Five top bluebell spots

May is quite probably the best time to visit the Lake District.  The weather is usually lovely then, the lambs play in the fields, the spring blossom is out and the birds are singing.  The highlight, though, are the bluebells that create an aura of magic when you come upon them in a wood or (more occasionally) on a fellside.  

Here are five of the best places to see bluebells in the Lake District, although you will still chance upon them in little pockets of woodland and by the sides of the road when you’re out and about.  

Muncaster Castle and Gardens