Lake District in November

I know what Rick recommends, which is because his tours stay in Keswick.

I respectfully disagree with him, as a resident. There are many wonderful places in the south of the District which his tours do not get to.

What is of more concern is that the weather and the nights will be closing in.

Yes after end October a lot of places either close or go onto short hours. But that barely affects the tourist towns, where there are always hotels, guest houses, restaurants open to serve the locals. Things like the lake boats still run all year.

If you are in the north and the weather is too bad you can always go up to Carlisle, or to Rheged at Penrith for museums (as well as the Keswick Museum and the Keswick Pencil Museum). There are cozy movie theatres in Keswick, Penrith and Carlisle.

If you are in the South there are various museums to hide in on bad days (like the Windermere Jetty- the old Steamboat Museum), the Armitt Museum at Ambleside, the aquarium at Lakeside and the Lakeland Motor Museum at Backbarrow, also the Ruskin Museum at Coniston, and Abbot Hall and the Kendal Museum- both at Kendal. Even Laurel and Hardy at Ulverston.

Movie theatres in Bowness, Ambleside and at the Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal. At some stage I will put a post on here about other special (seasonal) events in November and December.

So plenty to do if weather stops play for walking.

Most of the bus services run all year round and still on good timetables- so no issue there.

We did 3 nights in Keswick in late October with a car.
First, I don't see how you can do the Lake District without a car.

Second, I think November would be a bit late. The weather was very chilly for us in October. Not sure what you plan to do in the Lake District.?

We visited the Lake District without a car. Stayed in Keswick and explored that town one day, the next day took a highly recommended Mountain Goat tour of the Lakes, then the next day took a bus to Buttermere and walked around the lake. It was great, but on our next visit I will have a car to visit places I've missed. Most of the major towns are connected to the others by A roads.

The Bus to Buttermere is one of only two routes not to run in the winter- after 5 November this year until 22 March 2024.

The other bus not to run in winter is the section of the 508 between Patterdale and Windermere.

In both cases it is due to severe winter weather on the mountain passes.