Family attractions · North West England
Lake District with kids: a wet-weather plan
When the rain comes in over Borrowdale — the indoor and edge-of-indoor backups.
The Lake District averages 200 wet days a year and Cumbria's family attractions are built around that fact. This is the rainy-day rotation: pencil museum, sheep show, attic museums and the heated indoor pools at the lakeside hotels.
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★ Iconic📷 3Weird & wonderful · North West England
Derwent Pencil Museum
The story of the pencil, told in Keswick where graphite was first discovered.
📷 3Zoos & aquariums · North West England
Lakes Aquarium
Lakes Aquarium — aquarium on the shore of Windermere, Cumbria.
📷 3Museums · North West England
Lakeland Motor Museum
Lakeland Motor Museum — transport museum in Cumbria, England.
📷 3Museums · Scottish Lowlands
Puzzling Place
Puzzling Place — a museum in scotland-lowlands, United Kingdom.
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