bus here:
traveline journey planner (opens new window)

Links are shown in green, so click away and find out how easy it is without using your car!

Walking in the Lake District

A walkers paradise

 

Mountain Biking and Cycling

Cycle Hire:
Ghyllside cycles
Grizedale Mountain Bikes
Bike treks

Sustrans Home Page
Hadrian's Wall Cycling and Walking Information
The Pennine Cycle Way
Cross Lakes Shuttle and Cycle Routes
The C2C Guide
More information on Hadrians Cycleway
Walney to Wear Cycle Route

 

Wildlife Trips

OSPREY WATCH - The Osprey Bus 74/74A from Keswick bus station
The Green way to enjoy Bassenthwaite lake - for more info visit:
www.ospreywatch.co.uk or www.bassenthwaite-reflections.co.uk


 
 
 
 

Organised Sight seeing tours
Mountain Goat

 

Lake Tours

Coniston

Visit the Coniston Launch website

Visit the National Trust Gondola website

Derwentwater

Keswick Launch website

Ullswater

Ullswater Steamer website

Windermere

Windermere Lake Cruises website

Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway website

 

Bus travel

Stagecoach

National Express

Dales Bus

Fellrunner

Download the 'Cumbria Public Transport Map' (3.5MB)

Rail Travel

The Settle-Carlisle Railway

Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway

 

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