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Day 1 Starting in Carlisle, visit the 12th-century castle, the award-winning Tullie House Museum and the red sandstone cathedral. Get the Hadrian’s Wall bus out to the Roman fort at Birdoswald.

Day 2 Drive down through the Eden Valley to visit England’s largest stone circle, Long Meg and Her Daughters. Continue to Brougham to see the castle and then on to nearby Eamont Bridge to visit Mayburgh Henge. Finish the day with a stroll around Penrith.

Day 3 Drive to Pooley Bridge via the Rheged Centre and then walk up to Moor Divock to see the Cockpit stone circle.

Day 4 Visiting Aira Force and its arboretum along the way, drive to Keswick to visit Castlerigg stone circle and the museums.

Day 5 Enjoy a morning walk up Latrigg and along the route of the old railway line. After lunch in one of Keswick’s many cafés or restaurants, get the 74/74A bus to Dodd Wood to visit Mirehouse.

Day 6 Drive into Borrowdale to see the Bowder Stone and Watendlath, and then up to Honister Pass for an underground tour of the slate mine. Continue to Buttermere.

Day 7 Spend the morning in Cockermouth, including a visit to the National Trust’s Wordsworth House. Drive out to Maryport to visit the Senhouse Roman Museum and then head down the coast to Whitehaven, to visit the Rum Story and The Beacon.

Day 8 Continue south to Ravenglass, stopping at the church in Gosforth where there are interesting Norse artefacts. After a stroll around the former port of Ravenglass and a visit to the Roman remains at Walls Castle, walk to majestic Muncaster Castle.

Day 9 Drive through Eskdale to the spectacularly located Roman fort at Hardknott via the waterfall at Stanley Force. Continue across the hair-raising passes of Hardknott and Wrynose to enjoy a few hours in Ambleside before heading to Grasmere.

Day 10 Walk to Dove Cottage and the Wordsworth Museum and Art Gallery. From here, continue along the old corpse road to Rydal Mount, another of Wordsworth’s homes.

Day 11 Drive to Coniston and visit Brantwood, John Ruskin’s home. Stroll around Hawkshead, with its many links with both Wordsworth and Beatrix Potter. Catch the bus to Near Sawrey to visit Beatrix Potter’s farm, Hill Top.

Day 12 Visit the monastic remains on Cumbria’s southern peninsulas. Furness Abbey and Cartmel Priory are both beautiful.

Day 13 Holker Hall, Levens Hall and Sizergh Castle are all within a short distance of each other. Choose one, or visit all three.

Day 14 Unwind in Kendal, visiting the galleries and museums including the Quaker Tapestry and the Museum of Lakeland Life.