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Nearby facilities include:
2 miles away in Lorton Village is the local pub and restaurant (Jennings Ales!) a small village shop and post office. Grass and quality hard-court tennis. 6 miles to the North or 6 miles to the East are the Lakeland towns of Cockermouth and Keswick respectively. Here there is an abundance of shops and restaurants and almost everything available to complete your holiday:
A full range of outdoor clothing, gifts and crafts etc.
Both towns have public swimming pools.
Cinema, Pencil Museum and "Cars of the Stars" in Keswick.
Golf courses at Keswick and Cockermouth and many more within a 1 hour drive
Museums : Wordsworth's House, Toy Museum and Jennings Brewery Tours in Cockermouth
Also : Whinlatter Forest Park - 3 miles away provides mountain biking and orienteering courses, plus the Forestry Enterprise Visitor Centre. Ospreys in spring/summer
5 LAKES within 6 miles : offering sailing, canoeing & fishing
Rock climbing in the Buttermere valley
Excellent walking and mountaineering in some of the less frequented parts of the Lakes, as well as the "favourites"
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