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Lakeside

Located at the southwestern tip of Windermere, Lakeside sits beneath gentle wooded hills. It's the northern terminus of the Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway, a four-mile route through the beautiful Leven valley. The railway was once part of a line stretching to Ulverston and Barrow-in-Furness. Throughout the season, hardworking steam locomotives chug along the track, their departure times set to coincide with boat arrivals from Bowness - a joint boat and train return ticket is available. The locomotives in use include 42073 and 42085, ex-LMR Fairburn 0-6-4 tank engines, and 5643, an ex-GWR 0-6-0 tank. Also present on display or under steam (when not occasionally required elsewhere) is FR20, built for the Furness Railway and Britain's oldest working standard gauge steam locomotive.

Nearby is Britain's only freshwater aquarium, the Lakes Aquarium with the largest collection of freshwater fish in the UK and also a number of playful otters and diving ducks. A unique attraction for visitors is to walk through an underwater tunnel along a re-creation of Windermere's lake bed.

A mile or so northwest of Lakeside, Stott Park Bobbin Mill (English Heritage) is a must for anyone interested in the area's industrial heritage. One of the best preserved in the country, it's a genuine working 19th-century mill and stands in a lovely woodland setting at the southern end of the lake. Visitors can join the inclusive 45-minute tour, watch wooden bobbins being made as they were 200 years ago, and browse over the informative exhibition.