Lowthwaite Bed and Breakfast (opens in new tab) guest house
about 1.2 km from the start, in a straight line
Ranked 1 on usefulness AND on distance - the only property in the whole radius that answers the wet-walker questions from its own copy. It is 1.19 km from the Great Mell Fell start, has a drying room in the standard facilities list for every room, welcomes children of all ages, keeps a cot and high chair, and has two bedrooms linked by a private vestibule so a family shares one lockable suite. It also solves the problem this valley actually has - finding the door: the page warns that the CA11 0LE postcode drops sat navs about a mile away at a house called Todgill and gives a what3words for the car park instead.
The bedroom furniture was made by hand in Tanzania, left over from the years the owners ran a business arranging Kilimanjaro climbs; the four rooms are named after what you see from each window - Matterdale, Helvellyn, Blencathra and Garden - and the Blencathra room sleeps in a converted tractor shed with its sitting room up in the old granary.
- Drying room “Maps (for planning and laminated for walks), Drying room, and Fridge (in the Dining Room).”
- Family rooms “Matterdale and Helvellyn rooms are connected via a small, private vestibule and together they are ideal for a family or a group of friends. Infants are welcome, and there is plenty of space for a cot.”
- Parking “Another alternative is to use what3words where our car park is primed.lavished.amounting”
- Children “We are very happy to welcome children of all ages.”