We invite you to join us at "Fir Trees" in the English Lake District, our Windermere guest house of considerable character and charm, having been built in 1888 as a Victorian gentleman's residence. We offer a warm & friendly welcome to all guests and do our utmost to ensure that you enjoy your stay with us. The beautiful pitch pine staircase and doors, both original features of special note, are well complimented by fine antique furnishings and prints that you will find throughout the premises. Everything fits in handsomely; everywhere is immaculate. See what the experts say about our quality of service. We offer a warm & friendly welcome to all guests and do our utmost to ensure that you enjoy your stay with us. We have built up a good reputation for our breakfasts, all cooked to order using locally sourced produce, we cater for all diets, ie; vegetarians. Plenty of off road parking. We are within easy walking distance of the two resort villages of Windermere and Bowness or the lake itself. This provides a most convenient location, close to the many amenities, yet by our being just outside the village centres themselves, it also ensures you peace and quite. Further, "Fir Trees" serves as an excellent base from which to travel to any corner of the Lake District and still easily return at the end of the day. Our bedrooms are lovely, (spotlessly clean) all furnished and decorated to a very high standard and all have private bath or shower room en suite, tea & coffee-making facilities and televisions. A few, because of their particularly large size, are especially suitable for families. Free use of leisure facilities @ a nearby country club which includes, swimming, sauna, jacuzzi, steam room, small gym, snooker, badminton & squash courts.

White Lodge Hotel is a 4 star guest house ideally positioned just a short walk away from Bowness Bay and the picturesque shores of Lake Windermere, England's largest and perhaps most beautiful lake. This traditional family owned Lake District Hotel is set in a Victorian country house. whether preparing for a day out on the Lake District fells, visiting a tourist attraction, or relaxing during the evening. Guests will enjoy the warm and friendly atmosphere of one of the regions more traditional Lake District Hotels. All of the spacious rooms are luxuriously docorated and furnished including all modern comforts you would expect of a traditional lake district hotel. Some rooms enjoy lake views, all have en-suite bathrooms, colour televisions and complimentary tea and coffee making facilities. All meals are prepared to a very high standard with its focus on traditional hearty home-cooked food. With locally sourced ingredients used wherever possible. Served in the stylish dining room with its fine antique furniture and relaxed atmosphere. Staff are attentive without being obtrusive. A traditional Full English Breakfast is served in the dining room from 08:30 - 09:00 am and dinner is served at 07:00 pm. Surrounded by magnificent scenery in the heart of the English Lake District, Bowness-on-Windermere is the ideal centre for touring the whole area and in minutes guests can be sailing, exploring the lakeside footpaths or the nearby fells, or visiting the homes of William Wordsworth, Ruskin, Coleridge and Beatrix Potter. Shoppers and browsers will delight in the speciality stores and attractions in nearby Windermere and Bowness. Whilst a drive over the Hard Knott pass is for the courageous with its 1 in 3 and 2.5 gradients - but the views are spectacular. PLEASE NOTE A £35.00 DEPOSIT IS TAKEN AT TIME OF BOOKING PER ROOM

Located only 10 mins walk from Windermere and 15 mins from Bowness and Lake Windermere, Newstead is one of the few remaining grand Victorian Villas to be found in the area. Contemporary design has been avoided in the decoration of the house in favour of the uniquely, elegant, rich and interesting styles of the Arts and Crafts, Art Deco and Art Noveau movements creating true harmony between the house and the tradition of the area. Each of the 8 guest rooms is individually decorated to a high standard. There are 4 Double rooms with UK standard sized beds and 4 larger King Posters beds. Rooms are all ensuite showers. TV and tea and coffee making facilities are provided. Newstead is set in its own grounds with gardens to the front and generous off-street CCTV monitored parking to the rear. The Brookside a friendly and cosy pub is located some 3 mins walk away behind woods and a stream to the rear of the property. Shops, pubs, restaurants and other tourist amenities are within a short walking distance. Breakfast is between 8.30 - 9.15 at individual tables with a wide menu including a traditional cooked english breakfast and vegetarian and special dietary options. Newstead provides a lovely lounge for the comfort of its guests .