Holker Hall is the magnificent stately home of
Lord and Lady Cavendish and shows the confidence,
spaciousness and prosperity of Victorian style
on its grandest scale. Rare and exotic plants,
trees and shrubs, many of which can be dated back
to the 1750's can be found in Holker's gardens.
"If you gain from your visit to Holker a small
fraction that we ourselves get from them, then
the work of the generations of gardeners will not
be in vain" - Lord & Lady Cavendish.
This full-day tour is the ideal way to discover
the magic of the southern Lake District, an opportunity
to visit Holker Hall and Gardens, the Lakeland
Motor Museum with its fine collection of motor
transport from a bygone age and the Holker Food
Hall stocked with local Cumbrian produce. Explore
the beautiful village of Cartmel, and its magnificent
Priory of unique design and acclaimed "Sticky Toffee
Pudding Shop", cruise on Lake Windermere and delight
in the beautiful scenery of the Lyth and Winster
Valley.
