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Photo of the Lake District, a National Park in Cumbria, north west England.

Lake DistrictPhoto Olga Lioncat / Pexels

Places to explore near Cark StationCark

44 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group. 2 are national icons.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

Photo of Holker Hall & Gardens, a garden near Cark, Cumbria, north west England.Highlight

Holker Hall & Gardens

Garden near Cark

Cavendish family estate near Cark with 25 acres of woodland and formal gardens, home to the ancient Great Holker Lime and a summer sunken garden.

1.3 km NW

Photo of Cartmel, a village in Cumbria, north west England.Highlight

Cartmel

Village

Handsome village around its priory church and a small racecourse, famous for sticky toffee pudding and the village square's food shops.

2.8 km NE · Cumbria

Photo of Cartmel Racecourse, a visitor attraction in Cumbria, north west England.Highlight

Cartmel Racecourse

Attraction near Cartmel

One of Britain's smallest and most scenic National Hunt courses, set in meadows beside the priory village.

2.9 km NE

Photo of L'Enclume, a restaurant near Cartmel, Cumbria, north west England.Iconic

L'Enclume

Restaurant · With rooms near Cartmel

Simon Rogan's farm-to-table flagship in a Cartmel village on the edge of the Lake District.

3 km NE

Photo of Cartmel Augustinian Priory, a priory in Cumbria, north west England.Highlight

Cartmel Augustinian Priory

Priory · Augustinian near Cartmel

Surviving priory church with a distinctive diagonal tower.

3 km NE

Photo of the Lake District, a National Park in Cumbria, north west England.Iconic

Lake District

National Park near Grasmere

England's highest mountains and deepest lakes — the fells that invented British hillwalking.

3.4 km NE

Photo of Hampsfell Hospice, a folly near Lindale in the Lake District, Cumbria, north west England.Highlight

Hampsfell Hospice

Folly near Lindale

A stone shelter of 1846 on the limestone top above Grange, with a rooftop viewing platform sweeping from the Langdales to Morecambe Bay.

4.6 km NE

Photo of Arnside & Silverdale, a National Landscape in north west England.Highlight

Arnside & Silverdale

National Landscape near Silverdale

Little limestone hills, flowery woods and the huge tidal sands of Morecambe Bay, all packed into a small friendly corner

6.2 km E

Photo of Hoad Monument, a folly near Ulverston, Cumbria, north west England.Highlight

Hoad Monument

Folly near Ulverston

A 100-foot lighthouse-shaped tower to explorer Sir John Barrow on Hoad Hill above Ulverston, with big views over Morecambe Bay.

7.6 km W

Photo of Laurel and Hardy Museum, a visitor attraction near Ulverston, Cumbria, north west England.Highlight

Laurel and Hardy Museum

Attraction near Ulverston

Ulverston's museum to the comedy duo, in the market town where Stan Laurel was born.

8 km W

Photo of Lakeland Motor Museum, a visitor attraction near Backbarrow in the Lake District, Cumbria, north west England.Highlight

Lakeland Motor Museum

Attraction near Backbarrow

A riverside museum at Backbarrow with 30,000 exhibits of classic cars, bikes and the Campbell Bluebird story.

9.1 km N

Photo: Jenny Brown's Point, a viewpoint near Silverdale in Arnside & Silverdale, Lancashire, north west England.Highlight

Jenny Brown's Point

Viewpoint near Silverdale

Atmospheric limestone headland with an old copper-smelting chimney, looking across Morecambe Bay from Silverdale.

9.9 km E

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Photo of Cartmel Village Shop, a farm & farm shop in Cumbria, north west England.

Cartmel Village Shop

Farm & farm shop near Cartmel

The village deli where Cartmel's famous sticky toffee pudding was first baked, still handmade and sold from the corner of the square.

2.8 km NE

Cartmel Cheeses

Farm & farm shop near Cartmel

A specialist cheesemonger on Cartmel's square with a big range of British and Cumbrian cheeses and everything to go with them.

2.9 km NE

Grange-over-Sands

Village

Edwardian seaside town on Morecambe Bay, its long promenade and ornamental gardens below the limestone climb to Hampsfell.

4.1 km E · Cumbria

Photo of the River Kent, a 20-mile river running from Kentmere to Morecambe Bay, north west England.

River Kent

River

A short, fast Cumbrian river falling from the Kentmere fells through Staveley and Kendal to Morecambe Bay.

5.1 km E · Cumbria

Photo of Bardsea Country Park, a country park near Ulverston, Cumbria, north west England.

Bardsea Country Park

Country park near Ulverston

A country park in Cumbria.

5.3 km W

Photo of Plumpton, a country estate near Ulverston, Cumbria, north west England.

Plumpton

Country estate near Ulverston

A National Trust place in Cumbria.

5.7 km NW

Photo of Ulverston, a village in Cumbria, north west England.

Ulverston

Village

Cobbled Furness market town, birthplace of Stan Laurel, with a lighthouse-like monument on Hoad Hill above Morecambe Bay.

7.7 km W · Cumbria

Photo along the Cumbria Way, a 70-mile long-distance path running from Ulverston to Carlisle, north west England.

Cumbria Way

Long-distance path

Through the Lake District's heart at valley level — Coniston, Langdale, Borrowdale and Caldbeck between the old market towns of Ulverston and Carlisle.

8.4 km W · Cumbria

Photo of The Silverdale Hotel, a pub in Arnside & Silverdale, Lancashire, north west England.

The Silverdale Hotel

Pub near Silverdale

Family-run traditional pub in the heart of the Silverdale AONB.

9.5 km E

Everything else within 10 km (23) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Ordered by how far each place is worth travelling for, then by distance. Distances are straight-line to the nearest edge of each place — paths wind, of course.