Dockray, Westmorland and Furness
Dockray is a village in the civil parish of Matterdale, in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England.
Dockray is a village in the civil parish of Matterdale, in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. In the 2011 census, the parish had 483 residents, roughly an 8% decrease from 526 residents in 2001. Dockray lies approximately eight miles south west of Penrith, and is accessible from the A5091 road.
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Worth seeing in and around Dockray, Westmorland and Furness
6 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Ullswater
Ullswater is a glacial lake in Cumbria, England. It is part of the Lake District and is the second largest lake in the region by both area and volume, after Windermere.
3 km · lake in the English Lake District · Wikipedia - 02Gowbarrow Fell
Gowbarrow Fell is a low fell in the English Lake District. It is an outlier of the Eastern Fells, standing to the north of Ullswater, bounded on one side by Aira Beck with its waterfall Aira Force.
1.5 km · mountain in Cumbria, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 03Great Mell Fell
Great Mell Fell is an isolated hill or fell in the English Lake District, north of Ullswater and adjacent to the Eastern Fells. It rises from a level plain to a height of 537 m.
3.8 km · mountain in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 04Little Mell Fell
Little Mell Fell is a small fell in the English Lake District. It is an outlier of the Eastern Fells, standing to the north of Ullswater near the village of Watermillock, and connected to other high ground by a narrow col to the south.
3.8 km · mountain in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 05Aira Force
Aira Force is a waterfall in the English Lake District, in the civil parish of Matterdale and the county of Cumbria. The site of the waterfall is owned by the National Trust.
1.3 km · waterfall in Cumbria, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Hart Side
Hart Side is a subsidiary top on one of the east ridges of Stybarrow Dodd, which is a mountain in the English Lake District, west of Ullswater on the main Helvellyn ridge in the Eastern Fells. With a height of 2,480 feet Hart Side rises above the col separating it from Green Side by 75 feet.
3.8 km · mountain in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
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Getting to Dockray, Westmorland and Furness
- Airports
- Newcastle (NCL), 95 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 115 km · Isle of Man (IOM), 123 km
- Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Dockray, Westmorland and Furness95 km · quickest by road, 2h 26m · £11–15
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Dockray, Westmorland and Furness126 km · quickest by road, 2h 54m · £17–23
- Liverpool → Dockray, Westmorland and Furness131 km · quickest by road, 2h 39m · £15–20
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No local-transport research exists yet for Dockray, Westmorland and Furness
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Dockray, Westmorland and Furness. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundYou can take your bike on the Transport for London Woolwich Ferry across the River Thames.
- Get aroundThe ferry operates between Woolwich and North Woolwich (Silvertown) and is free.
- Get aroundYou can take your bike on Wightlink ferries betweenː Lymington, Hampshire and Yarmouth, Isle of Wight Portsmouth, Hampshire and Fishbourne, Isle of Wight Portsmouth, Hampshire and Ryde, Isle of Wight You must make a reservation at no additional cost.
- Get aroundBikes are stowed on the ferry car decks of car ferries or the bike store on Portsmouth–Ryde Pier Head FastCats.
- Get aroundYou can take your bike on Red Funnel ferries betweenː Southampton, Hampshire and West Cowes, Isle of Wight Southampton, Hampshire and East Cowes, Isle of Wight You can bring bicycles on board free of charge.
From Wikivoyage: Cycling in England and Wales, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-04.
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