Melmerby Village, traditionally built around the village green, offers all necessary amentities only minutes away from the park. The village green offers a safe haven for children to play ball games or explore the natural wild life. The village is the ideal location from which which to explore the Lake District, Cumbria, the Eden Valley and Hadrians Wall.

The Eden Valley, noted as an area of outstanding beauty offers endless tourist attractions for all ages. Rheged Visitors Centre near Penrith offers giant movies, exhibtions and an abundance of shop for all tastes.

Keswick Climbing Wall offers a wide range of outdoor activiites biking to ghyll scrambling, canoeing to raft building, and of course climbing and abseiling.

For the less engertically minded why not visit Hutton-in-the-Forest. This beautiful historic house on the North Eastern edge of the Lake District. It is surrounded by the magnificent woodland of the medieval forest of Inglewood.

Alternatively visit Wetheriggs Pottery near Penrith to relase your creativity and throw your own pot - no experience is necessary.

Walking in the area is suitable for the novice and the experience fell climber in all the surrounding area.