Stay · Country House Hotel
The Samling
Ambleside Road, Windermere
Hilltop Retreat
A boutique country house hotel perched on a hillside above Windermere with panoramic lake views. Just 12 rooms means the service is impossibly personal, and the restaurant sources much of its produce from the 67-acre grounds.
Nearby
Holbeck Ghyll Country House Hotel Restaurant
Modern British, Windermere, dogs welcome££££
Award-winning restaurant with stunning lake views serving modern British cuisine with international influences. The elegant dining room offers an intimate setting with locally sourced ingredients.
Langdale Chase
Lakeside Hotel, Windermere, dogs welcome££££
A Victorian lakeside mansion on the shore of Windermere, welcoming guests since 1891 and given a careful restoration, with AA Rosette dining, a lakeside boathouse and watersports on Windermere.
Rothay Manor
Modern British, Ambleside, dogs welcome££££
Elegant Regency-era hotel dining with a seasonal menu that lets the best Cumbrian produce speak for itself.
Walks nearby
Hard · 11.6 km · 602 m up
Wansfell Pike and Troutbeck from Ambleside
About 3 hours 30 minutes
Ambleside's own fell: past Stock Ghyll Force to Wansfell Pike, down Nanny Lane to Troutbeck, home through Skelghyll Woods and Jenkin Crag.
Hard · 19.5 km · 1018 m up
The Fairfield Horseshoe from Ambleside
About 5 hours 30 minutes
One of the great Lakeland rounds: from Ambleside up Nab Scar and over eight tops around the Rydal valley, with Fairfield's summit at the head.
Moderate · 10.2 km · 413 m up
Loughrigg Fell from Ambleside
About 2 hours 30 minutes
Ambleside's own fell: over the knobbly top of Loughrigg, along Loughrigg Terrace above Grasmere, past Rydal Cave and home by the River Rothay.