The Birches
Windermere, Cumbria

We offer Bed and Breakfast accommodation to our discerning guests visiting Windermere. The house is built of traditional Lakeland stone and occupies an elevated position within beautiful mature gardens. Your first and most important meal of the day is served in our elegant dining room, or on the terrace when weather permits. (Not very often!!) We can serve either a full English breakfast or a continental one if you prefer. Both include tea or coffee with toast and orange juice. The rooms offer all the comforts you have come to expect in your home from home. We are located less than five minutes walk from Windermere village and a short distance from the lake.

Windermere is a town in Cumbria, England, lying about one kilometre away from the lake of the same name. Although Windermere confusingly does not touch the lake, it has now grown together with the older lakeside town of Bowness-on-Windermere, though the two retain distinguishable town centres. There are a number of museums, but the main draw for its many tourists is the lake. Boats from the piers in Bowness (about a fifteen-minute walk from the top of Windermere town) sail around the lake, many calling at Ambleside or at Lakeside where there is a restored railway. Windermere town was known as Birthwaite prior to the arrival of the Kendal and Windermere Railway, which stimulated its development. Windermere station offers train and bus connections to the surrounding area, Manchester, Manchester Airport, and the West Coast Main Line. The geological formations around the area take their name from the town. They are called the Windermere Group of sedimentary rocks. The town's name is also given to the Rt. Hon. Dr David Clark, Baron Clark of Windermere, who now lives in Windermere.