Lying snugly between the magic of the southern lakes and the beauty of the Yorkshire Dales, Sedbergh and Kirkby Lonsdale are real treasures simply because they’re two of the prettiest towns you’re ever likely to see. Prepare to be moved.

Elegant Georgian houses and pretty little cottages line the streets; every corner turned reveals charming secrets. Against this is a backdrop of truly inspirational countryside. The poet Ruskin was moved to write about this part of the world, “I do not know in all my own country, still less France or Italy, a place more naturally divine.” And he’s in good company. Constable and Turner both painted around the Lune River, which flows right through Kirkby Lonsdale. In the spring and summer the lovely town comes to life with “Britain In Bloom”, when all of the flowers in their tens of thousands come out.

This is the treasure of Cumbria. This is the magic of Cumbria. You should come.