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	Horse Holidays and Saddleback Trails - Offering holidays for horse and rider. Cumbria provides some of the most spectactular and safest riding routes in the country, and allows you and your horse complete uninterrupted freedom.
	Wetheriggs Pottery - Visitors may see the old workings of the 19th Century pottery, the restored Steam Engine, and see potters at work. There are pottery and craft shops, a tea-room, a newt pond, a collection of rare pigs and a children's play area.
	Rheged Visitor Centre - Cumbria's largest visitor attraction, Rheged reveals 2000 years of history in the first all-British large format film. Also shops, restaurants, exhibitions, all in Britain's largest grass covered building. Opening spring 2000.
	Eden Ostrich World - A chance to see breeding ostriches with ostrich egg incubators, hatchers and chick rearing as well as rare farm animals and many different breeds of Cumbrian sheep and cattle.
	Cumbrian Discoveries - Custom-designed quality sightseeing, driver-guiding & walking tours of Cumbria & The English Lake District with professional Blue Badge Guides.
	Eden National Cycle Network Rangers - A resource centre for cyclists combining information on the organisation as well as routes in the area.
	Helly Hansen National Mountaineering Exhibition - A permanent exhibition promoting the rich and diverse history and culture behind mountaineering. Requires 'flash'. Educational resources in 'pdf' documents.
	Penrith Agricultural Society - The Penrith Agricultural Society promotes Penrith Agricultural Show at Brougham Hall Farm on the fourth Saturday in July each year.

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