The Glenburn Hotel
Windermere, Cumbria

Just a 5-minute walk from Windermere, this highly acclaimed non-smoking and recently refurbished hotel offers great value for money with free spa and leisure club facilities at the nearby Parklands. There is also free parking, a welcoming bar, and a wide choice of room types. The Glenburn is quite simply outstanding in every way. Ideally located within easy walking distance of both Windermere and its lake, the owners have transformed the hotel over the last few years into an elegant and relaxing place to stay. Their aim is to provide the best quality accommodation, food and hospitality at the best possible price in the English Lake District.

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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.