🏠️ Places to stay near this start
about 3.8 km from the start, in a straight line
Third on usefulness rather than distance. It is the only property in the whole 60-candidate cluster whose own page names high chairs, cots AND stair gates, and one of only two with an EV charger; six en-suite B&B rooms plus cottages sleeping two to sixteen means one family or four can book the same place. The reason to read it before booking is the dog rule: dogs stay on the farm, in kennels, not in the house.
Worth knowing: “Pets are more than welcome on the farm, we have purpose built five star accommodation so that you can bring the whole family along, however with the exception of assistant dogs, no pets are allowed inside the cottages and farmhouses. Please click here to see more details about our kennel facilities.”
Arthur Ransome set Swallows and Amazons at this farm, and the original film was shot here in the 1970s; there are on-site kennels because dogs are welcome on the land but not inside the houses.
- Dogs “Pets are more than welcome on the farm, we have purpose built five star accommodation so that you can bring the whole family along, however with the exception of assistant dogs, no pets are allowed inside the cottages and farmhouses. Please click here to see more details about our kennel facilities.”
- Family rooms “The traditional farm buildings have been converted into cottages of different sizes, sleeping two to sixteen. They make an ideal base for a romantic getaway, a gathering with the gang or a family break.”
- Evening meal “Let our fab chefs prepare you lovely meals, be it breakfast, lunch or dinner.”
- Children “High chairs, cots and stair gates are available on request.”
about 4.8 km from the start, in a straight line
Ninth, and it sits at the very edge of the radius at 4.82 km, but it is the only property in the cluster with a HEATED launderette and a drying room together - the difference between a salvageable and a ruined second walking day. Add a children's playground, a woodland adventure course and a fenced-free area to run a dog off the lead, and it is the strongest wet-weather option here for a family that is camping or in a touring van.
The park holds more than 400 pitches and 320 privately owned static caravans across 130 acres of woodland, laid out in small glades so it reads as a much smaller site, and it keeps a free lending library on site.
- Drying room “Our heated launderette and drying room will help you clean up after your latest lakeland adventure, or dry out your clothes after a wet day out.”
- Dogs “You can also exercise your dog off the lead here.”
- Children “Younger members of the family will love our recreation field, woodland adventure course and recently revamped children's playground.”
about 2.7 km from the start, in a straight line
Eleventh, and it is a single-fact record on purpose: it is the ONLY property among the 29 cached pages in this cluster whose owner states, in her own voice, that the accommodation is fully accessible for a wheelchair user. For a walking party with someone who cannot do stairs, that one sentence outranks a dozen better-furnished pages. Everything else about it is unstated.
The self-catering unit is a converted stable inside the farm steading, and the owner states it was fitted out to be fully usable by a wheelchair user - the only such claim on any property page in this cluster.
Also nearby, but not independent
about 1.3 km from the start, in a straight line
Second despite not being independent, because on the cluster's own published evidence it is the single most family-and-walker-shaped bed within 1.5 km: it is the only property inside 3 km that publishes a drying room, a cot, a high chair, ground-floor rooms and free parking together, and it serves breakfast at 07:30 - two hours earlier than anywhere else here. The catch a family must know first is that a dog can only come if you are camping or hiring the whole place.
Worth knowing: “Dogs: Pets are not permitted at YHA Hawkshead, except in our Camping & Cabins accommodation or when hiring the whole hostel or courtyard through YHA Exclusive Hire. Assistance dogs are welcome - please notify us at the time of booking.”
The hostel is Esthwaite Lodge, a Regency house above Esthwaite Water, and its grounds now hold a glamping village of pods, cabins and tipis - which is also the only part of the site where a dog may stay.
- Drying room “Shared drying room”
- Family rooms “Cot available”
- Evening meal “Under 10s eat for £1 with our special offer (see menu for details).”
- Packed lunch “With tasty breakfasts, packed lunches and evening meals, groups are sure to find something delicious to eat at YHA Hawkshead (see sample menu ).”
- Parking “Parking: There is free parking on site and an overflow car park for use during busy times.”
- Children “Guests under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult aged 18 years or over to stay at YHA.”
about 4.1 km from the start, in a straight line
Thirteenth. Recorded mainly for the two rules that will otherwise bite at checkout: a two-night minimum, and a four-adult cap that applies even if two families book separate pitches - so a group of six adults cannot use this site at all. Against that it offers a laundry, a play area, showers, campfires and one of the very few genuinely wheelchair-accessible sleeping options in the cluster.
It caps every booking at four adults - even across separately booked pitches - to keep the site quiet, and its lake-view cabin is a wheelchair-friendly pod with adjustable beds and 1.5 m turning circles.
- Dogs “Dogs welcome per pitch 2”
- Children “They sleep two adults and two children, or three adults. Some of these pods are dog friendly.”