Stringers

Stringers is a working brewery just outside Grange-over-Sands, and if you're staying at one of the nearby parks - Old Park Wood, High Haume, or Haven Lakeland Leisure - it's well worth tracking down. The outfit produces proper craft beers, and there's something satisfying about visiting a small operation where you can actually see what's being made rather than just buying a finished product.

You'll want to ring ahead to check opening times and whether they do brewery tours or tastings on the day you're planning to visit - details aren't always online for smaller producers. Most visitors allow an hour or so, though if they've got a taproom or shop attached, you could easily spend longer browsing and sampling. It's the kind of place that appeals to anyone with even a passing interest in how beer gets made, and if you're staying in the area with a caravan or glamping setup, it beats another afternoon pottering around Grange town centre.

The landscape around here - all lakes and fells - makes for cracking walking country, so Stringers works well as a midweek detour rather than a full day's outing. If you're there during summer, the beer tastes better outdoors anyway. Not a major destination in itself, but a genuine local interest that gives you a proper flavour of the region beyond the usual lake and mountain tourism. Worth asking your holiday park staff for directions and the latest opening details when you arrive.