- Heritage

Dove Cottage, The Wordsworth Museum & Art Gallery

Situated in the heart of the Lake District, Dove Cottage is the beautifully preserved home of William Wordsworth. Visitors can take a guided tour of the cottage then discover more about the poet at the award-winning Wordsworth Museum next door. On site cafe/restaurant and shop…

Heron Corn Mill & Museum Of Papermaking

A fascinating visitor attraction. An 18th century corn mill and museum of papermaking offers hand-made paper demonstrations and art workshops for visitors…

Holehird Gardens

Over 10 acres of hillside gardens overlooking Windermere, including a wide variety of plants, specimen trees and shrubs, extensive rock and heather gardens, a walled garden, alpine houses and herbaceous borders. The all year garden also is home to the national collections of Astilbe, Hydrangea and Polystichum ferns. Managed and maintained entirely by volunteers…

Rydal Mount & Gardens

Home of William Wordsworth - England’s finest poet. Nestling in the beautiful fells between Lake Windermere and Rydal Water, lies the ‘best loved family home’ of William Wordsworth from 1813-1850. Experience the splendid historic home of Wordsworth’s descendants; Enjoy the beautiful terraced gardens landscaped by the poet; Feel the peaceful relaxed ‘romantic’ atmosphere; The freedom of wandering through this ‘spot of more perfect and enjoyable beauty’ as wrote Dr Thomas Arnold…

The Watermill

Traditional 18th century Cumbrian watermill producing stoneground organic and biodynamic flours. Milltours. Tearoom. Millshop. Mail order service. Online shop. Breadmaking, baking courses. Childrens workshops. Near Long Meg Stone Circle, Lacy Caves, River Eden…

Blackburn Cathedral

On an historic Saxon site in town centre. The 1826 Parish Church dedicated as the Cathedral in 1926 with new extensions to give a spacious and light interior. Of special interest is ‘The Journey’, a contemporary version of The Stations of the Cross, by Penny Warden commisioned by the Cathedral in 2005. The Cathedral is also noted for its outstanding music and significant contributions to the work of cultural understanding both locally and nationally…

Browsholme Hall

Built in 1507 and the ancestral Home of the Parker Family, this remarkable Tudor Hall has a major collection of oak furniture and portraits, arms and armour, stained glass and many unusual antiquities from the Civil war to a fragment of a Zeppelin. Browsholme, pronounced ‘Brusom’, lies in the Forest of Bowland, and is set in unspoilt parkland in the style of Capability Brown. The facade still retains the ’ H’ shape of the original house with later Queen Anne and Regency additions when the house was refurbished by Thomas Lister Parker a noted antiquarian and patron of artists such as Turner and Northcote. In 2010 a 17thC ‘tithe barn’ was restored for refreshments, concerts, theatre, events and wedding ceremony and…

Heaton Park

Heaton Park has been in public ownership since 1902 when the 5th Earl of Wilton sold it to the Manchester Corporation. The landscape surrounding the house was designed by William Emes and modified by John Webb and has recently been restored in partnership with the HLF, together with four of the park’s historic buildings. The magnificent James Wyatt house was built for Sir Thomas Egerton in 1772, and is one of Manchester’s most impressive and important buildings. The principal rooms have been beautifully restored and are used to display furniture, paintings and other decorative arts appropriate to the late 18th century…

Hall i' th' Wood

Late medieval manor house with 17/18th century furniture, paintings and decorative art…

Hoghton Tower

Hoghton Tower, home of 14th Baronet, is one of the most dramatic looking houses in northern England. Three houses have occupied the hill site since 1100 with the present house re-built by Thomas Hoghton between 1560-1565. Rich and varied historical events including the Knighting of the Loin ‘Sirloin’ by James I in 1617…