Fantastic timber clad holiday home. Master double bedroom with en suite and 1 single bedroom, spacious living area with pull-out sofa bed for additional sleeping for 2 people and French doors leading out to the decking area and hot tub.
Fantastic timber clad holiday home. One double, one twin and one single and sofa bed in the lounge area. Spacious living area with french doors leading out to the decking area and hot tub.
Upon entering through the front door, you are welcomed by an open-plan kitchen that seamlessly flows into the living room. The kitchen includes a dining table with chairs for four, a microwave, toaster, kettle and a fridge-freezer. Just off the kitchen, there is a hallway that leads to a twin bedroom and a combined shower room with a toilet.
Upon entering through the front door, you are welcomed by an open-plan kitchen that seamlessly flows into the living room. The kitchen includes a dining table with chairs for four, a microwave, toaster, kettle and a fridge-freezer. Just off the kitchen, there is a hallway that leads to a twin bedroom and a combined shower room with a toilet.
Comfortable and spacious 2-bedroom lodge in the Yorkshire Dales. Master double bedroom with en suite shower, and twin bedroom. Family shower room with shower cubicle.
The best-known attractions within an easy drive of Clapham Holiday Park, with real driving times.
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Walk a guided mile through the longest show cave in Britain, beneath Ingleborough in the Yorkshire Dales.
White Scar Cave is a show cave under Ingleborough, in the Chapel-le-Dale valley of the Yorkshire Dales National Park. It is the longest show cave in Britain, formed in Carboniferous limestone and first explored in 1923. Every visit is a guided tour, covering about a mile and taking around 80 minutes.
Tip: Wear a jumper or jacket, as the cave is a cool 8°C all year; the time of the next tour is displayed at the ticket office.
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A hilltop castle and former prison with almost 1,000 years of history, explored on a guided tour.
Lancaster Castle is a Grade I listed medieval castle and former prison on a hilltop in the city centre, standing on the site of three successive Roman forts. English Heritage has called it the North-West's most important historic and archaeological monument. It served as a prison for centuries, and part of it still hosts Crown Court sittings.
Tip: There's no on-site car park and on-street spaces are limited to 2 hours, so use one of Lancaster's larger car parks or the park and ride.
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A vast curved limestone cliff in the Yorkshire Dales, with a limestone pavement on top.
Malham Cove is a large curved limestone cliff about a kilometre north of Malham village, in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. It was shaped by a waterfall carrying glacial meltwater at the end of the last Ice Age. The cliff is 80 metres high and more than 300 metres wide, and a large limestone pavement lies above it.
Tip: To reach the limestone pavement on top, take the roughly 400 uneven stone steps on the west side of the cliff.
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A medieval Strickland family home near Kendal with a large limestone rock garden and an estate to explore.
Sizergh is a Grade I listed castle and stately home about 4 miles south of Kendal, in the Lake District National Park. The oldest part is a tower from the fourteenth or fifteenth century. Inside, you'll find oak-panelled rooms, including the Inlaid Chamber, plus Strickland family portraits and paintings linked to the Stuart court in exile.
Tip: Dogs are welcome on the wider estate, but only assistance dogs are allowed in the gardens, so plan your route accordingly.
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A maze of tunnels, grottoes and quirky sculptures in the Yorkshire Dales, voted Europe's best 20th-century folly.
The Forbidden Corner is a folly garden in the Tupgill Park Estate at Coverham in Coverdale, inside the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Built in the 1980s as a private pleasure garden, it opened to the public in 1997. The Folly Fellowship voted it the best European folly of the 20th century.
Tip: Check the official website before you go to see how tickets are booked.
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Freshwater and sea life from the Lake District and around the world, on the southern shore of Windermere.
Lakes Aquarium sits in the village of Lakeside on the southern shore of Windermere. It opened in 1997 and is now themed around the lakes of the world, with both freshwater and salt water animals. Displays cover the Lake District, Asia, Africa, the Americas, marine life and Morecambe Bay.
Tip: The Windermere Lake Cruises dock and the Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway are both here, so you can arrive by boat or steam train.
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A Grade I listed Edwardian Baroque folly with a copper dome and views across Morecambe Bay.
The Ashton Memorial is a Grade I listed folly in Williamson Park, Lancaster. Lord Ashton had it built in memory of his wife Jessy, and it was completed in 1909 to a design by John Belcher. At around 150 feet tall, it dominates the Lancaster skyline. It has been called "England's grandest folly" and the "Taj Mahal of the North".
Tip: The first floor outdoor viewing gallery looks out over the countryside, Morecambe Bay and the Lakeland fells.
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An Elizabethan family home with the world's oldest topiary gardens, at the gateway to the Lake District.
Levens Hall is a privately owned house and garden five miles south of Kendal, at the gateway to the Lake District National Park. It grew from a medieval pele tower into an Elizabethan family home, with fine panelling and plasterwork in the main rooms. It also has links to the Duke of Wellington.
Tip: Tickets can be bought online in advance or on arrival at the entrance kiosk, and online tickets aren't tied to a date or time.
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Drive times are typical times by car with no traffic. Check opening times and book tickets on each attraction's own website before you go.
