Family Holiday Activities in the Lake District 

Just outside Dalton-In-Furness is the South Lakes Wild Animal Park, a beautiful 17 acre Zoo that allows you to see some of the rarest animals in the world, and a chance to feed their Giraffes, Penguins and Kangaroos. A fantastic day out in the Lake District for all the family.

The Aquarium of the Lakes is an awarding-winning, fun for the whole family, freshwater aquarium. While enjoying your holiday lodge make sure you visit the shores of Lake Windermere and enjoy over 30 displays including freshwater fish, otters, ducks, sharks and rays. 

Be amazed as your favourite Beatrix Potter characters are brought to life in this magically enchanting attraction. Meet Peter Rabbit, Mr Jeremy Fisher, Jemima Puddle-Duck, Samuel Whiskers, Mrs Tiddlywinks and many more of Beatrix Potter's well loved characters. This is the only Beatrix Potter themed attraction in Europe, so make the most of your visit to the Lake District with a trip to the World of Beatrix Potter.

The Puzzling Place is a tourist attraction filled with brain teasers, puzzles to solve and optical illusions. Take a look in the ‘Anti-gravity room’, ‘Ames Room’, ‘Hologram Gallery’ and ‘Eyelusions Exhibition’. A fascinating and fun activity for all the family, which will leave you literally not believing your eyes. 

At the Southern end of Windermere is the Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway based in the picturesque Leven Valley. Home of the Lake District's hardest working steam trains, here you can enjoy a comfortable, pleasant and leisurely journey through the lake, mountain and river scenes of the Leven Valley.