Muncaster Castle

A castle and gardens above the Esk estuary, near Ravenglass.

Historic castle, gardens, and hawk-and-owl centre near Ravenglass on the western edge of the national park.

Nearby

Buttermere and the west

Population: 499

A coastal village at the Esk estuary and the start of the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway.

Buttermere and the west

The narrow-gauge railway from Ravenglass up Eskdale to Dalegarth, near Boot.