Eskdale and Duddon Valley

Eskdale and the Duddon Valley are neighbouring valleys in the western Lake District, both celebrated for their unspoilt beauty and relative quietness. Eskdale is home to the narrow-gauge Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway and the remains of a Roman bathhouse at Hardknott Fort. The Duddon Valley was a favourite of Wordsworth, who wrote a sequence of sonnets about the River Duddon.