Kendal and surrounding area- what to do?

[Tobermory]

There for a few days with an 11 year old and an almost 3 year old and need some plans for when it invarieably rains!!

In Lancaster there is a butterfly house. about 30 mins from kendal. thinking of going today

Oooh that looks good. will put it on our list!

Beatrix Potter Museum is always popular www.hop-skip-jump.com/

South Lakes Wild Animal Park here

But TBH in my experience the Lakes are not really that enlightened when it comes to entertaining toddlers! I have resorted to dragging ours around lakeland plastics just to get out of the rain in the past.

Lakeland plastics, am oddly excited about spending a small fortune on bun cases and plastic containers that I really need.
Beatrix potter museum is on the list.

Brockholes the national Park Visitor centre, fab climbing frame/adventure playground thing

South Lakes Wild Animal Park is great - lots to see and get close to and they had some reptile handling when we were there and DD - aged about 2 at the time loved it and still talks about it a year later.

Sorry, just marking my place to steal the ideas - we're going to the south lakes in May.

Ambleside is lovely

Grasmere for the Wordsworth Trust museum, Dove Cottage, Gingerbread Shop for the best gingerbread ever and The Red Lion for lunch

We live not far from Kendal in Staveley. There's a nice cafe (Wilf's) here by the river and some easier, low-level walks for when the weather is too grim for the fells.

There's a swimming pool in Kendal as well and the Brewery Arts Centre which has a cinema and exhibitions.

The Visitors' Centre is between Windermere and Ambleside.

Go Ape in Grizedale? But maybe not so good for the rain.

I loathe Grasmere. But that's just me.

Kendal museum has activities for children, (if you're still watching this thread! )

How can you loathe Grasmere? there;s hardly anythign thereexcept a beautiful lake to walk round

There's also a climbing wall in Kendal but no use for the 3-yr-old.

I don't know, it's all a bit chintzy for me.

Cumbria that's very handy to know. Can we in vote ourselves rOund for a cuppa when it's super rainy?!

Of course!