2-Day Tour of the Lake District from Glasgow
- E-Ticket
- Live Guide
Explore the UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Lake District on this 2-day, 1 night experience from Glasgow, including hotel or guesthouse accommodation. Travel by train from Glasgow to Oxenholme (please note this is unaccompanied), where you will be met by one of our friendly driver guides and taken on our Beatrix Potters Favourite Countryside Tour. Enjoy the afternoon exploring the Southern Lake District National Park including the medieval village of Hawkshead, the natural beauty spot of Tarn Hows & Coniston. On day two join our Ten Lakes Spectacular Tour which visits Buttermere, Borrowdale Valley including Ashness Bridge & Suprise View, the market town of Keswick, 4000 year old Castlerigg Stone Circle and the famous village of Grasmere. One night accommodation and return 2nd-class train tickets from Glasgow. Two tours of the Lake District in a luxury Mercedes mini-coach
Itinerary Details
Day 1 Glasgow - Oxenholme - Lake District
Stop At: Glasgow Central Station
Use your e-ticket to board the train at Glasgow Central Railway Station and travel from Glasgow to Oxenholme (please note this is unaccompanied).
Duration: 2 hour
Stop At: Hawkshead
You will have time to explore the medieval town of Hawkshead.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Tarn Hows
Next stop is Tarn Hows, the natural beauty spot which was left to the National Trust to Beatrix Potter in her will.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Coniston
Visit Coniston, famous for where Arthur Ransome based his childrens’ book ‘Swallows and Amazons’ on locations around Coniston Water.
Day 2 Ten Lakes Spectacular - Glasgow
Stop At: Kirkstone Pass
Travel over a Lake District Mountain Pass
Stop At: Ullswater
England's 2nd largest lake
Stop At: Castlerigg Stone Circle
One of the earliest British circles dating back over 4000 years
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Ashness Bridge
Visit the most photographed bridge in the Lake District, Ashness Bridge and continue onto Surprise View, boosting beautiful views over Derwentwater
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Honister Slate Mine
Continue into Borrowdale and over Honister Pass.
Stop At: Grasmere
Stop in Grasmere, famous for Sarah Nelson's Gingerbread & William Wordsworth
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At:
Return to Oxenholme Train Station for your train journey back to Glasgow Central Station.
Duration: 2 hour
Stop At: Glasgow Central Station
Arrive back to Glasgow Central Station
