What's On in the Lake District this Winter
Photographs copyright of (left to right) Eric Worsley, South Lakes Wild Animal Park, Dave Willis
November to March 2012
Dove Cottage Grasmere
Winter Events Program
Dove cottage run a variety of events over the winter period, ranging from talks and poetry readings to exhibitions. For details of this winters Events click here ...
Blackwell Arts and Crafts House, Bowness
Stanley Webb Davies: Domestic Furniture and Designs
11 November 2011 - 19 February 2012
To round off the year and launch
2012 Blackwell will be mounting a display of furniture and designs by
Windermere-based designer-craftsman Stanley Webb Davies (1894-1978).
The exhibits will be drawn from the Lakeland Arts Trusts’s own
collections, which include Davies’ company archive, and from private
collections.
For more details, see the Blackwell
Arts and Crafts House web site ......
World of Beatrix Potter Attraction
Bowness on Windermere
ART & CRAFT WITH THE RSPB
Wednesday 15 February and Saturday 18th February
10am until 4pm
Learn all about Squirrel Nutkin and the red squirrels of the Lake District in our Foyer before you visit the Attraction
TEA WITH PETER RABBIT
Thursday 16th February 2012 at 1pm
Adults £10.00 Children
£7.50 (12mths-15yrs) includes a present for each child. BOOKING
ESSENTIAL
Come and enjoy a scrumptious party lunch with Peter Rabbit. There will
be sandwiches, crisps and cakes galore. A guest of honour to read The
Tale of Peter Rabbit.
For more details of both these events and of the World of Beatrix Potter, click here ...
Brantwood, Coniston
Classical Music concerts
Saturday 11th February 2012
Violin & Piano Duo with Richard Fletcher
& Simon Passmore.
Saturday10th March 2012
The Nic Breakspear Jazz Quartet -
Part of the Brantwood Concert Season for 2011, and 2012. for full details see the Brantwood web site.
Get the South Lakeland District Council What's On guide here
Get an events listing for the North Lakes here
National Park Authority events listing
Lots to see, lots to do
What's on in the Lakes this Winter
A round up of events both traditional and modern
Enjoy a low cost day out with the animals
Find out what's open in the Lakes during the winter months - you'll be surprised!
Orrest Head was Wainwright's first walk in the Lakes. Find out more about how the history of fell walking changed on this small peak.
A summer Sunday walk up School Knott, a popular local peak
A Stroll around Cockshott Point
The perfect short walk for a Winter's afternoon
The story of why this insignificant outcrop of rock was once considered to be one of the Lake District's top tourist attractions.