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Grizedale Forest, Grizedale, Hawkshead, Cumbria, LA22 0QJTelephone
03000674495Hawkshead
Get in the festive spirit at Grizedale with our Christmas cinema!
We'll be showing the Gruffalo's Child and Stick Man throughout the day, free of charge!Call in before or after your Stick Man adventure to enjoy family film time with your favourite…
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- 20 Dec 2025to23 Dec 2025Open 11:00 - 15:00
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Upfront Puppet Theatre, Upfront Gallery & Coffee Shop, Unthank Farm/Unthank, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 9TGTelephone
017684 84538Unthank Farm/Unthank, Penrith
This year's Christmas production at Upfront Puppet Theatre is a magical retelling of the classic French fairy tale: "Puss in Boots."
This faithful adaptation brings the beloved story to life with a cast of expertly crafted long string marionettes,…
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Abbot Hall, Abbot Hall, Kirkland, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 5ALTelephone
015394 46139Kirkland, Kendal
Get creative with us this Christmas holidays at Abbot Hall.
Make a Clothes Peg Doll
Materials will be available to assemble and decorate your own clothes peg doll. Dress them up to look like one of the portraits in our gallery, or to look like you!…Venue
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- 20 Dec 2025to3 Jan 2026Open 10:00 - 16:00
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Whinlatter Forest, Whinlatter Pass, Braithwaite, Keswick, Cumbria, CA12 5TWTelephone
07932 015383Braithwaite, Keswick
Join JAG Outdoors for a very family friendly festive walk around the forest at night.
The event starts in the yurt for Christmas treats and a short chat about the stars and the route Santa will take take in a few days time!!The walk will cover…
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- 20 Dec 2025Open 17:00 - 20:00
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Heritage Boat Trips at Windermere Jetty Museum, Windermere Jetty Museum - Stories of boats and steam, Jetty Museum, Rayrigg Rd, Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria, LA23 1BNTelephone
015394 46139Rayrigg Rd, Bowness-on-Windermere
Join us this festive season for hands-on family fun at Windermere Jetty Museum. Whether you're solving clues, decorating a keepsake, or building something brilliant in our interactive play space, there's plenty to keep young explorers busy during…
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- 20 Dec 2025to4 Jan 2026Open 10:00 - 16:00
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Blackwell – the Arts & Crafts House, Blackwell, Blackwell - the Arts & Crafts house, Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria, LA23 3JTTelephone
015394 46139Blackwell - the Arts & Crafts house, Bowness-on-Windermere
Enjoy a fun festive day out with the family at Blackwell – the Arts & Crafts house on Saturday 20 December!
Throughout the day, you can enjoy cheerful storytelling with Taffy Thomas MBE, live folk music, creative hands-on activities and a sprinkle…
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- 20 Dec 2025Open 10:00 - 16:00
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Wordsworth Grasmere, Learning Space, Grasmere, Cumbria, LA22 9SHTelephone
+441539435544Grasmere
What was Christmas like when the Wordsworths lived at Dove Cottage 200 years ago? Have a go at some Regency Christmas crafts, including making pomanders and wreaths. Read Dorothy Wordsworth's gingerbread recipe and decorate some gingerbread stars.…
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- 20 Dec 2025Open 10:30 - 12:00
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- 20 Dec 2025Open 14:00 - 15:30
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Rosehill Theatre, Rosehill Theatre, Moresby, Whitehaven, Cumbria, CA28 6SETelephone
+441946692422Moresby, Whitehaven
Come and celebrate the festive season with us and enjoy an evening full of great West Cumbrian talent in our great Big Christmas Concert!
Upon arrival you will be welcomed with a Hot Roast Turkey Roll and a glass of something non-alcoholic but very…
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- 20 Dec 2025Open 19:00 - 21:40
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The Old Laundry Theatre, Crag Bow, Bowness on Windermere, Cumbria, LA23 3BXTelephone
015394 40872Bowness on Windermere
Christmas is fast approaching and Santa's Sleigh is nowhere to be found. Will Sprocket and Dibs be able to create a new sleigh in time or will
Christmas be cancelled? Can you help them save the day? Only time will tell but with audience…Dates
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Brewery Arts, Brewery Arts, 122A Highgate, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 4HETelephone
01539 725 133122A Highgate, Kendal
Enter the incredible world of Stuff and Nonsense.
There's a wolf coming… but for now, The Three Little Pigs have tricked him onto a bus. If he catches them, he'll huff and he'll puff and we all know how that ends…
On the run and with the need to…
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- 20 Dec 2025to28 Dec 2025Open 11:00 - 15:00
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St. Thomas' church, Shyreakes Lane, Crosscrake, Kendal, Cumbria, LA8 0ABCrosscrake, Kendal
Join us for a traditional service of lessons and carols by candlelight in the beautiful surroundings of Crosscrake Church. Come along, join in with well known Christmas carols and enjoy refreshments afterwards. All are welcome.
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- 21 Dec 2025Open 18:30 - 19:30
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Carlisle Cathedral, Carlisle Cathedral, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA3 8TZTelephone
+441228548151Carlisle
Our series of free Afternoon Recitals continues, we are delighted to welcome back Sempre Amabile to the Fratry from 2pm.
While entry to our concerts is complimentary, we encourage contributions during the collection at the end of each performance…
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- 21 Dec 2025Open 14:00 - 14:40
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17th September 2025-21st December 2025Special Christmas edition of the popular comedy night featuring 4 award winning, Edinburgh Fringe…
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19th December 2025Come and celebrate the festive season with us and enjoy an evening full of great West Cumbrian…
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24th December 2025-28th December 2025Don't miss this opportunity to delve into the life and legacy of Alfred Wainwright at The Armitt…
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12th February 2025-20th December 2025William Wordsworth wrote his radical Guide to the Lakes at Allan Bank. A new permanent exhibition…
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4th November 2025-21st December 2025Join JAG Outdoors for a very family friendly festive walk around the forest at night. The event…
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20th December 2025There's winter wonder for the whole family at the gateway to the Lake District this year. From 21…
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21st November 2025-24th December 2025Uncover the life and work of printmaker Gwyneth Alban Davis who ran her business while living in a…
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4th November 2025-21st December 2025Step inside Santa's Secret Grotto – hidden deep inside a Lake District mountain! Ho-Ho-Honister is…
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18th December 2025-23rd December 2025Find a Christmas carols service to go to in Cumbria. Search the whole county and use the map to…
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17th December 2025-24th December 2025Join us for a traditional service of lessons and carols by candlelight in the beautiful…
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21st December 2025We will gather to honour the longest night and welcome the rebirth of the sun. Join in a…
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21st December 2025Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway Santa Express – A Magical Christmas Journey Step aboard our magical…
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22nd November 2025-24th December 2025Celebrate 25 years of ceramic art by Edinburgh-based Frances Priest in Motif | Line | Colour. The…
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7th November 2025-11th April 2026We can't wait to welcome Rob Young to The Swan this Christmas Eve for a magical evening of live…
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24th December 2025Our series of free Afternoon Recitals continues, we are delighted to welcome back Sempre Amabile to…
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