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Dinner at The Lamplighter Dining Rooms in Windermere.

Dinner at The Lamplighter Dining Rooms in Windermere.

The Penn Suite (Room 12) Tour | The Penn Windermere

The Penn Suite (Room 12) Tour | The Penn Windermere

Lake View Garden Bar, Bowness-on-Windermere

Lake View Garden Bar, Bowness-on-Windermere

Bowness-on-Windermere

Mizu at Lodore Falls Hotel | Pan-Asian Lunch in the Lake District

Mizu at Lodore Falls Hotel | Pan-Asian Lunch in the Lake District

Inside The Swan Hotel & Spa, Lake District | Room Tour

Inside The Swan Hotel & Spa, Lake District | Room Tour

Christmas Eve Breakfast at Bassenthwaite Lake Station Café

Christmas Eve Breakfast at Bassenthwaite Lake Station Café

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In the Spotlight 2026

In the Spotlight 2026

Spotlight School of Dance presents two evening performances at The Coro on 22 and 23 September.

Mark Radcliffe and David Boardman

Mark Radcliffe and David Boardman

The Victoria Wood Theatre

Mark Radcliffe and guitarist David Boardman bring songs, stories and dry humour to Bowness.

Horrible Histories: Terrible Tudors & Awful Egyptians

Horrible Histories: Terrible Tudors & Awful Egyptians

The Sands Centre

Horrible Histories brings the Terrible Tudors and Awful Egyptians to life across four days of …

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