Bristowe Hill
Retreat among Lakeland’s finest peaks. An elegant Edwardian home from home – provided your home comes with 360-degree views of Lakeland’s finest peaks, ten bedrooms and four acres of serene seclusion. Inside, spread out with family and friends among period features and modern touches. Retreat, revitalise and remember what matters in life.
The Vine
Log-fired Lakeland luxury. Climb Catbells or scale Skiddaw, then come home to log-fired Lakeland luxury on the banks of Derwentwater. Ease your aching muscles with free passes for Armathwaite Hall’s spa, pack a picnic for the waterfront patio, sail your dinghy from the slipway. Time is a rare indulgence here.
Rosetrees
Lakeside picnics and spa passes. Be knocked for six in six-bed, six-bathroom Rosetrees. A slice of grandeur on the banks of Lakeland’s Derwentwater, this is get-together heaven amid pine floors, high ceilings and flickering fires. Explore the lakes, walk the fells, pick up your passes for the spa, pack a picnic for the lakeside patio. Plan your return.
Ullswater Estate
Where special is a specific feeling. At The Ullswater Estate, special is a very specific feeling. It’s the sense of exclusivity for 20 in Ullswater House and Ullswater Barn. That feeling you get when outstanding opulence meets natural grandeur, on Ullswater’s shoreline beneath soaring peaks. It’s the iconic joy of a private cinema, spa and infinity-terrace hot tub.
In the Lakes
Walking is what the Lake District is all about, then resting tired legs and refuelling with fresh food and real ale.
Take on the first section of the National Trust Aira Force Waterfall walk, or press on up Gowbarrow Fell for a more challenging hike and fine views over Ullswater. Cap it off with a cuppa and a scone in the tea rooms by the car park.
If the clouds part, a drive is a dry way to view the Lakeland drama. Take the Kirkstone Pass from Patterdale to Ambleside, majestically connecting Ullswater and Windermere.
Take the Honister Pass past Derwentwater, Crummock Water and Loweswater, and go underground at the Honister Slate Mines. Try the fast and exciting zip line and hold on tight. The drive along the West side of Ullswater takes in Aira Force waterfall, a perfect spot for picnics.
Elsewhere, you can take a lake cruise on Ullswater, trek the treetops at Windermere, see Dove Cottage, the Bard’s pad, at Grasmere, trek ponies at Coniston or check out the wildlife at Bassenthwaite.
Refuel in real-ale pubs, quaint tea rooms and fine restaurants.
Kids in the Lakes
Take a lake cruise on the serene waters of Ullswater; stop off and walk; get the children into the kids’ club with its activities and child-friendly maps.
On dry land, kids can go pottery potty at Crafty Monkeys in Penrith. Activities include pottery wheels, pottery painting, glass painting, mosaic making and plant-pot painting.
The more active can Go Ape at Whinlatter or go mad at the Glenridding Activity Centre, with its pirate events, rafting, Swallows and Amazons, sailing and picnics.
The Lakes are a perfect place to try pony trekking, boating or biking. You can take a lovely pony trek over Barton Fell above Ullswater. Hire some bikes and head for the hills. Build dams and wet your wellies in Lakeland becks, go on a ghost walk, or just potter and explore the Eden Valley.
