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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Brathay

  

Brathay Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Brathay

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You can visit Brathay places with Walkfo Brathay to hear history at Brathay’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Brathay has 40 places to visit in our interactive Brathay map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Brathay, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Brathay places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Brathay & the surrounding areas.

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Walkfo: Visit Brathay Places Map
40 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Walkfo Brathay tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Brathay

  

Best Brathay places to visit

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Brathay has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Brathay’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Brathay’s information audio spots:

Foxghyll Country House, Ambleside Foxghyll Country House is Grade II listed on the English Heritage Register. It is a Regency building which seems to have been added to a much older house that was on the site. It was the home of many notable people including Thomas De Quincey.

Scandale Beck Scandale Beck arises in Lake District National Park on Bakestones Moss, west of Kirkstone Pass, and flows south for much of its length of six and a half kilometers. It flows under High Sweden Bridge, a 17th-century packhorse bridge, before turning west for a short distance north of Papermill Coppice. The Rothay flows south to join the River Rothay east of Ambleside before emptying into Windermere, England’s largest natural lake.

Todd Crag Todd Crag is a satellite peak of Loughrigg Fell at 224 m (735 ft) It is not classed as a fell but is a vantage point near Ambleside.

Loughrigg Fell Loughrigg Fell is a hill in the central part of the English Lake District. It stands on the end of the long ridge coming down from High Raise over Silver How towards Ambleside.

Elter Water The name Elterwater means either Lake of the Swan or Lake of Alder. The lake is 1030 yd (930 m) long and varies in width up to a maximum of 350 yd. It has a maximum depth of 20 ft (6.1 m) and an elevation above sea level of 187 ft (57 m)

Black Fell (Lake District) Black Fell is a fell in the English Lake District. It rises to the north of Tarn Hows, between Coniston and Hawkshead.

The Samling Hotel, Windermere The Samling Hotel was built as a villa in 1780 by John Benson who was the landlord of William Wordsworth. It was the home of several famous tenants over the next century and became a tourist attraction. The ownership of the house remained with the Benson family until about 1960.

Tarn Hows Tarn Hows is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the Lake District National Park. It is fed at its northern end by a series of valley and basin mires. The area features in the map of Forza Horizon 4.

Langdale Chase Langdale Chase, Windermere is a house of historical significance and is listed on the English heritage register. It consists of six acres of landscaped gardens sloping from the Langdale. Chase Hotel in Cumbria in the Lake District of north west England.

Brockhole The Brockhole Lake District Visitor Centre is situated on the shore of Lake Windermere. It includes the Brockhole house and 30 acres of grounds, including 10 acres of formal gardens and an adventure playground. Entrance to the centre and its grounds is free of charge, although a charge is made for car parking.

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