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Outdoor

Golden Star Hunt

3rd February-13th March 2026

Venue: Brockhole on Windermere

Address: Windermere, LA23 1FF

Website: https://www.brockhole.co.uk/whats-on/golden-star-hunt/#main

Discover the Magic Every Morning! Welcome to the Golden Star Hunt at Brockhole on Windermere! Nestled in the beautiful grounds of Brockhole and the charming White House, this morning adventure is perfect...

Indoor Activities

Giant Soft Bricks Playland

7th July-7th September 2025

Venue: Beacon Museum

Address: West Strand, Whitehaven, CA28 7LY

Website: https://thebeacon-whitehaven.co.uk/galleries/galleries-giant-bricks-soft-playland/

Get ready for a colourful, action-packed adventure where fun meets learning! Giant Soft Bricks Playland is an extraordinary indoor playground designed to excite, engage, and educate children aged 6 months...

Theatre & Cinema

Happy Birthday Peter Rabbit

7th July-31st August 2025

Venue: Old Laundry Theatre

Address: Crag Brow, Bowness on Windermere, LA23 3BX

Website: https://www.oldlaundrytheatre.co.uk/events/category/all/family/

Hop to your seats, join in the fun and watch with delight as your favourite characters are brought to life in a theatrical spectacular with beautiful puppets and enchanting songs. It’s Peter Rabbit’s...

Indoor Activities

Mini Trek Windermere

7th July-7th September 2025

Venue: Zip World

Address: Windermere, Westmorland and Furness, LA23 1LJ

Website: https://www.zipworld.co.uk/adventures/mini-trek-windermere

A treetop high-ropes course for the adventurous. Zips, floating platforms, rope bridges… there’ll be plenty for them to get stuck into whilst surrounded by nature. Get them up, out and moving on this...

Outdoor Events

Vulture Awareness Days

16th August-4th September 2025

Venue: Lake District Wildlife Park

Address: Bassenthwaite Lake, Keswick, CA12 4RD

Website: https://www.lakedistrictwildlifepark.co.uk/whats-on/events/vulture-awareness-days/

Come and see the Park’s Vultures Baldric, Farnham and Gonzo. Learn about the work we do with the Hawk Conservancy Trust to help to protect this group of endangered birds. Did you know that Vultures are...

Theatre & Cinema

Much Ado About Nothing: The Handlebards

4th September 2025

Venue: Castletown House and Gardens

Address: Rockcliffe, Carlisle, CA6 4BN

Website: https://www.handlebards.com/show/much-ado-about-nothing-castletown-house-and-gardens/

6.30 to 8.30pm. Pedalling from venue to venue with their set, props and costumes on the back of their bikes, the HandleBards are a four-strong troupe of actors who are spending the summer bringing environmentally...

Indoor Activities

Apple Tasting Weekends

8th September-12th October 2025

Venue: Acorn Bank

Address: Temple Sowerby, near Penrith, Cumbria, CA10 1SP

Website: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/lake-district/acorn-bank/events/379cce49-6f89-4658-8a69-fa7276f07d55?origin=search

11am to 3pm every Saturday and Sunday. Taste the rainbow of flavours from Acorn Bank's orchard. The 175 varieties of apple growing under the care of Acorn Bank’s Garden team start to ripen at the end...

Indoor Activities

Mini Trek Windermere

8th September-12th October 2025

Venue: Zip World

Address: Windermere, Westmorland and Furness, LA23 1LJ

Website: https://www.zipworld.co.uk/adventures/mini-trek-windermere

A treetop high-ropes course for the adventurous. Zips, floating platforms, rope bridges… there’ll be plenty for them to get stuck into whilst surrounded by nature. Get them up, out and moving on this...

Indoor Activities

Mischief in Miniature

8th September-12th October 2025

Venue: Hill Top

Address: Near Sawrey, Cumbria, LA22 0LF

Website: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/lake-district/hill-top/events/49da0ae9-c260-4208-aaef-6e3dc90a7a94?origin=search

10am to 4pm daily. The Tale of Two Bad Mice comes to life at Hill Top, with little needle-felted mice in various mischievous scenes around the property for you to try and spot. 'Mischief in Miniature'...

Outdoor Events

Apples & Bees

12th-21st September 2025

Venue: Dalemain Mansion

Address: Dalemain, Penrith CA11 0HB

Website: https://www.dalemain.com/events/applesbees

A Celebration of the Late Summer Bounty from the Garden at Dalemain. This is a weeklong celebration of the harvest from the garden, focusing on our historic apple collection and our Dalemain Bees. There...

Outdoor Events

Bark in The Park

14th September 2025

Venue: Ford Park

Address: Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12 7JP

Website: https://www.ford-park.org.uk/event-details-registration/bark-in-the-park-2

11am to 4pm. Get those leads ready, polish up those paws and fluff up those ears—Bark in the Park is bounding back to Ford Park this September, and it’s bigger and even more tail-waggingly fun than...

Theatre & Cinema

The Ultimate Bubble Show

14th-14th September 2025

Venue: Old Laundry Theatre

Address: Crag Brow, Bowness on Windermere, LA23 3BX

Website: https://www.oldlaundrytheatre.co.uk/event/the-ultimate-bubble-show-2/2025-09-14/

Join Ray, International Bubbleologist and Guinness World Record Holder, and help him in his quest to complete the bubble game and make the ultimate bubble. A fast-paced show full of high energy and surprises...

Arts & Crafts

Art Explorers

16th September 2025

Venue: Brewery Arts

Address: 122A Highgate, Kendal LA9 4HE

Website: https://www.breweryarts.co.uk/event/art-explorers/

1 to 2.30pm. Art Explorers is a creative and sociable mixed media arts class for young people in the home education community. Classes are tutor led but creative interpretation is encouraged in a relaxed...

Arts & Crafts

Artseen Tuesday

16th September 2025

Venue: Brewery Arts

Address: 122A Highgate, Kendal LA9 4HE

Website: https://www.breweryarts.co.uk/event/artseen-tuesday/

4 to 5.30pm. This ten-week course, suitable for children aged 7 to 16years runs until 2nd December, with no classes during the weeks commencing 27 Oct or 17 Nov. Artseen Tuesday is a fun and lively class....

Arts & Crafts

Clay Club

18th September 2025

Venue: Brewery Arts

Address: 122A Highgate, Kendal LA9 4HE

Website: https://www.breweryarts.co.uk/event/clay-club/

4 to 5.30pm. This ten-week course, suitable for children aged 7 to 16 years runs until 4th December, with no classes during the weeks commencing 27 Oct or 17 Nov. During Clay Club a series of expert makers...

Arts & Crafts

Makers Club

18th September 2025

Venue: Brewery Arts

Address: 122A Highgate, Kendal LA9 4HE

Website: https://www.breweryarts.co.uk/event/makers-club/

4 to 5.30pm. This ten-week course, suitable for children aged 7 to 14 years runs until 4th December, with no classes during the weeks commencing 27 Oct or 17 Nov. Immerse yourself in fun and inspiring...

Theatre & Cinema

WADAMS Addams Family

18th-20th September 2025

Venue: Carnegie Theatre

Address: Finkle Street, Workington, CA14 2BD

Website: https://carnegietheatre.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873657049

From the group that brought you Joseph, Frozen and The Wizard of Oz, WADAMS Next Generation are excited to be performing The Addams Family. A musical comedy where Wednesday Addams, now grown, has fallen...

Indoor Activities

Brewery Youth Dance

19th September 2025

Venue: Brewery Arts

Address: 122A Highgate, Kendal LA9 4HE

Website: https://www.breweryarts.co.uk/event/brewery-youth-dance-7-to-11-yrs/

5 to 6pm. This ten-week course, suitable for children aged 7 to 11 years runs until 4th December, with no classes during the weeks commencing 27 Oct or 17 Nov. Brewery Youth Dance is a fun and inclusive...

Outdoor Events

Ulverston Lantern Festival

20th September 2025

Venue: Ulverston Town Centre

Website: https://ulverstonlanternfestival.org/

The theme for 2025 is Music! On Saturday September 20th Ulverston will once again come alive with a river of light that will start from four points around the town before converging on County Square to...

Indoor Activities

Vintage Book Sale

20th-21st September 2025

Venue: Acorn Bank

Address: Temple Sowerby, near Penrith, Cumbria, CA10 1SP

Website: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/lake-district/acorn-bank/events/ccd4b44f-49af-4377-b7f1-0222dffd955f?origin=search

10.30am to 4pm. Pop into our second-hand bookshop where, for a few weekends only, there'll be a selection of rare and vintage books for sale. From historical fiction to early editions, drop into the second-hand...

Indoor Activities

Phoenix Fest 2025

27th-28th September 2025

Venue: Windermere Jetty Museum

Address: Rayrigg Rd, Windermere LA23 1BN

Website: https://lakelandarts.org.uk/events/phoenix-fest-2025/

Organised by The Phoenix Comic, in partnership with the Lakes International Comic Art Festival (LICAF), this exciting family-friendly event brings the world of children’s comics to life through interactive...

Arts & Crafts

Make + Create Sundays

28th September 2025

Venue: Tullie

Address: Castle Street, Carlisle, CA3 8TP

Website: https://tullie.org.uk/events/make-create-sundays/var/ri-4.l-L1/

Come along and get creative with us in our new monthly sessions. From now on, the fourth Sunday of the month is a Make + Create day. Enjoy our new City Hall Studio and try out some arty, crafty activities....

Outdoor Events

Apple Day

4th October 2025

Venue: Ford Park

Address: Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12 7JP

Website: https://www.ford-park.org.uk/event-details-registration/apple-day-3

11am to 4pm. We're looking forward to welcoming you all to Ford Park for Apple Day - our fabulous FREE community event celebrating all things apple! As always, there will be lots to see and do, including...

Indoor Activities

Carlisle Farmers' Market 2025

4th October 2025

Venue: Carlisle Cathedral

Address: The Abbey, Carlisle, CA3 8TZ

Website: https://carlislecathedral.org.uk/farmers-market/

9am to 2pm. Join us on the first Saturday every month (except January) for Carlisle Farmers’ Market. In the historic grounds of the Cathedral, you’ll find everything from homemade goodies to artisan...

Outdoor Events

Family Bushcraft

4th-5th October 2025

Venue: Windermere and Footprint

Address: Footprint, St Catherine's, Patterdale Road, Windermere, Cumbria, LA23 1NH

Website: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/lake-district/windermere-and-footprint/events/8501c8ed-cc18-4f8c-b4e8-cdac3926a81e?origin=search

Two days of fun and memorable experiences. Learn effective fire lighting and bushcraft skills, build and sleep in your own shelter, greenwood carving skills, campfire cooking (food included), nature walk...

Outdoor Events

Evening Bat Walk

10th-11th October 2025

Venue: Aira Force

Address: near Watermillock, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 0JS

Website: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/lake-district/aira-force-and-gowbarrow-park/events/33cfeaf4-276d-4a33-a9c9-da4e848189e7?origin=search

7.30 to 9pm. Head out for family-friendly bat and wildlife spotting adventures after dark with our Ranger team at Aira Force. New for 2025. Join us at dusk and as things get dark, the time of day when...

Outdoor

Grange Goshawks Wildlife Watch Group

12th October 2025

Venue: Brown Robin Nature Reserve

Address: Grange over Sands, Cumbria, LA11 6EG

Website: https://www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk/events/2025-10-05-grange-goshawks-wildlife-watch-group

10am to 12pm. Grange Wildlife Watch Group meets on the first Sunday of the month, for children up to 12 years old. This month we are meeting at Brown Robin Nature Reserve to look through the fantastic...

Theatre & Cinema

WAOS: West Side Story

15th-18th October 2025

Venue: Carnegie Theatre

Address: Finkle Street, Workington, CA14 2BD

Website: https://carnegietheatre.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873656205

From the society that brought you Annie and The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Workington Amateur Operatic society present ‘West Side Story’, a retelling of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, set...

Theatre & Cinema

Enchanted: The Candlelight Concert

18th October 2025

Venue: Carlisle Cathedral

Address: The Abbey, Carlisle, CA3 8TZ

Website: https://carlislecathedral.org.uk/whats-on/#calendar

5.30 to 7.30pm. Enchanted: The Candlelight Concert is a heartwarming and magical musical experience that brings the beloved songs of fairy tales to life in a truly enchanting candlelit setting. Performed...

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