Autism friendly Cumbria

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  Hotel · Keswick, Cumbria

  Calvert Trust Lake District (Calvert Lakes)

  • Calm space
  • Adapted rooms

  A charity-run activity centre near Keswick offering full-board family breaks where at least one person is disabled, with adaptive outdoor activities. It has a bookable sensory room, sensory garden and sensory hydrotherapy pool on site.

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  Lodge · Penrith, Cumbria

  Center Parcs Whinfell Forest

  • Details not published yet

  Center Parcs' northern village near Penrith, with forest lodges and a big indoor pool. The brand's pool page advertises a twice-weekly Quiet Hour with waves, music and slides switched off, but it does not say which villages run it.

• Activity centre · Old Hutton, Kendal

  Bendrigg Trust

  • Calm space
  • Adapted rooms

  A residential activity centre near Kendal that runs subsidised family breaks with climbing, caving and zip wires adapted for all abilities. It has a sensory room and sensory swing, and bedrooms come with blackout blinds and acoustic panels.

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  Theatre · Keswick

  Theatre by the Lake

  • Quiet times

  Keswick's lakeside theatre puts on a Relaxed Performance of every show it makes itself, with gentler sound and light and the doors left open. Book through the box office or the online access register.

• Cinema · Carlisle

  Vue Carlisle

  • Quiet times
  • Carer ticket

  Vue on Botchergate in Carlisle shows an autism-friendly film at 10.30am on the last Sunday of each month. CEA card holders can buy carer tickets in person.

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  Attraction · Glenridding

  Ullswater 'Steamers'

  • Visual guide
  • Carer ticket

  The historic boats on Ullswater offer a sensory story and familiarisation visits for autistic passengers. Carers travel free.

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  Attraction · Ravenglass

  Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway

  • Visual guide
  • Carer ticket
  • Changing Places
  • +1

  The little steam railway from Ravenglass into Eskdale has a sensory story, familiarisation visits and a Changing Places room that doubles as a quiet space. Carers ride free.

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