Top Things to do in Lake District
Top Hotels in Lake District
- 1. Ravenstone Manor Hotel
- 2. Applegarth Villa Hotel and Restaurant (Adult Only)
- 3. Ambleside Salutation Hotel, BW Premier Collection
- 4. The Keswick Country House Hotel
- 5. The Daffodil Hotel & Spa
- 6. Ravenstone Manor Hotel
- 7. Riverside Hotel
- 8. Damson Dene Hotel
- 9. The Wordsworth Hotel
- 10. Castle Green Hotel in Kendal, BW Premier Collection
10 Bodies of Water in Lake District That You Shouldn't Miss
Cumbria's valleys and fells (as the low mountains are known) are home to idyllic villages, high moorlands and picturesque lakes. Literary buffs will enjoy Wordsworth's Dove Cottage (go in March to see daffodils), and if you've got kids in tow, visit The World of Beatrix Potter. Or just enjoy a leisurely drive through beautiful scenery.
Restaurants in Lake District
1. Buttermere Lake
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 816 reviews
Reviewed By nmaidwell123 - Middlesbrough, United Kingdom
A beautiful part of the world. Excellent opportunity for photos and just to enjoy the stunning views, A nice easy ramble on good paths all around the lake. Well worth a visit
2. Blea Water
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5.0 based on 1 reviews
3. Derwentwater
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5.0 based on 122 reviews
Reviewed By PennyW1228 - Norwich, United Kingdom
well worth a visit and lots of walks and sights .I would recommend a visit to Ashness bridge for some good photo opportunities and lodore falls is also close by keswick
4. Easedale Tarn
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5.0 based on 721 reviews
Reviewed By katiemF7715XW - Crook, United Kingdom
This is a great walk up the side of Sour Milk Ghyll to Easedale Tarn, it is a beautiful peaceful place, the path takes you straight up to the tarn, it can be steep in places and when it has been raining it can be a bit boggy under foot
5. Ullswater Lake
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5.0 based on 370 reviews
Reviewed By Ollieking82 - Cambridge, United Kingdom
Ullswater is one of the finest parts of this world. Fact. We also boarded the steamboat from Pooley Bridge to Glenridding. The social distancing on the boat was well organised. We spent a couple of hours by the lakeside in Glenridding, eating and just taking in the stunning scenery. Granted we were blessed with a beautiful day. But what ever the weather, you can't be anything but inspired by this place. Oh I will be back.
6. Derwentwater
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5.0 based on 2,871 reviews
Reviewed By carljones1 - Preston, United Kingdom
One of my favourite lakes Just walk down a short way to friars crag for one of the best views The sight is like a panoramic view with mountains lake shapes and valleys see the island opposite and fills the senses with peace and beauty. Perfect when no one else is around though it is very popular. For even better treat visit in spring may time when sun is going down and the bottom of the lake is lit up with shades and colours reflecting in the water one of the most memorable sights you can see. Just pergect
7. Goat Water
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5.0 based on 3 reviews
Reviewed By gordonj258 - Blackpool, United Kingdom
This is a spectacularly beautiful place. It can be wild and cold but is a place to be visited. Leave Walna Scar car park and follow Walna Scar Road for an hour or so, it is quite a hike, go up Dow Crag, drop down by Goat Hause to take a closer look at Goat Water on the way back to Walna Scar road. Alternatively climb Coniston Old Man and drop down by Low Water and the mine workings. Whichever way you go you will be rewarded with panoramic views that are quite stirring.
8. Crummock Water
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4.5 based on 144 reviews
Situated in Englands scenic Lake District, this picturesque lake is about 2.5 miles long and .5 miles wide, perfect for boating and fishing.
Reviewed By 2013AJB
A beautiful lake with wonderful views across the rugged fells. The trees were so beautiful in the autumn light. Beware of the naked wild water swimmers...........
9. Tarn Hows
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4.5 based on 1,327 reviews
Stunning Tarn Hows offers an accessible circular (1¾ miles) walk through beautiful countryside with majestic mountain views. A great place to walk and picnic, or to begin your wider Lake District countryside adventure. There are also rare Belted Galloway cattle and sturdy Herdwick sheep grazing by the tarn. There is a mobility scooter available for use for those who are less able to get around the Tarn.
Reviewed By borrum - London, United Kingdom
Bequeathed to the National Trust by Beatrix Potter, the circular walk around Tarn Hows offers a panoramic view of beautiful wooded countryside, magnificent hills and valleys, and the glistening waters of the tarns.
10. Coniston Water
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4.5 based on 647 reviews
Reviewed By 227ianc - London, United Kingdom
We stopped off at Coniston Water on our way north to Keswick, and it provided a great introduction to the Lake District, especially as we had booked a trip on the steam yacht Gondola, which was thoroughly enjoyable. Coniston Water is the longest lake in the Lake District, at 5 miles long. As such, it has been popular for attempts to break the water speed record, most famously by Donald Campbell who tragically died, having achieved 320 mph, when his hydroplane Bluebird somersaulted and crashed. Eminent people who owned houses along the lake include John Ruskin and Arthur Ransome. All are celebrated in the Ruskin Museum in Coniston, while Ruskin is also buried in the churchyard. The journey along the lake on Gondola, originally built in 1859 and now owned and operated by the National Trust, provided splendid views of the lake, the hills, Ruskin's and Ransome's houses - and the autumn clouds!!
