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Places to stay in Penrith
Penrith is a tourist resort. It is located on the M6 16mi/26km southeast of Carlisle. The handsome and unpretentious town of Penrith in the Eden Valley is one of the best known towns in Cumbria; it is an important market town in its area and centre for the farming community hereabouts. A rich history, interesting and diverse shops, good architecture, excellent road and rail links to the rest of the county and beyond, and on the doorstep of the Lake District. Despite being a tourist destination Penrith hasn't lost its character, this is probably due to its continued importance as a market place for cattle and other livestock, there is another market for more domestic wares held every week in Great Dockray one of the squares in the town. The castle is run as a visitor attraction by English Heritage. To the south-east of the town are the more substantial ruins of Brougham Castle, also under the protection of English Heritage. To the south of the town are the ancient henge sites known as Mayburgh Henge and King Arthur's Round Table. Both are under the protection of English Heritage.
It's the kind of place you only see in bbc costume dramas. You keep expecting
Colin Firth to emerge, dripping, from the River Lyvennet which winds its
way under humpback bridges through the heart of the village where sheep
graze under vast horse chestnut trees by old stone houses. 
