With over 140 buildings made from local Coniston slate. Houses, farms and barns create the Lakeland landscape. New for this year, teas to be served in our new Japanese Tea House overlooking our Japanese Garden. Water features throughout. Half timbered period houses and local architecture are all faithfully reproduced. The model village has been growing over the last 10 years, but it will be a few years yet before it is completed.

Visit Lakeland in a day - these miniature buildings depict Cumbrian houses and farms including classics such as Hill Top, the home of Beatrix Potter. We have a replica of Slater's Bridge with the adjoining Clapper Bridge (Little Langdale) spanning over 50 ft long. All the buildings are lovingly hand crafted by Edward Robinson. He also does commissions and sells miniature replica houses.

The Lake District - The Lakeland Miniature Village visitor attraction is situated in the village of Flookburgh in the Lake District Peninsulas, just to the south of the Lake District National Park.

Nearby is the small traditional seaside town of Grange-over-Sands overlooking Morecambe Bay with Lake Windermere around 10 miles to the north

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St Martin's Church is the parish Church of the area, and was built in 1483, with various alterations, including the restoration of 1870, when the Church was enlarged. It is probably the most interesting building in Bowness, and is worth looking inside. The area behind the church is the oldest part of Bowness, a delightful web of narrow streets known as Lowside, which gives an idea of what the village was like before the arrival of the railway.

The town of Windermere grew around the railway station, about a mile and a half from the lake. The village was originally called Birthwaite, but the railway company decided to call the station after the lake. Just beside the station is the Lakeland Limited kitchenware shop, which contains the Miller Howe Cafe, one of the best places to eat in the area.

A short walk from Windermere takes you to Orrest Head, an outstanding viewpoint. It was the first 'summit' in Lakeland visited by A Wainwright, author of the famous guidebooks, in 1930.

At Lakeside, on the southern end of Englands largest lake, Windermere, you can discover in over 30 displays the fascinating and often secret world of wildlife and freshwater creatures dwelling in and alongside these magnificent waters.

A dramatic mountain-top waterfall marks the start of the journey, leading down a moorland stream complete with salmon. Next you will see the otters before moving on to see nocturnal life on the riverbank.

You will see several varieties of trout, the pike, and Windermere's elusive char. Finally you will see the freshwater fish of the estuary, and the seawater inhabitants of the bay, including rays and sharks from around our coast. The aquarium is at the Lakeside Pier, where you can arrive by boat from Waterhead or Bowness, or you could come on the Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway. There is ample parking. There is a gift shop within the aquarium, and a restaurant on the Pier with panoramic views of Windermere.