The railway line winds westwards from Cartmel to ULVERSTON , a close-knit market town, which formerly prospered on the cotton, tanning and iron-ore industries. It's an attractive place, enhanced by its dappled grey limestone cottages and a jumble of cobbled alleys and traditional shops zigzagging off the central Market Place . Stalls are still set up here and in the surrounding streets every Thursday and Saturday; on other days (not Wed) the market h... [More]