By road
By road
Motorway M6 from the North and South.
For the Lake District: Kendal is the main town to the South East convenient for Windermere, Coniston etc., Penrith is to the East, and Carlisle is to the North.
For Barrow and the West coast: Take A590 from junction 36 of the M6.
The motorway also provides access to the West side of the Pennines, and, from Carlisle, to Hadrian's Wall and to the North East corner of England.
By Rail
Railway runs to Lancaster with branch to Grange-Over-Sands and Barrow-in-Furness, Oxenholme branch to Kendal and Windermere, Shap very high, very cold, no houses and Carlisle.