In no particular order, we have listed below some recommendations made by previous guests of Bridge Cottage.

• The view over Derwent Water from Latrigg
• The woods opposite the cottage where we saw a red squirrel!
• Derwentwater ferries
• Lingholm Kitchen & Country Estate
• The railway path to Keswick/Threlkeld
• Walking direct from the cottage, across the bridge to the river path or on the old railway to the fells (We never moved our car after arriving 'till leaving)
• Brantwood
• Local bus service to get around to places you can't walk to
• Cheesy Chips with gravy in The Round in Keswick Town
• The 8 mile walk round Derwent Lake

• 11th November - Dark Skies Walk, Whinlatter Forest
• 16th November - Kendal Mountain Festival
• 17th November – Keswick Christmas lights switch-on
• 25th November - Magical Santa Express (Ravenglass railway)
• until 26th November - Libby Edmondson - A Life Full of Colour, Rheged Centre, Penrith
• 1st December - 'Run Yoga', Whinlatter Forest
• 2nd December - Dark Skies Adventure Walk, Whinlatter Forest
• until 30th December - 'To the Lakes!' exhibition, Grasmere
• 1st January - New Year's Dip, Derwentwater
• 13th, 27th January & 9th February - Dark Skies Walk, Whinlatter Forest
• until 31st May - Explorations and Experiments: Early Scientific Discoveries in the Lakes, Keswick Museum