Lakes Hotel
Windermere, Cumbria

Lakes Hotel is a small family run hotel in the centre of Windermere village in the English Lake District, Cumbria, UK. It is about 150 yards from Windermere rail and bus stations, and is noted for its warm and friendly atmosphere, comfort and cleanliness. Built in 1860, originally as a bank, this fine traditional stone building has a central location, convenient for shops and a good variety of restaurants, with ample private car parking available within its grounds. The Lakes Hotel has ten comfortable bedrooms including doubles, twin bedded and family rooms, all with private facilities, colour television, hairdryer, central heating, fridge and tea/coffee making arrangements.

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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.