Conishead Priory
Ulverston
Cumbria
LA12 9QQ
Conishead Priory is home to Manjushri Buddhist Centre
Easter - end Oct; not 22 May - 6 Jun or 24 Jul - 23 Aug
Admission is free. £2.50 for house tour
Tel: 01229 584 029
Fax: 01229 580 080
Wetheriggs Pottery, Clifton Dykes,
Penrith, Cumbria, CA10 2DH
Wetheriggs Pottery is a 19th Century Industrial Monument steeped in a history
of incredible creative spirit and endeavour and the fact that it remains today
as the UK’s only steam-powered pottery is testimony to that. The Pottery
itself was restored in 1994 and 1995 and the steam machinery was restored in
1995 by Engineer and Steeplejack Fred Dibnah and was featured in his TV series.
The work of care and restoration continues and much of the revenue received
is used in this way. The original Beehive kiln is still here and is part of the
Museum exhibition which shows the different styles of pottery produced at Wetheriggs
over the years.
The 10 acres of grounds and gardens are a mecca for wildlife including all
three types of native newt, over 30 different types of birds and when everyone
goes home, badgers and foxes.
Admission to the site is FREE
Tel: 01768 892 733
Fax: 01768 892733 extension 231
Email: info@wetheriggs-pottery.co.uk
Only 4 miles south of Penrith. Follow the brown signs from the M6 (jct 40)
or A6 roundabouts.
From the A6 roundabout, head towards Shap. Go through Eamont Bridge and take
a left turn for Cliburn & Morland. We are only 1 1/2 miles along this road
on the right-hand side.
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Opening Times:
Summer: from Easter to end of October 10.00 - 17.30
Winter: from November - Easter 10.00 - 16.30
Coach & Group Bookings -
Contact Mary on Tel: 01768 899909
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