THE VIEWS

Hipping Hall, Cowan Bridge, Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria, LA6 2JJ. Telephone: Kirkby Lonsdale +44 (0)15242 71187. Fax: Kirkby Lonsdale +44 (0)15242 72452.

Just pottering around the nearby Dales, visiting the waterfalls or caves at Ingleton, looking round Kirkby Lonsdale, Dent and Settle needs a day or two; with Lake Windermere and the spectacular Settle-Carlisle railway both only a half hour's drive away, even one of our Three Day Breaks is too short to see all that this beautiful part of Britain has to offer. Walkers too find Hipping Hall a convenient centre. Our stile leads on to the footpath that will take you over Leck Fell into Barbondale or across into Kingsdale; whilst a twenty minute drive will bring you to the Forest of Bowland and its expanse of empty hills overlooking the Irish Sea. For more information visit the website at Hipping Hall.

KIKBY LONSDALE GOLF CLUB

Kirkby Lonsdale Golf Club, Scaleber Lane, Barbon, Kirkby Lonsdale, Carnforth, LA6 2LJ. Telephone 015242 76365. Kirkby Lonsdale Golf Club - one of the most picturesque golf courses in the North of England - an ideal location and setting for golf holidays .

KIRKBY LONSDALE TOWN CENTRE

An extremely handsome and unspoilt market town in a beautiful setting. Kirkby Lonsdale reminds me a little of Paris. This may seem strange to anybody who lives or works there, but there are parallels. Both are built largely of grey stone, both are largely unspoilt and both are pleasing to the eye. The town is situated in the idyllic Lune Valley which provided inspiration to such artists as Constable and Turner; and the poet and philosopher Ruskin was so impressed that he wrote in its praise: "I do not know in all my own country, still less in France or Italy, a place more naturally divine."