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Attractions in Kirkby Stephen

  • Kirkby Stephen East Heritage Centre - visit the old station with its vintage locomotives, carriages and railway memorabilia

  • Stenkrith Park is where the River Eden drops into a gorge known as Coopkarnel/Coop Kernan Hole (or the Devil’s Mustard Mill!) and is crossed by the spectacular Millennium Bridge

  • Jubilee Park has rare species of plants and trees and an award-winning summer house

  • Acoustic Tearoom at The Masonic Hall - monthly entertainment

  • Brough Castle (English Heritage) - one of the oldest Norman keeps in Britain, castle built inside old Roman fort, Verterae

  • Brough Castle Farm Ice Cream Parlour - taste a variety of ice creams

  • Ruins of 12th century Pendragon Castle, Mallerstang are associated with Uther Pendragon, Father of King Arthur

  • Wild Boar Fell, Mallerstang - legend has it that the last wild boar in England was killed here in 1409

  • Cumbria Wildlife Trust Nature Reserves at Argill Woods, Augill Pasture and Waitby Greenriggs

  • Ewbank Scar (Site of Special Scientific Interest), a favourite Victorian beauty spot

  • Cumbria Classic Coaches - enjoy a classic day out in a vintage bus

  • 17th Century Frank's Bridge, thought to be named after local brewer, Francis Birkbeck

Frank's Bridge
Smardale Viaduct
Poetry Path photo by Dave Willis, courtesy of www.cumbriaphoto.co.uk