Explore Cumbria and the Lakes
- Kendal and around
- Cartmel
- Windermere town
- Bowness and the lake
- Ambleside
- Great Langdale
- Grasmere and around
- Coniston and around
- Hawkshead and around
- Keswick and around
- Honister Pass
- Buttermere
- Eskdale
- Ravenglass and around
- Whitehaven and around
- Cockermouth
- Ullswater
- Penrith and around
- Carlisle and around
Honister features England’s first Via Ferrata – a dramatic Alpine-style three-hour mountain climb using a fixed cableway and harness, which allows visitors to follow the old miners’ route up the exposed face of Fleetwith Pike (2126ft), the peak that’s right above the mines. It’s terrifying and exhilarating in equal measure – though you don’t need climbing experience to do it, you should check out the photos and videos on the website first to see what you’re in for.
