The lovely village of Cartmel lies just seven miles from the southern reach of Lake Windermere, and features plenty of fantastic restaurants, a Norman priory and the smallest National Hunt racecourse in the country.
The village lies on the Cartmel Peninsula, a body of land tumbling out into the Morecambe Bay. Grange Over Sands, over the hill from Cartmel, has delightful local shops and a mile long promenade.