The Lake District National Park is a world heritage site, developed for those who appreciate the pleasures of the countryside. For the guest who wishes to relax, the area is blessed with quiet woodland walks, unique locations for the artist, naturalist and photographer with scenic routes for the motorist seeking something different.

"The Cartmel Peninsula's green and rolling landscape enfolds Cartmel village,
an entirely charming tangle of whitewashed and greystoke houses along narrow lanes,
above whose slate roofs rises the bulk of the Norman Priory Church." - The Sunday Telegraph

Aynsome Manor is located close to the village of Cartmel in the South of Cumbria allowing easy access to the many well known places and visitor attractions around the South of Cumbria and the Southern and Central English Lake District. We have included a selection of visitor attractions below.

Cartmel Priory      A 12th Century priory with guided tours in Summer Holker Hall      Large gardens, hall & motor museum, ideal for families Levens Hall near Kendal      Famous for it's topiary gardens Brantwood Museum at Coniston      Home of John Ruskin, poet, artist and critic Hill Top Farm      Beatrix Potter's Lake District home in Sawrey Dove Cottage in Grasmere      Residence of William Wordsworth Abbot Hall art gallery      An art gallery & museum of Lakeland Life in Kendal Sizergh Castle near Kendal      Well known for it's fine Elizabethian furniture Brockhole Visitors Centre      The official Lake District visitors centre by Lake Windermere Windermere Lake Cruises      Gentle cruises along the full length of Lake Windermere Aquarium of the Lakes at Lakeside           Discover the secret life of Lakeland's aquatic wonders Grizedale Forest      Forest sculpture, waymarked walking and cycling trails, play      area, visitor centre Haverthwaite Steam Railway      Lovingly restored steam locomotives haul comfortable coaches      through the contrasting Lake and river scenery of the beautiful      Leven Valley.