Locka Old Hall Cottage: About the area

Locka Old Hall Cottage is situated on a quiet country lane about 1 mile from the village of Arkholme. In Arkholme you will find a pub, children's playground (in the grounds of the school, so only available outside of school hours), an Anglican Church and a Methodist Church. You can walk across the fields to the village and enjoy the views over the Lune Valley to Ingleborough.

The towns of Carnforth and Kirkby Lonsdale (nearest supermarkets and petrol stations) are both about 6 miles away, while Lancaster and Morecambe are 12 miles and Kendal is 20 miles.

Locka Old Hall Cottage is an ideal home from which to tour the Yorkshire Dales, the Lake District, the Bowland Hills, Morecambe Bay and other areas of Lancashire. Click here to see Locka Old Hall Cottage's location.

Here is a selection of destinations within 25 miles of Locka Old Hall Cottage, as the crow flies … (note that all the links open in new windows)

view over Ingleborough from the footpath to Arkholme

Lake Windermere and Coniston Water
Lakeland Wildlife Oasis (an excellent small zoo)
White Scar Caves (near Ingleton), Ingleborough Cave, Malham Tarn and Malham Cove, Hawes and the head of Wensleydale
Morecambe Bay, Silverdale and Arnside
National Trust properties: Cartmel Priory, Beatrix Potter’s house at Near Sawrey, Sizergh Castle, Townend House
Levens Hall, Leighton Hall, Holker Hall, Warton Old Rectory
Howgill Fells, Bowland Fells, Whernside, Ingleborough and Pen-y-Ghent (the Three Peaks)
Ribblehead Viaduct and the Settle–Carlisle Railway, Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway
Kirkby Lonsdale, Slaidburn, Kendal, Hawkshead, Ambleside, Ingleton, Clapham
Lancaster, including Williamson Park (Butterfly House), Maritime Museum, Priory and Castle

The Lancashire Cycleway passes within one-third of a mile and the Cumbria Cycleway can be joined in Kirkby Lonsdale (6 miles away).

Locka Old Hall Cottage: About the area

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