Woodlands Hotel
Windermere, Cumbria

Comfortable bed and breakfast accommodation in a handsome Edwardian villa on the peaceful side of the village; ideally located for visiting the truly charming surroundings. A short walk will bring you to Bowness and a host of activities on Lake Windermere, where you can also take a trip on the old steamboat, and visit the Steamboat Museum. The World of Beatrix Potter is a popular visitor attraction and a vehicle ferry can take you across the lake to her home at Near Sawrey. 15 guest rooms, include a choice of double, twin and family rooms, with some located on the ground floor. Some rooms have a 4-poster bed for special occasions. Open all year round, you can make use of off-road parking and a bar and residents’ lounge where you can relax with a drink. Breakfast is served in a light and airy dining room.

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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.