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Sleeps 8
Weekly prices from £900 to £ 1299
Self catering accommodation in Hawkshead sleeps 8.
Features include: • Open Fire or Woodburner Stove • Easy Walking • Sleeps 8
Accommodation overview: Perfectly located in the heart of the National Park, this delightful holiday cottage (one of a pair) is peacefully situated on the lakeshore road, only yards from Esthwaite Water (fishing available), and less than a mile from Hill Top, home of Beatrix Potter and the famous Tower Bank Arms. Beautifully appointed in chic, contemporary style, the property retains its cosy cottage features. The front garden faces the lake, which has excellent views in winter, whilst the large rear garden backs onto woodland. Quintessentially English, this lovely area is steeped in history, and there are delightful walks direct from the doorstep. Hawkshead, Windermere, Grizedale Forest, Ambleside and Grasmere are local places of interest. Dove Cottage - the home of Wordsworth - is open to the public all year. Shops ¾ mile. Step to entrance. Beamed living room with open fire. Garden/dining room with delightful garden view. Modern well-equipped kitchen. Utility/boot room. Double bedroom with step up to en-suite shower room and toilet. Small step down to separate toilet. First floor: Two double bedrooms, one with 5ft bed. Twin bedroom. Feature cast iron fireplaces in all bedrooms. Bathroom with over-bath shower and toilet.
  
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Sleeps 6
Weekly prices from £600 to £ 899
Self catering accommodation in Penrith sleeps 6.
Features include: • Short Breaks • Pub nearby • Easy Walking • Sleeps 6
Accommodation overview: Quietly set along a private road with two other properties, this attractive holiday home is well furnished and equipped and is built on the site of Orton Hall’s former stable block. Orton itself is a very pretty, thriving small village with monthly farmers’ market, church, shop, pub, teashops and shop selling handmade chocolates. It is set within a triangle which forms the Lake District, Yorkshire Dales and Eden Valley - all a 20-minute drive away. Further farmers’ markets, craft fairs and village shows in the area. Great walking and cycling from the door; nature lovers will enjoy the diversity of wild flowers and birds. Shop 600 yards, pub ¼ mile. Living room with electric ‘log-effect’ stove, wooden floor and French door to garden. Kitchen/dining room with tiled floor. Double bedroom. Bathroom with over-bath shower and toilet. First floor: Double bedroom with en-suite toilet. Twin bedroom.
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Sleeps 10
Weekly prices from £1300
Self catering accommodation in Graythwaite sleeps 10.
Features include: • Pool • Short Breaks • Pets allowed • Games Room • Easy Walking • Sleeps 10
Accommodation overview: An idyllic Lakeland setting in 4 acres of woodland on the western shores of Lake Windermere at the heart of the beautiful Lake District. . .
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Sleeps 4
Weekly prices from £600 to £ 899
Self catering accommodation in Torver sleeps 4.
Features include: • Short Breaks • Pets allowed • Pub nearby • Easy Walking • Garden • Sleeps 4
Accommodation overview: Nestling under the Coniston Fells in the heart of the Lake District National Park, this group of delightful holiday cottages (refs LD3, LD4 and LP1) are converted from a 17th-century barn and form a quaint hamlet-style setting with superb open views. Torver is a small picturesque village 3 miles south-west of Coniston in a beautiful and romantic valley, surrounded by spectacular scenery. The village is welcoming, warm and friendly and has two pubs serving good food (660 yards). The area abounds with woods, crags, streams and waterfalls, and is home to a wealth of wildlife including squirrels and deer. Walks from the doorstep lead directly to Coniston Old Man and the shore of Coniston Water where there are picnic and paddling areas. Coniston village is a famous centre for walking, climbing and cycling, and boats may be hired on the lake, as well as trips taken on the Victorian steam yacht Gondola. Windermere, Ambleside, Hawkshead, Grasmere and Beatrix Potter’s Sawrey are within a scenic drive giving stunning views of mountains and lakes in every direction. Superb visitor attractions such as the Lakeland Motor Museum, Dalton Wild Animal Park with its Sumatran tigers, Aquarium of the Lakes and the Haverthwaite to Lakeside Steam Railway at Lakeside are easily accessible. The area is rich in historic houses and gardens including Muncaster Castle, Holker Hall and grounds, Sizergh castle, Levens Hall and topiary gardens. Shops 2 miles, pub ½ mile.
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Sleeps 7
Weekly prices from £900 to £ 1299
Self catering accommodation in Windermere sleeps 7.
Features include: • Short Breaks • Pets allowed • Games Room • Easy Walking • Sleeps 7
Accommodation overview: Located within the heart of the Lake District, Helm View is situated in the secluded tree-lined district of Annisgarth, a short walk from the centre of both Windermere and Bowness and five minutes on foot from the open countryside with views over Windermere and beyond. This modernised Lakeland slate house is a spacious retreat combining tradition with modern facilities and the chance to relax in front of the log fire or on the patio. There are numerous attractions nearby with outdoor activities, sightseeing, shops, restaurants, Lake Windermere and the Beatrix Potter visitor attractions. Ambleside and Hawkshead are within five miles. Shops 1 mile. Step to entrance. Large living/dining room with wood-burning stove, patio doors to garden and large modern fitted beamed kitchen. Games room. Double bedroom. Single bedroom. Bathroom with shower attachment and toilet. First floor: Double bedroom. Twin bedroom. Bathroom and toilet.
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Sleeps 10
Weekly prices from £1300
Self catering accommodation in Graythwaite sleeps 10.
Features include: • Pool • Short Breaks • Pets allowed • Detached • Easy Walking • Sleeps 10
Accommodation overview: An idyllic Lakeland setting in 4 acres of woodland on the western shores of Lake Windermere at the heart of the beautiful Lake District. . .
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Sleeps 10
Weekly prices from £900 to £ 1299
Self catering accommodation in Kirkby Lonsdale sleeps 10.
Features include: • Open Fire or Woodburner Stove • Short Breaks • Pets allowed • Beach nearby • Fishing nearby • Pub nearby • Detached • Games Room • Easy Walking • S
Accommodation overview: In lovely surroundings of peaceful open countryside, this award-winning, detached barn conversion, with its own small garden, is built around a cobbled courtyard and reached by a ¾-mile long farm track. Ingenious design has retained the barn’s unique character, while creating very spacious and well-equipped accommodation, ideal for holidays at any time of year. Set away from the farmyard, it is surrounded by farmland where sheep and cows quietly graze. There are wonderful walks straight from the door, with the fells and mighty Ingleborough in sight. At Ingleton (6 miles), there are miles of paths with steps and bridges along a wooded valley where waterfalls abound, and nearby White Scar Caves display classic features of limestone caverns. The very pretty market town of Kirkby Lonsdale is just 4 miles away, offering shops, inns, restaurants and a golf course.
Cowder Barn is ideally located between two National Parks – the Yorkshire Dales and the Lake District – both within easy touring distance and offering some of England’s most dramatic scenery. Rushing rivers flow down the main dales of Wensleydale, Swaledale and Wharfedale, surrounded by the high peaks of the Pennines, and high waterfalls, such as Hardraw Force near Hawes, make spectacular sights. Everywhere grey-stone villages blend effortlessly into an unspoilt landscape. The Lakes offer a land of exciting contrasts – high mountains and deep lakes in an ever-changing array of colours. Fishing and water sports can be enjoyed, or for the less energetic, sheepdog trials, Cumberland wrestling and fell races make good spectator sports. The coast is easily accessible, with the wide sandy beach at Morecambe only 16 miles away. Shops 4 miles, pub 1 mile. Sitting-room with open fire and French door to garden. Large kitchen with dining area and wood-burning stove. Large walk-in larder. Utility with separate toilet. Double bedroom with en-suite shower room and toilet. Three further bedrooms, each with three steps up to threshold; two twin bedrooms and one large bunk bedroom with additional pair of bunk beds (for +2). Large south-facing sun room with full-length glazed doors to enclosed cobbled courtyard. Two bathrooms, each with over-bath shower and toilet. First floor: Games room with table tennis, darts and wood-burning stove.
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Sleeps 2
Weekly prices from £600 to £ 899
Self catering accommodation in Graythwaite sleeps 2.
Features include: • Pool • Short Breaks • Pets allowed • Games Room • Easy Walking • Sleeps 2
Accommodation overview: An idyllic Lakeland setting in 4 acres of woodland on the western shores of Lake Windermere at the heart of the beautiful Lake District. . .
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Sleeps 10
Weekly prices from £1300
Self catering accommodation in Langwathby sleeps 10.
Features include: • Short Breaks • Pets allowed • Detached • Easy Walking • Sleeps 10
Accommodation overview: Attractively positioned above a mill pond, this outstanding detached property is set within two acres of grounds and has uninterrupted views to the Pennines. The flat plateau of Cross Fell dominates the horizon and creates an amazing backdrop which is ever changing – in particular the stunning sunsets can be enjoyed from both inside and outside from the patio areas. Although a traditional style of cottage, the interior has been totally modernised to a high standard with an excellent level of presentation and attention to detail. This lovely holiday cottage is ideal for families and friends exploring one of the loveliest corners of England.
The peaceful location with its ponds and woodland attracts a variety of wildlife, and is a haven for nature lovers. Beck Mill Cottage is located within the beautiful Eden Valley, which is renowned not only for its scenery, wonderful walking, pretty sandstone villages and quiet country lanes which are ideal for cycling, but it is also perfectly placed between the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales National Parks. The cottage is 8 miles from the market town of Penrith.
Some notable attractions in the area include Brougham Castle and the stunning Dalemain. The latter mentioned is a country house set within large grounds – its medieval courtyard and Elizabethan great barn featured in the TV adaptation of Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre.
Not to be missed is a trip to Cumbria’s Rheged Discovery Centre which – apart from its huge IMAX cinema showing giant movies – is home to the National Mountaineering Exhibition and the Discovering Cumbria Exhibition.
There is an organic restaurant at The Village Bakery in Melmerby, and a Watermill at Little Salkeld that uses mainly organic produce in their tea room and mill shop - they also have one day baking courses for adults and children.
The Carlisle to Settle railway has a station at Langwathby for a day out without a car. Shop 2 miles. Spacious living room with wood burning stove and views to the Pennines. Large beamed well-equipped kitchen/dining room. Two bedrooms; one double with en-suite shower room with toilet and one twin with garden views. Bathroom with over-bath shower and toilet. First floor: Double bedroom with en-suite shower room and toilet. Two further double rooms. Shower room with toilet.
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Sleeps 16
Weekly prices from £1300
Self catering accommodation in Beckfoot sleeps 16.
Features include: • Short Breaks • Pets allowed • Detached • Games Room • Easy Walking • Garden • Sleeps 16
Accommodation overview: Stunningly set by the sea, in the designated Solway Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, this large detached property commands dramatic panoramas from every room, over the sea to Scotland and meadows to the Lake District Fells. Seaview stands in an unspoilt seashore hamlet of 28 homes, and is surrounded by its own enclosed gardens, with vast sands just over the road. It has eight good-sized bedrooms (three with en-suite facilities). There is ample room for large groups, making it a perfect holiday destination for families to get together in a seaside/rural area. Between the house and sands is a nature reserve, a park-like greensward stretching for 12 miles from the Victorian seaside resort of Silloth (3 miles) to the fishing harbour of Maryport (9 miles) with play areas and delightful shoreline walks. The Beckfoot sands offer rock pools, sea angling, sailing, windsurfing, kite surfing and swimming, as well as an abundance of bird life and glorious sunsets to enjoy. Behind the house quiet lanes wind through the Solway Plain and offer excellent cycle routes. Just 2½ miles down the road is a modern leisure centre, with indoor swimming-pool, spa, sauna, gym, tennis, shop and café. Five 18-hole golf courses are nearby – Silloth’s is in the ‘Top 50’ and is a championship qualifying course. With Hadrian’s Wall, the Lake District National Park and the Scottish Borders all easily accessible, this makes an ideal touring centre. Shop and pub 2 miles. Entrance hall. Sitting-room (seats 16) with 32in LCD digital TV and Blu-ray. Dining room (seats 16) with patio doors to terrace. Large, well-equipped kitchen with range cooker and breakfast bar. Utility. Shower room with toilet. Large integral games/play room/twin bedroom with patio doors with sea views, table tennis, toys, 32in LCD digital TV, DVD and X-box games console with games. Two twin bedrooms; one with en-suite shower room and toilet. First floor: Four double bedrooms, each with 5ft bed; two with en-suite shower room and toilet, one with balcony overlooking the sea. Twin bedroom. Spacious bathroom with shower cubicle, whirlpool bath and toilet.
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Sleeps 4
Weekly prices from £600 to £ 899
Self catering accommodation in Keswick sleeps 4.
Features include: • Short Breaks • Pub nearby • Detached • Easy Walking • Sleeps 4
Accommodation overview: In a magnificent rural setting, with fabulous views of the Skiddaw mountain range, magnificent sunsets over the Solway Firth, and the hills of Galloway across the border, these comfortable holiday properties enjoy shared use of a large and colourful garden and were winners of the Keswick Tourism Association Country Establishments in 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007 and the Cumbria in Bloom Tourist Board Rose Bowl for Self Catering Establishment winners in 2004, 2005 and 2006. Rose Cottage is attached to the owner’s farmhouse home; Rambling Rose Cottage and Rosedale Cottage are adjacent and have both been converted to a high standard, whilst Primrose Cottage has been converted from a former byre and stands in a courtyard which is bedecked with flower tubs, window boxes and hanging baskets. The cottages are beautifully furnished and equipped to VisitBritain ‘4 Star Gold’ standard. Guests will enjoy the friendly rare breeds sheep, pot bellied pigs, goats, and ponies (including a miniature shetland pony called Mirabelle) and visitors are welcome to walk in the fields surrounding the farm (a red squirrel has been spotted in the grounds), as well as the many public footpaths nearby. This 500-acre farm is set in an AONB, with walks from the door plus superb fell walking nearby. Keswick stands on the shores of Derwent Water and is an excellent base to explore delightful Borrowdale. In the town itself are many interesting shops, inns and restaurants, an entertaining motor museum, as well as a leisure pool. Cockermouth also has a swimming pool. Just 6 miles away Bassenthwaite Lake offers a variety of watersports. Within easy reach are the beautiful lakes of Derwent Water, Crummock Water and Buttermere, surrounded by Lakeland’s dramatic scenery. There is tennis, riding and golf in the area, as well as good fishing locally and excellent bird watching from the farm, as well as the chance to spot the occasional red squirrel and deer, whilst it is a short drive to Osprey Watch at Dodd Wood, Bassenthwaite. Shop 4 miles. There is a good choice of pubs and restaurants locally (including vegetarian), the nearest pub in Ireby is a 1½-mile drive away. Uldale is 2 miles, also with a pub serving good food.
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Sleeps 2
Weekly prices from £300 to £ 599
Self catering accommodation in Cartmel sleeps 2.
Features include: • Open Fire or Woodburner Stove • Short Breaks • Pets allowed • Pub nearby • Easy Walking • Sleeps 2
Accommodation overview: This spacious ground floor apartment forms part of a Grade II listed, 17th-century house, and retains many original features. The interior is well-equipped and decorated to an excellent standard featuring oak floors and pine furniture throughout. With shared use of a cobbled courtyard, this delightfully pretty holiday home is adjacent to Priory Gatehouse (NT), and towered over by the magnificent 12th-century Priory Church. Holker Hall 2 miles. Grange-over-Sands 2 miles. Lake Windermere 6 miles. Shops 10 yards, pubs in village square. Large shared entrance hall. Attractive beamed sitting-room with open fire and rugs on oak floor. Beamed, fitted kitchen with dining area. Beamed, pretty double bedroom with feature fireplace. Bathroom with over-bath shower and toilet.
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