# Things to see in Cockermouth (United Kingdom): 79 places and when to go

> Cockermouth is a town in United Kingdom, and this site lists 79 places in and around it, mainly Nature (49), Mountains (44), History (8). The best known are Skiddaw, Cockermouth Castle and Grasmoor. The best time to come is April to September; also possible: February to March, October and December. In June there are 16 h 59 of daylight, and in December, 7 h. Here is what there is, when to go, how to get there and what else is nearby.

- Address: https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/cockermouth/
- Reviewed on: 2026-10-02
- Language: en

## In a nutshell

- **Where:** United Kingdom · 54.6645, -3.3646
- **Places:** 79 places on this site, in the town and around it.
- **What people come for:** [Nature](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/naturaleza/) (49) · [Mountains](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/montana/) (44) · [History](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/historia/) (8) · [Museums and art](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/museos/) (6) · [Temples](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/espiritual/) (6) · [Food and drink](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/gastronomia/) (6)
- **Best time:** April to September.
- **Also possible:** February to March, October and December.
- **Nearest airport:** EDI Ingliston, Edinburgh, 143 km as the crow flies
- **Highest point:** Skiddaw, at 930 m.

## What to see in Cockermouth

The places in and around Cockermouth, best known first, each with its own page: what it is, when to go and what is next to it. Distances are from the centre, as the crow flies.

- [Skiddaw](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/skiddaw/): Mountain in Cumbria, England, United Kingdom · 14 km
- [Cockermouth Castle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/cockermouth-castle/): Grade I listed castle in Cockermouth, Cumberland, Cumbria , England, UK · 159 m
- [Grasmoor](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/grasmoor/): Mountain in England · 12 km
- [Ard Crags](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/ard-crags/): Mountain in United Kingdom · 14 km
- [Causey Pike](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/causey-pike/): Mountain in United Kingdom · 14 km
- [Great Borne](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/great-borne/): Mountain in United Kingdom · 14 km
- [Grisedale Pike](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/grisedale-pike/): Mountain in United Kingdom · 11 km
- [Hopegill Head](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/hopegill-head/): Mountain in United Kingdom · 11 km
- [Wordsworth House](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/wordworth-house/): Grade I listed historic house museum in Cockermouth, Cumberland, Cumbria , England, UK · 242 m
- [Barrow](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/barrow/): Fell in the Lake District, England · 14 km
- [Caer Mote](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/caer-mote/): Hill in Cumbria, England, UK · 9.8 km
- [Derwent Pencil Museum](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/derwent-pencil-museum/): Museum in Keswick, Cumbria, England, UK · 16 km
- [Swinside](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/swinside/): Mountain in United Kingdom · 15 km
- [Torpenhow Hill](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/torpenhow-hill/): Hill in United Kingdom · 12 km
- [Allonby Bay](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/allonby-bay/): Bay of the Solway Firth, in Cumbria, England · 13 km
- [Bakestall](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/bakestall/): Mountain in United Kingdom · 15 km
- [Barf](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/barf/): Mountain in Cumbria · 10 km
- [Binsey, Cumbria](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/binsey/): Hill in the Lake District in Cumbria, England · 11 km
- [Blake Fell](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/blake-fell/): Mountain in United Kingdom · 11 km
- [Broom Fell](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/broom-fell/): Mountain in United Kingdom · 8.3 km
- [Burnbank Fell](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/burnbank-fell/): Mountain in United Kingdom · 9.9 km
- [Crag Hill](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/crag-hill/): Mountain in the Lake District, Cumbria, England, UK · 13 km
- [Dodd](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/dodd/): Mountain in United Kingdom · 13 km
- [Fellbarrow](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/fellbarrow/): Mountain in United Kingdom · 6.7 km

And the other 55, by what you come to do:

- **Nature**: [Gavel Fell](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/gavel-fell-summit/), [Graystones](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/graystones/), [Little Cockup](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/little-cockup/), [Skiddaw Little Man](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/skiddaw-little-man/), [Whinlatter](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/whinlatter/), [Whiteside](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/whiteside/), [Hen Comb](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/hen-comb/), [Knott Rigg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/knott-rigg/), [Ling Fell](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/ling-fell/), [Long Side](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/long-side/), [Lord's Seat](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/lord-s-seat/), [Low Fell](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/low-fell-summit/), [Mellbreak](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/mellbreak/), [Outerside](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/outerside/), [Rannerdale Knotts](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/rannerdale-knotts/), [Sail](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/sail/), [Sale Fell](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/sale-fell/), [Scar Crags](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/scar-crags-summit/), [Slate Fell](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/slatefell/), [Ullock Pike](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/ullock-pike/), [Wandope](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/wandope/), [Whiteless Pike](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/whiteless-pike/), [Carl Side](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/carl-side/), [Rowling End](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/rowling-end/), [Allonby Bay Highly Protected Marine Area](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/allonby-bay-highly-protected-marine-area/), [Dubbs Moss](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/dubbs-moss/), [Dubwath Silver Meadows Nature Reserve](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/dubwath-silver-meadows-nature-reserve/), [Sandybeck Meadow National Nature Reserve](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/sandybeck-meadow-national-nature-reserve/)
- **Architecture**: [Maryport Old Lighthouse](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/old-maryport-lighthouse/), [Maryport New Lighthouse](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/new-maryport-lighthouse/)
- **Temples**: [All Saints Church, Boltongate](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/boltongate-church/), [Ireby Old Church](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/ireby-old-church/), [St Bridget's Church, Brigham](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/st-bridget-s-church/), [St John the Evangelist's Church, Crosscanonby](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/st-john-the-evangelist-s-church/), [St Kentigern's Church, Aspatria](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/st-kentigern/), [St Mungo's Church, Dearham](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/st-mungo-s/)
- **History**: [Lingholm](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/the-lingholm-house/), [Underscar Manor](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/underscar/), [Honister Slate Mine](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/honister-slate-mine/), [Isel Hall](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/isel-hall/), [The Keswick Country House Hotel](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/keswick-country-house-hotel/)
- **Museums and art**: [Haig Colliery Mining Museum](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/haig-colliery-mining-museum/), [Keswick Museum](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/keswick-museum-art-gallery/), [The Rum Story](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/the-rum-story/), [Clun Town Hall](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/town-hall-museum/), [The Shed Gallery](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/the-shed-gallery/)
- **Food and drink**: [Jennings Brewery](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/jennings-brewery/), [Ennerdale Brewery](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/ennerdale-brewery/), [Hesket Newmarket Brewery](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/hesket-newmarket-brewery/), [Keswick Brewing Co](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/keswick-brewing-co/), [Lake District Wine](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/lake-district-wine/), [Lakes Distillery](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/lakes-distillery/)
- **Hiking**: [King Charles III England Coast Path: Allonby to Whitehaven](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/king-charles-iii-england-coast-path-allonby-to-whitehaven/)
- **With kids**: [Lake District Coast Aquarium](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/lake-district-coast-aquarium/), [Lake District Wildlife Park](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/lake-district-wildlife-park/)

## When to go to Cockermouth

The best time to visit Cockermouth is **April to September**; also possible: February to March, October and December. This comes from its own places: a month counts as the town's best time when it is the best time for half of what there is to see.

| Mes | Época | Hours of daylight |
| --- | --- | --- |
| January | Better not | 7 h 34 |
| February | Possible | 9 h 24 |
| March | Possible | 11 h 28 |
| April | Best time | 13 h 48 |
| May | Best time | 15 h 49 |
| June | Best time | 16 h 59 |
| July | Best time | 16 h 30 |
| August | Best time | 14 h 42 |
| September | Best time | 12 h 25 |
| October | Possible | 10 h 10 |
| November | Better not | 8 h 06 |
| December | Possible | 7 h |

In June there are 16 h 59 of daylight, and in December, 7 h. In April, 79 of the 79 places are at their best.

When to go to United Kingdom in general, with its festivals and peak seasons, is in [its country guide](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/#cuando-ir).

## Getting to Cockermouth

The nearest main airport is Edinburgh Airport (EDI, Ingliston, Edinburgh), 143 km as the crow flies. How to get around United Kingdom (train, car, bus) is in [its country guide](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/#moverse), and what to sort out before you leave is in [its checklist](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/#antes-de-salir).

- [Where it is](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=54.6645%2C-3.3646)
- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=54.6645%2C-3.3646)

## Other towns nearby

- [Grasmere](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/grasmere/): 161 places · 32 km
- [Carlisle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/carlisle/): 56 places · 37 km
- [Penrith](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/penrith/): 42 places · 39 km
- [Dumfries](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/dumfries/): 60 places · 46 km
- [Kirkcudbright](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/kirkcudbright/): 24 places · 48 km
- [Lakeside](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/lakeside/): 51 places · 50 km

And all of United Kingdom, in [its country guide](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/).

## Frequently asked questions

### What is there to see in Cockermouth?

The best known: [Skiddaw](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/skiddaw/), [Cockermouth Castle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/cockermouth-castle/), [Grasmoor](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/grasmoor/), [Ard Crags](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/ard-crags/), [Causey Pike](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/reino-unido/causey-pike/). In all, 79 places in the town and around it, all on your trip map from day one.

### When is the best time to visit Cockermouth?

April to September; also possible: February to March, October and December. In June there are 16 h 59 of daylight, and in December, 7 h.

### How do you get to Cockermouth?

The nearest main airport is Edinburgh Airport (EDI), 143 km away. From there, [directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=54.6645%2C-3.3646) opens the route on the map.

### How do I add it to my trip?

Create a trip with Cockermouth as the destination and these 79 places are on your map, each with its category. The ones you like go into a day's plan with one tap, and Kokai reminds you when you pass nearby.

Data from [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright), licensed under the ODbL, from [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/), CC0, cities from [Natural Earth](https://www.naturalearthdata.com/) and airports from [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/). Daylight hours are calculated from the latitude. More in [credits](https://kokai.app/en/aviso/#creditos).