Brockhole Visitors Centre, Lake District

Brockhole Visitors Centre, Lake District Project Images
Brockhole Visitors Centre, Lake District Project Images

The plan will transform Brockhole into an exciting ‘taster’ hub for all the National Park has to offer – not just a place for old dears to take tea!  The 30 acre park on the banks of Lake Windermere already attracts more than 230,000 visitors a year but we are aiming to enable Brockhole to attract 400,000 visitors a year and become financially self-sustaining by the end 2014.

We fell in love with this place when we started designing the award-winning Jetty – so to continue our involvement and prepare a plan for the next twenty years is testimony to our ‘plan to detail’ approach.

Plans include restoring the historic Thomas Mawson designed Arts and Crafts garden to its former glory, developing a purpose-built watersports centre offering starter sessions, and building a brand new, all-weather visitor centre to inspire people to explore and celebrate the Lakes. All of this will add to the already popular attractions such as the ‘Treetop Trek’ high ropes course, pony rides, boat hire and hundreds of activities hosted by Brockhole all year round.

Brockhole is the jewel in the crown for the Lake District National Park.  By adopting a holistic approach and engaging with a broad range of stakeholders, the masterplan and delivery framework will help raise the profile and boost the economy of the area. Our role with the National Park as client and collaborator is beyond basic consultancy – it is to attract more people to the Lake District and inspire them to explore this awe-inspiring landscape.