Things to do near Aikin House
Other activities
In addition to walking and motoring, there is a range of activities and interesting places to visit. Here are some of them :-
- Keswick Leisure Centre with swimming pool (+ flume and waves).
- Climbing wall (Keswick).
- Theatre and cinema (Keswick).
- Cumberland Pencil Museum (Keswick).
- James Bond Museum (Keswick).
- Castlerigg Stone Circle.
- Thornthwaite Gallery – sale of art and crafts (Thornthwaite village ,off A66 just beyond Braithwaite).
- Whinlatter Forestry Centre with nature trails and interactive displays.
- Mountain bikes can also be hired from here or from the Mountain Bike Centre in Keswick.
- Osprey viewing point and nature reserve by Bassenthwaite Lake.
- Boating on nearby lakes – rowing boat hire, sailing, canoeing or launches.
- Honister “via ferrata” (Honister Pass).
- Honister Slate Museum with miners’ tunnel.
- Wordsworth House, Cockermouth.
- Country houses including Dalemain, Mirehouse, Muncaster Castle.
- Imax cinema screen at Rheged (on A66 near Penrith M6 junction).