Coniston Water Watersports
Kayak, canoe and rowing boat hire on Coniston Water from a National Park-run centre a few minutes from the village.
- watersports
- Coniston Boating Centre
- from £30
Adventure
Zip lines, cable cars, climbing, caving and bike parks. The bookable end of a mountain trip, and the part that keeps a group happy when half of them do not want to walk up anything.
The Lake District
Honister Slate Mine Via Ferrata
A fixed-cable route up a working slate mine's quarry face at the top of Honister Pass, run by the mine.
- via ferrata
- Honister Slate Mine
- from £55
Whinlatter Forest Bike Park
Forestry England mountain bike trails northwest of Keswick, graded blue and red, free to ride with paid parking only.
- bike park
- Forestry England
Eryri (Snowdonia)
Snowdon Mountain Railway
Rack-and-pinion railway from Llanberis to the summit of Yr Wyddfa, the highest point in Wales reachable without walking.
- cable car
- Snowdon Mountain Railway
- from £45
Zip World Llechwedd (Bounce Below)
Trampoline nets strung through a slate cavern at Blaenau Ffestiniog, reachable from Betws-y-Coed by road or the same railway line.
- caving
- Zip World Llechwedd
- from £26.25
Zip World Penrhyn Quarry (Velocity 2)
Twin zip lines across a flooded slate quarry near Bethesda, marketed by the operator as the fastest zip line in the world.
- zip line
- Zip World Penrhyn Quarry
- from £99
The Peak District
Watersports on Ladybower Reservoir
Permit-based access for canoes, kayaks and paddleboards on Ladybower Reservoir, owned and managed by Severn Trent Water.
- watersports
Peak Cavern
Britain's largest natural cave entrance, a show cave beneath Peveril Castle with a history of rope-making inside its mouth.
- caving
- Peak Cavern
- from £22.25
Climbing on Stanage Edge
Britain's best-known gritstone climbing venue, three miles of edge above Hathersage with routes at every grade.
- climbing
Scotland
Cairngorm Mountain Funicular
Britain's highest railway, climbing from Coire Cas to the Ptarmigan building at 1,087 metres on the shoulder of Cairn Gorm.
- cable car
- Cairngorm Mountain
- from £17.95
Glencoe Mountain
A chairlift-served bike park and summer activity centre at the head of Glen Coe, with cross-country and downhill mountain bike trails.
- bike park
- Glencoe Mountain
- from £18
Nevis Range Mountain Gondola
Britain's only mountain gondola, climbing Aonach Mòr to 650 metres, with a downhill mountain bike track and hill paths at the top.
- cable car
- Nevis Range
- from £28.95
Sea Kayaking from Portree
Guided sea kayak sessions on Skye's coast, with tasters run from Portree harbour and half and full-day trips launching around Portree and Uig.
- watersports
- North Skye Outdoors
- from £65