At Tudor Square, once the village green of Dalton, visitors can board a bus to the award-winning South Lakes Wild Animal Park, Britain's top Tiger Conservation Centre. This is the only place in Britain where you can see the rare Amur and Sumatran tigers. At Tiger feeding time, you can see them climb a twenty-foot vertical tree to catch their food. The seventeen acres of natural parkland are home to the rarest animals on earth including the Red Panda, Maned Wolves, Tamarins and over 100 species of birds. Many animals have complete freedom to wander at will such as Lemurs and Kangaroos.
Parrots fly freely in the trees.
Just over two miles from Dalton is Sandscale Hawes, a National Trust nature reserve where sand dunes shelter rare orchids and a colony of Natterjack Toads.