


Places on this page where we hold a photo; the others show sights elsewhere in our guide.
Gratuito significa ingresso generale. Mostre temporanee ed eventi possono essere a pagamento, alcuni luoghi chiedono di prenotare un posto gratuito e altri suggeriscono un’offerta. Verifichi con il luogo prima di andare.
Every entry below is a roman site in our the Lake District guide whose own website said, when we read it, that entry is free. We quote what the page said, link the page, and do not give opening hours, because they change. If a venue's page changes, we remove it at the next check.
Musei, gallerie e siti gratuiti
- Sito ufficiale: Hardknott Roman Fort (si apre in una nuova scheda)
Hardknott Roman Fort
The English Heritage page says free entry, open at any reasonable time in daylight hours.
- Sito ufficiale: Ravenglass Roman Bath House (si apre in una nuova scheda)
Ravenglass Roman Bath House
The English Heritage page says free entry; exterior viewing only.
Free self-guided walks
Following a walk costs nothing, though places you pass may charge. Each walk page has a map, the route, stops and a GPX file.
- Tarn Hows circular: A level-ish loop round a landscaped tarn above Coniston, with a Miles Without Stiles route description.
- West Windermere Way: Newby Bridge to Lakeside YMCA through woods above the western shore of the south basin.
- Dodd Summit trail: A steep waymarked climb through forest to the open top of Dodd above Bassenthwaite Lake.
- Carron Crag trail, Grizedale: A strenuous forest loop from the Grizedale visitor centre to the highest point in the forest.
Getting around the Lake District for less
Local transport: Stagecoach buses, boats and trains. The Lake District National Park Authority says Stagecoach runs the main bus network and that "all bus fares are currently capped to £3 per single journey" (as on its page on 25 October 2026). It lists day tickets for unlimited bus journeys within one day, combined bus and boat tickets for Windermere, Ullswater, Coniston and Derwentwater, and a Cumbria Travel Pass covering Northern, TransPennine and Avanti trains, Stagecoach buses and Windermere Cruises.
Fares and tickets: Getting to and around the Lake District (opens in new tab). Our getting around guide compares every destination.
Prossime tappe nel Distretto dei Laghi
Open the The Lake District guide for neighbourhoods, eating and getting there. For sights that need a timed ticket, see what to book ahead; for indoor ideas on a wet day, see the rainy-day guide.
Altre destinazioni
- Cose gratis: Londra
- Cose gratis: Bath
- Free things in Bristol
- Cose gratis: Cambridge
- Free things in Cornwall
- Cose gratis: Edimburgo
- Free things in Glasgow
- Free things in Liverpool
- Cose gratis: Manchester
- Free things in Northern Ireland
- Cose gratis: Oxford
- Attività gratuite nei Cotswolds
- Free things in the Jurassic Coast
- Free things in the Scottish Highlands
- Free things in Wales
- Cose gratis: York