Lindeth Howe Country House Hotel

Once owned by children's author Beatrix Potter, this country house hotel and award-winning restaurant is set in beautiful large gardens, overlooking Lake Windermere and the fells.

With a calm and quiet setting, all rooms at Lindeth Howe are elegantly furnished and feature fabulous views of Lake Windermere, the gardens or woodland.

The hotel also has free Wi-Fi, an indoor pool, sauna and fitness room. Body massage therapies are available.

The award-winning Dining Room has 2 AA rosettes and offers lunches, a 5-course table d’hôte dinner menu and traditional afternoon tea.

In 2009, Lindeth Howe won Lancashire and Lake District Life Magazine’s ‘Lake District Life Restaurant of the Year Award’.

Lindeth Howe has a 4-star Country House Hotel rating from the AA.

Rooms: 34

Hotel Chain: Classic British Hotels

Availability

Hotel Facilities

General

Restaurant – Bar – Newspapers – Garden – Terrace – Non-Smoking Rooms – Rooms/Facilities for Disabled Guests – Safety Deposit Box – Heating – Luggage Storage – Gay Friendly – All Public and Private spaces non-smoking

Activities

Sauna – Fitness Centre – Golf Course (within 3 km) – Fishing – Massage – Library – Hiking – Indoor Swimming Pool

Services

Room Service – Meeting/Banquet Facilities – Babysitting/Child Services – Laundry – Dry Cleaning – Breakfast in the Room – Shoe Shine – Packed Lunches – Fax/Photocopying

Internet

Wireless internet is available in the hotel rooms and is free of charge.

Guest Parking

Free public parking is possible on site.

Hotel information

The Dining Room - Awarded 2 rosettes, Lindeth Howe has an excellent reputation for good food that is accompanied by a discerning, value for money wine list. Throughout the day, you can enjoy morning coffee, tasty light lunches and afternoon tea with homemade cakes and scones. In the evening, look forward to a scrumptious dinner served in a candlelit dining room. The seasonal menu provides a wide range of choices and with advance notice, the chefs can cater for all diets.

Lounges - The Beatrix Potter library has a range of books, guides and leaflets on the area for you to browse through, as well as information on Beatrix Potter herself. The hilltop lounge with its sunny aspect overlooks the lawns with a garden door that opens up onto the terrace. And as the evening descends, relax in the bar lounge in front of the log fire and enjoy the tipple of your choice from the well stocked bar, whether it be a glass of local beer or a flute of fine champagne.

Leisure Facilities - A small heated indoor pool, sauna and fitness room are available. There is also the chance for guests to unwind with a massage, but it is best to book in advance.

Special Occasions - Whether it's a birthday, anniversary, or simply a nice surprise, Lindeth Howe can arrange champagne, chocolates, flowers and anything else you might require to make it a truly memorable occasion.

Food & beverage

With an excellent reputation for good food along with our 2 AA Rosette awarded candlelit dining room, you can soak up an atmosphere of intimate fine dining; a fabulous experience, especially when our Bösendorfer piano is being played. Our seasonal table d'hôte menu serving traditional English cuisine of locally sourced produce is complimented by fine wines. There’s something to suit all tastes and our chefs would be pleased to help with any particular dietary requirements.

Room information

All bedrooms are with en suite bathrooms. To see exactly what each room contains, please refer to the specific room description.

On the ground floor, there are 2 specially designed easy access bedrooms, each with their own car parking space.

Area information

Bowness is one of the few villages situated on the edge of the lake. The hotel specialises in sightseeing tours, golf, fishing, walking and mountain bike hire. However, the glacial landscape offers many more activities, all of which we can help arrange.

The Lake District is renowned for its great literary and cultural heritage such as William Wordsworth and Beatrix Potter. Lindeth Howe is not only superbly located to visit all of these, but has plenty of leaflets on them as well.

Travel information

By Car:
From the South and the East:
- From the M6, junction 36, take the A591 towards Windermere.
- At the large roundabout, take 1st left onto the B5284, signposted Hawkshead via Ferry and Crook.
- Continue along this road for approximately 11 km (7 miles) until reaching the staggered crossroads with the A5074.
- Go straight across (left and then sharp right) onto Longtail Hill. Lindeth Howe is the 1st turning on the left.

From Scotland and the North East:
There are 2 possible routes. Firstly:
- From the M6, junction 40, take the A66 towards Keswick.
- On a cloudless day, take the A592 via Ullswater and Kirkstone Pass (views are breathtaking) to Windermere (see below for final directions).

Alternatively:
- On a cloudy day continue along the A66 to Threlkeld.
- Turn left through St Johns-in-the-Vale to Windermere on the A591, via Grasmere & Ambleside (see below for final directions).

From either route:
- At the junction of the A591 and A592 head south to Bowness Bay on the A592.
- Continue south out of Bowness on the A592 towards Newby Bridge and Barrow.
- After less than 1.6 km (one mile) there is a left fork onto the B5284 - Longtail Hill, signposted Kendal.
- Lindeth Howe is the last turning on the right, 300 metres up the hill.

By Bus or Train:
The closest rail station and national express coach stop is Windermere, where there will be an abundance of taxis to bring you to Lindeth Howe (about a 5 minute drive).

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