Briardene Guest House
Windermere, Cumbria

The delightful Briardene guesthouse dates from the 1880s, and retains much of it's original character. The guesthouse is ideally located in the central Lake District, in Windermere, close to Lake Windermere and Windermere specialist shopping. The guesthouse is family run, offering guests a high standard of comfort with a warm friendly atmosphere. Expect quality accommodation at affordable prices. For the comfort and safety of our guests, Briardene Guest House is exclusively Non-smoking. The house is built from local slate, and inside it retains many original features including an elegant pitch pine staircase, stained glass windows and coving. Briardene has central heating throughout. Private parking is also provided.

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.