Cockermouth

Visitors are guaranteed a wonderfully woolly experience as they are brought face-to-face with 19 different breeds of live sheep during the indoor presentation.

Experience the skills of the sheep shearer, and in the 300 seat arena, you will be shown how highly trained sheep dogs can skilfully handle a flock.

Entertaining, yes - but also both fascinating and educational. There is a restaurant, and a shop stocking a wide variety of goods.

Within the building is the Cumwest Exhibition, which gives you an opportunity to discover why the Western Lakes and Coast is a very special part of Cumbria with its own distinctive character, history, landscape and culture. Local tourist information is available here.