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Potters Barn & Well Cottage
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Sellafield Visitors Centre. Get switched
on and explore the world of Sellafield, BNFL and electricity generation
through a range of engaging exhibits, interactive features and stimulating
presentations.
Tel: 019467 27027
Website: www.BNFL.com
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Florence Mine, Egremont is the last deep working iron ore mine in Western
Europe. Surface and underground tours are available. Phone for times.
Tel: 01946 820683
Website: www.florencemine.co.uk
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The Beacon, Whitehaven is the home of Whitehaven’s museum - telling
the story of the town. It is situated on Whitehaven’s attractive waterside.
Tel: 01946 592302
Website: www.copelandbc.gov.uk
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The Rum Story, Whitehaven. The story of the rum trade which is an integral
part of Whitehaven’s history. It includes a tropical rainforest,
an African village, a slave ship, Cumbrian cottages and a Coopers workshop.
Tel: 01946 592933
Website: www.rumstory.co.uk
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Wastwater the deepest lake in England, famous for its screes, which drop
2000ft. to the lake, and for the most dramatic view in the Lake District.
At the Eastern end it is surrounded by Yewbarrow, Kirkfell, Great Gable
and Scafell Pike, the highest mountain in England.
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White Moss Stone Circle, Burnmoor. Thought to be constructed
about 2000 BC
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The Ratty. From the coast at Ravenglass to Boot in Eskdale at the foot of
Scafell - 7 miles of narrow gauge track in the Lake District National Park.
Tel: 01229 717171
Website: www.ravenglass-railway.co.uk
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Muncaster Castle an award winning historic haunted castle with breathtaking
Himalayan gardens and The World Owl Centre.
Tel: 01229 717614
Website: www.muncaster.co.uk
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Santon Bridge Gift Shop and Woodlands Tea Rooms. Selling an extensive range
of crafts and with recently opened tea rooms offering home made foods.
Tel: 019467 26281
Website: www.santonbridge.co.uk
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Spindle Craft, Drigg. Enjoy coffee and cakes, and crafts in a Victorian
Railway Station on the west coast at Drigg.
Tel: 019467 24335
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Hardknott Fort. This dramatically sited Roman fort was built to guard the
major supply road from the harbour at Ravenglass to Ambleside.
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Gosforth Viking Cross. c. AD 940. Believed to be the tallest ancient cross
in Britain, it is in St. Mary’s churchyard.
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Irton Cross. A pre-viking cross in its original socket dated approx. 820
AD in the churchyard of St. Paul’s Church, Irton.
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Lowes Court, Egremont houses exhibitions and a shop. It aims to show contemporary
and traditional visual arts and crafts from Cumbria and bordering counties.
It is also a Tourist Information Centre.
Tel: 01946 820693
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