Flights 

The Lake District & Cumbria has no regional airport. Manchester and Newcastle international airports are within easy reach for a range of flights around the world. Blackpool regional airport has cheap flights from across Britain and Ireland.

Newcastle, the closest international airport is around 60 miles from Penrith.

• 1 hour 30 mins drive from the centre of Penrith
• Via the A686, A69, B6323, B6545 and A696
• Budget airlines fly no frills flights from Newcastle
• Flights to domestic and worldwide destinations
• 13 daily flights to London, Heathrow, Gatwick or Stansted

Manchester, one if the UK's major international airports is approx 110 miles down the M6 from Carlisle

1,000's of flights from all over the world

For cheap flights, Blackpool Airport is under an hour's drive from the Lake District.

• Fly with no frills airlines from London, Stansted, the Isle of Man, Dublin and Belfast