About Cumbria

About Cumbria

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Cumbria & the Lake District Weather & Climate

How to get to the Lakes & Cumbria

Travel within the Lakes & Cumbria

Cumbria Food & Drink

Introduction to Cumbria
Introduction
The Landscape and Environment of Cumbria
Landscape
Buildings of Cumbria
The history of Cumbria
History
Towns and Villages
Cumbrian People
People
Tourist Services
Web Links

Visit Cumbria by Area

North Lakes - includes Cockermouth, Keswick, Borrowdale, Buttermere and Loweswater
North Lakes
South Lakes
West Lakes
East Lakes
North Cumbria
South Cumbria
Eden Valley
Yorkshire Dales
North Pennines
Furness Peninsula
You can browse the hundreds of places of interest in Cumbria, the Eden Valley, the Lake District, the North Pennines and part of the Yorkshire Dales from the links above. You can choose to browse by area, or by type of attraction. We feature many places of historic or architectural interest as well as all the attractions – including many churches, ruined castles, stone circles, and relics of Cumbria’s industrial past.