The Brewery Arts Centre is the hub of daily cultural life in Kendal, with theatre, cinema, gallery, cafe and bar.

Farfield Mill in Sedbergh might be in a remote spot, but it is home to the leading venue for textile arts in the North West.

Beckstones Art Gallery in the village of Greystoke is a small family-owned gallery, selling a range of artists’ work, leaning towards the traditional.

Grizedale Arts continues to explore the role of art in society from its award winning eco-base near Coniston.

Percy House Gallery in Cumbria is a contemporary art gallery which majors in painting, photography, and craft from local Cumbrian artists and makers.

Castlegate House Gallery in Cockermouth offers a changing programme of temporary exhibitions.

Lowes Court Gallery in Egremont aims to showcase the quality of traditional and contemporary Cumbrian craft, led by a membership of artists.

Florence Mine has been transformed into a centre for cultural activity, offering workshops, gallery space, cinema and music venue.

Home to 60 site specific sculptures, Grizedale Sculpture in Grizedale Forest near Hawkshead offers a pioneering and permanently evolving environmental arts and adventure programme.

Tucked away in a remote corner of the Lake District is Kurt Schwitter’s Merzbarn, an artistic epitaph to the avant garde ‘godfather of modern art’.