The Tourist
Information Centre is now located in the Library Community
Hub: Telephone 01900 822634
Cockermouth library is now a one stop
shop Community Hub...
The following is an indicative list of some of family activities
on offer in and from Cockermouth. Click on links for further
details or onto specific websites where stated. Further information
is usually available from the Tourist Information Centre. It
is important to check with the individual attractions as to
opening times, admission charges (where applicable) and suitability
according to the ages of children. The inclusion in this list
does not imply recommendation.
Cockermouth
- Cockermouth Leisure
Centre & Pool, Castlegate Drive Tel 0800 037 5949
(25 metre pool, multi-function sports hall & climbing
wall)
- Bike Repairs: Contact 4Play Cycles, Market Place. Tel. 01900 823377.
Cockermouth Golf Club
Contact:Tel. 017687 76223 secretary@cockermouthgolf.co.uk
Website: www.cockermouthgolf.co.uk
Meets: Daylight hours plus specified competition times, At: The Clubhouse, Embleton- The Reivers Cycle route. Passes through Cockermouth on its 150 mile route through the Lakes and Borders.
- Kirkgate Centre
- theatre, music, cinema, arts Tel 01900-826448
-
Banks Museum. Step back in time to see all the tools and anvils, vices and hand machinery. We have recently discovered that this was in existence in 1829, several years before the shop opened & when George IV was in the throne. More...
- Wordsworth House,
Main Street, , National Trust Tel 01900 824805 www.nationaltrust.org
(family house evocative of Wordsworth’s childhood including
toys)
- Memorial Gardens
with children’s play area, opportunity for feeding the
ducks on the River Derwent and riverside stroll
- Harris Park
with children’s play area, tennis courts and bowls
- Walks and trails
- Climbing Wall at Cockermouth Leisure Centre
& Pool, Castlegate Drive, Cockermouth. Tel: 01900 823596.
Opening Hours: Mon - Fri 8am - 10pm Sat/Sun 9am - 5pm
.Fixed climbing wall with some overhang. 20ft/25ft high.
No equipment supplied and generally no instruction given
(although this could be arranged on request), therefore
some experience required. No appointment necessary,
just turn up. Children under 16 years of age must be
accompanied by an experienced adult.
- Horse Riding: Possible options...Allonby Riding
School at Gilcrux Tel: (016973) 22889 · Keswick, Calvert
Trust Tel: (017687) 74395 · Armathwaite Hall, Bassenthwaite
Tel: (017687) 76239 · Ennerdale Riding Centre Tel: (01946)
861354 · Egremont Riding Centre, Wilton Tel: (01946)
820105 ·
WITHIN A RADIUS OF 15 MILES OF COCKERMOUTH
Keswick (12 miles)
- Cumberland
Pencil Museum, Southey Works, Greta Bridge, Tel
017687 73757 www.pencils.co.uk (history of the local
extraction of graphite and the manufacture of pencils.
Drawing corner and shop)
- Keswick
Launch Tel 017687 72263 (50 minute trips around
Derwentwater, with selection of jetties to disembark.
Also self-drive motor or rowing boat hire)
-
- Keswick
Museum and Art Gallery, Fitz Park, Station Road,
Tel 017687 73263 (local history)
- The Puzzling Place, Museum Square, Tel 017687 75102
www.puzzlingplace.co.uk (Anti-gravity room, hologram
gallery, optical illusions, puzzle area & shop)
- Theatre
by the Lake, Lakeside, Tel 01768774411 (wide variety
of productions, café)
- Fitz Park, Station Road, Keswick with children’s play
area, tennis, bowls, putting and River Greta
- Hope Park, 100 metres from Derwentwater, Keswick with
miniature golf, obstacle golf, putting
Around Keswick:
- Threlkeld Quarry and Mining Museum, just off A66 east
of Keswick, Tel 017687 79747 www.threlkeld-mine.co.uk
(learn about the history of local mining with tour)
- Trotters
World of Animals also now renamed North Lakes, north of Bassenthwaite Lake, seven
miles from Keswick, Tel 017687 76239 www.trottersworld.com
(wide variety of animals, birds of prey, indoor and
outdoor play centres, picnic area tearoom and shop)
- Mirehouse,
Bassenthwaite Lake near Keswick, Tel 017687 72287 www.mirehouse.com
(historic family house and gardens with adventure playground,
lakeside paths and adjacent Sawmill Tearoom)
- Dodd
Wood, Bassenthwaite opposite Mirehouse and above
The Sawmill Tearoom, Tel 017687 78469 (Whinlatter Visitor
Centre) (Osprey Project, viewpoint with telescopes and
project staff support during nesting season. Marked
trails)
- Whinlatter
Forest Visitor Centre, beyond Braithwaite off the
A66, Tel 017687 78469 (exhibitions, CCTV of osprey nest,
shop, café, outdoor adventure playgound, walks with
quiz sheets)
- Nichol End Marina, Portinscale Tel 017687 73082 (boat hire, dingies, rowboats, canoes. Waterside café. Jetty for Derwent passenger ferry)
Maryport (7 miles)
- Maryport Maritime Museum, Senhouse Street, Tel 01900
813738 www.allerdale.gov.uk/maryport-maritime-museum
(objects,models and paintings depicting local maritime
heritage, discover links with Titanic and Fletcher Christian)
- Senhouse Roman Museum, The Battery, Sea Brow, Tel
01900 816168 www.senhousemuseum.co.uk (adjacent to Roman
fort with artefacts and dressing-up costumes)
- The Lake District Coast Aquarium, Harbourside, Tel 01900 817760 www.lake-district-coastaquarium.co.uk (Native sea life aquarium with talks and fish feeding. Café & gift shop. Mini-golf and adventure playground) Highly recommended for families.
- West Coast Indoor Karting, Solway Trading Estate, Tel 01900 816472 www.westcoastkarting.co.uk (Cumbria’s largest indoor kart racing track)
Workington (8 miles)
- Helena Thompson Museum, Tel 01900 326255 (local social
and industrial heritage, costumes and artefacts)
Whitehaven (13 miles)
- Billy Bears Fun Centre, Unit B1, Haig Enterprise Park, Kells, Tel 01946 690003
(soft play centre)
- The Rum Story, Lowther Street, Tel 01946 592933 www.rumstory.co.uk
( local history exhibition, interactive displays, café
and gift shop)
- Haig
Colliery Mining Museum, Haig Industrial Estate,
Currently closed..www.haigpit.com (history of local
mining with memorabilia)
- The Beacon, West Strand, Tel 01946 852939 www.thebeacon-whitehaven.co.uk (Interactive displays about local characters and history and Met Office Gallery for mock broadcasting. Café)
- Copeland Swimming Pool, Cleator Moor Road, Tel 01946 695021 (25m six-lane pool, baby pool, disabled access)
WITHIN A RADIUS OF 15-30 MILES OF COCKERMOUTH
Carlisle (26 miles)
- Laser Quest, Bush Bow, Victoria Viaduct, Carlisle Tel 01228 511155 www.cyberquest.org.uk (space age play centre and computer games)
- AMF Bowling, Currock Road, Tel 01228 810310
(24 lane, ten-pin bowling, diner & bar)
- Carlisle Castle, English Heritage, Tel 01228 591922
www.english-heritage.org.uk (Splendid fortress, fascinating
rooms and dungeon)
- King’s Own Royal Border Regimental Museum, Carlisle Castle, Tel 01228 532774 www.armymuseums.org.uk (wide range of military memorabilia)
- The Sands Centre, Eden Bridge, Tel 01228 625222
(constantly changing programme of concerts and recreational activities, café)
- The
Solway Aviation Museum, Aviation House, Carlisle
Airport, Tel 01288 573823 www.solway-aviation-museum.co.uk
(inspect aircraft and control equipment)
- Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery, Castle Street, Tel 01228 53478 www.tulliehouse.co.uk (explore the history of Carlisle with hands-on activities)
Egremont (16 miles)
- Florence
Arts Centre which has a gallery, live music, cinema,
theatre, stand-up comedy, workshops and a wildlife garden.
We programme events all year round in arts, entertainment
and education.
http://www.florenceartscentre.com/Tel 01946 824946
Honistor Pass (20 miles)
- Honistor Slate Mine, Explore into the mountain and a daredevil Vis Ferrata..Honistor Pass, near Buttermere, Tel 017687 77230 https://honister.com/(underground mine tour, slate cutting demonstration and shop)
Penrith (30 miles)
- Penrith Leisure Centre, Southend Road, Tel 01768 863450
(swimming pool, climbing wall)
- Rheged, The Village in the Hill, off A66 just before
M6, Tel 01768 86800 www.rheged.com (large screen cinema,
indoor soft play area, Everest exhibition craft & gift
shops, café & restaurant)
- Wetheriggs Pottery, four miles south of Penrith at Clifton Dykes 01768 892733 www.wetheriggs-pottery.co.uk (hands-on-pot making, shop, café and grounds)
Ravenglass (28 miles)
- The Muncaster Experience, Muncaster Castle, Tel 01229
717614 www.muncaster.co.uk (audio-guided castle tour,
owl sanctuary, bids of prey displays, maze, gardens,
play area and.tearoom)
- Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway, Tel 01229 717171 www.ravenglass-railway.co.uk (seven mile narrow gauge journey with children’s quiz)
Silloth (18 miles)
- Traditional seaside town with promenade, paddling pool and beaches, Silloth Airfield Sunday Market & Car Boot sale-family friendly with children’s play area
Allonby (7 miles south of Silloth)
- seaside village with bay and beaches and Twentymans noted ice cream specialists Tel 01900 881247
St Bees (18 miles)