Cragwood House
Windermere, Cumbria

Cragwood Country House Hotel is situated idyllically in the heart of English Lakeland. The Hotel is set in 20 acres of secluded gardens and woodland, and affords an unrivalled panorama of magnificent scenery. The Old Man of Coniston, Scafell, Fairfield and the Langdale Pikes form a dramatic backdrop to Lake Windermere. The Hotel is open all year including Christmas and New Year and has been awarded four crowns 'Highly Commended' by the English Tourist Board. Cragwood House was originally designed by Frank Dunkley and built in 1910 for the industrialist Albert Warburton. The House was featured in the August edition of Country Life, 1912.

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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.