Western Lake District Travel Guide

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Lake District National Park, Ambleside, United Kingdom
Lake District National Park, Ambleside, United Kingdom
Lake District National Park, United Kingdom
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Keswick Country House Hotel

Keswick Country House Hotel

3 out of 5
Station Road Keswick On Derwentwater Keswick England
The price is £109 per night from 2 Mar to 3 Mar
£109
2 Mar - 3 Mar
includes taxes & fees
Stay at this hotel in Keswick. Enjoy free Wi-Fi, free parking and a 24-hour front desk. Our guests praise the helpful staff and the clean rooms in their reviews. ...
9.4/10 Exceptional! (1,000 reviews)
Great facilities, wonderful staff and a beautiful setting.

Reviewed on 17 Feb 2026

Keswick Country House Hotel
Lake District Castle Inn

Lake District Castle Inn

4 out of 5
Bassenthwaite Keswick England
The price is £128 per night from 2 Mar to 3 Mar
£128
2 Mar - 3 Mar
includes taxes & fees
Stay at this business-friendly hotel in Keswick. Enjoy free Wi-Fi, free parking and breakfast (surcharge). Our guests praise the helpful staff in their reviews. ...
8.2/10 Very Good! (663 reviews)
Great for families and dogs! A sprawling complex with a well used leisure area. Could be better managed and cleaned, but OK.

Reviewed on 20 Feb 2026

Lake District Castle Inn
The Kellbank

The Kellbank

3 out of 5
Gosforth Seascale England
The price is £98 per night from 26 Feb to 27 Feb
£98
26 Feb - 27 Feb
includes taxes & fees
Stay at this golf hotel in Seascale. Enjoy free breakfast, free Wi-Fi and free parking. Our guests praise the property condition in their reviews. Popular attractions ...
9/10 Wonderful! (204 reviews)
Staff were very helpful and curtious food was really well cooked

Reviewed on 17 Feb 2026

The Kellbank
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Luxury lodge, Bassenthwaite,Nr Keswick, at the foot of Skiddaw.

Luxury lodge, Bassenthwaite,Nr Keswick, at the foot of Skiddaw.

Keswick England
Stay at this cabin in Keswick. Enjoy laundry facilities, balconies and cable/satellite TV service. Popular attractions Bassenthwaite Lake and Church Bay are ...
10/10 Exceptional! (260 reviews)
Lovely lodge with great location and views across Bassenthwaite. Highly recommend Ravenstone Manor for a drink!

Reviewed on 21 Feb 2026

Luxury lodge, Bassenthwaite,Nr Keswick, at the foot of Skiddaw.
Stunning 2-bedroomed Cottage

Stunning 2-bedroomed Cottage

3 out of 5
Cockermouth England
Stay at this cottage in Cockermouth. Enjoy free Wi-Fi, free parking and a garden. Popular attractions Amethyst Health and Beauty and Wordsworth House and Garden ...
10/10 Exceptional! (2 reviews)
This is absolutely beautiful property and surroundings. Thank you1

Reviewed on 19 Jun 2025

Stunning 2-bedroomed Cottage
Cumberland stable lodge

Cumberland stable lodge

Workington England
Stay at this golf apartment in Workington. Enjoy free Wi-Fi, a garden and laundry facilities. Popular attractions Helena Thompson Museum and Opera Bingo are ...
9.8/10 Exceptional! (87 reviews)
The most remarkable aspects are the nature, clean air, and tranquility. The place is ideal for families with children. The host is very kind and responds quickly to inquiries. There is access to the horses, which are calm and allow petting. The jacuzzi is preheated, and the advantage is that it is ...

Reviewed on 17 Feb 2026

Cumberland stable lodge
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Popular places to visit

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Scafell Pike

Commune with nature and explore the great outdoors at Scafell Pike during your travels in Eskdale. Stroll along the lakeside or visit the spas in this quaint area.

Scafell Pike
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Derwentwater

Commune with nature and explore the great outdoors at Derwentwater during your travels in Keswick. Amble around this relaxing area's lakeside and enjoy its top-notch restaurants.

Derwentwater
Lovely Herdwick sheep waiting to be judged in a ‘beauty’ competition 🐑🐏🐑

Buttermere Lake

Commune with nature and explore the great outdoors at Buttermere Lake during your travels in Buttermere. Stroll along the lakeside or visit the spas in this relaxing area.

Buttermere Lake
The miniature railway takes tourists on a great ride into the Cumbrian fells. Known locally as Laal Ratty in Cumbrian dialect. #cumbria #ravenglass

Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway

Enjoy an outing to Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway during your stay in Muncaster. Stroll along the lakeside in this quaint area or visit its top-notch restaurants.

Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway
A Cumbrian castle built on original Roman foundations in Ravenglass overlooking the River Esk. Privately owned by the Pennington family for over 800 years it has a beautiful interior with a magnificent library, and most notably Himalayan Gardens. The gardens thrive because apparently the microclimate here from the hillside and coastal atmosphere make it the equivalent of being at 11,000ft altitude in the Himalaya. #cumbria #muncaster #ravenglass

Muncaster Castle

You can spend time browsing the exhibits at Muncaster Castle during your travels in Muncaster. Amble around this relaxing area's lakeside and enjoy its top-notch restaurants.

Muncaster Castle
Just follow the path

Honister Slate Mine

You can spend an afternoon studying the exhibits at Honister Slate Mine in Borrowdale. Wander the lakeside or discover the mountain views in this relaxing area.

Honister Slate Mine

Cities near Western Lake District

Ambleside showing night scenes, a small town or village and street scenes

Ambleside

Grasmere which includes a small town or village, street scenes and a house

Grasmere

Keswick showing street scenes and markets as well as a large group of people

Keswick

Near site of Cleator Moor West station, 1986, Believed to be a northward view along the course of the former Cleator & Workington Junction line, which was built, along with various other lines, for transporting haematite iron ore from the rich mines in the area to the iron- and steel-works in the Workington and Harrington Disticts. For 100 years from the 1860s this area, nowadays almost reclaimed by Nature, had been heavily industrialised and honeycombed by railways: the remnants of spoil-heaps from the iron and coal mines can be seen on the horizon. [I was not entirely sure exactly where I was when I took this photograph, nor am I very familiar with the complexity of the former railways of West Cumberland, so would welcome further discussion about it!]
Photo by Ben Brooksbank (Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0)

Cleator Moor

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