The Belsfield Hotel
Windermere, Cumbria

This Victorian hotel stands in six acres of beautiful gardens overlooking Windermere and the Cumbrian Hills. The Belsfield Hotel exudes all the charm, elegance and sophistication of a smart country house. In addition to the hotel's wonderful location in Bowness-on-Windermere, at the heart the Lake District, The Belsfield has a heated indoor swimming pool, as well as a sauna. There is also a snooker room and putting green. In keeping with the picturesque surroundings, the hotel restaurant offers the chance to enjoy good food and wine in a perfect atmosphere with superb views over the lake.

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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.