Originally Posted by
ZULUBOY
Agree with some of this but not about the need for a car in the Lake District. Been a number of times from Brum and always taken the train. This includes camping. Public transport is decent in the Lake District
Try using Traveline website to determine a public transport route from Carlisle Airport to say Keswick. Yes if you come by train via Windemere or Penrith, bus connections are good (but expensive). BTW, I couldn't find the Airport on the Traveline website, and there's no public transport stops shown on google earth.