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Not sure if this is the right place to ask this, but I'm looking for information on travelling around the Lake District without using the car.

Going in a few weeks and the budget is really tight so I'm trying to find out if there are any travel passes or the likes that we can buy so we can use the buses / trains / ferries as much as we like for a period of time.

Want to keep car use to a minimum if possible.

Thanks

Thanks for the help, will check out their website and see what info I can find.

Thanks for the info Keely, will have a look at the links. 

Buses are pretty expensive by us too but having spent a fortune on car travel when we stayed in the Lakes last year we thought we would give it a try.  Its not so much the fuel which hits the purse but the parking costs.

I got a copy of the Cumbria and Lakes Rider booklet from tourist information service which I'm slowly going through.  Looks like there is a weekly travel pass available for £24 each which is a lot less than what we will pay on fuel & parking.

Might just leave the car on site and travel around by bus, be a bit cheaper than car and it will give us a rest from driving.

S

There's a fantastic guide book on this subject, called something like The Lakes Without a Car (not a snappy title, but it does what it says on the tin!)

We sell it at work.

It's got public transport and walking directions to lots of the main walking areas.