Homegrown Delights

Armathwaite Hall Hotel & Spa Keswick, Lake District Where do you let your gaze fall when you approach Armathwaite Hall? Across the 400-acre deer park? Out at the glass-like waters of Bassenthwaite Lake to the dramatic silhouette of Skiddaw Mountain and Lake District Fells?We‘d recommend all of them. Take them all in, the view is yours. Enter the house, a masterclass in period design and contemporary luxury. Here you’ll experience Cumbrian hospitality firsthand. As one of the first great stately homes of The Lake District, this house has layers of history. Lakeside Retreats The Samling Lake Windermere, Lake District The Samling, a favourite retreat for a-listers, offers the perfect Lake District combination of standout views, lovely bedrooms and serious cooking, all wrapped in low-key luxury and a relaxed atmosphere. The traditional Georgian main house and its modern dining annexe sits cradled in a bowl of Lakeland fellside, looking out over panoramic lake views, south along Windermere and west towards the Coniston Old Man mountain range. The Samling is the ideal base from which to explore this most spectacular part of England from the comfort of one of the finest hotels in the Lake District. Return to award-winning fine dining and one of the finest wine cellars. If a Champagne bar, a room with its own hydrotherapy hot tub and private treatment area, a choice of Michelin-starred or relaxed pan- Asian food and uninterrupted peace and tranquility sounds like your thing – and frankly, we can’t imagine why it wouldn’t be – then you need to know more about Gilpin, and you need to know soon! Gilpin is a truly unique location, one of a kind – or two of a kind, to be more accurate. For the buzz of the restaurants and the private spa lodges try Gilpin Hotel, or for country house elegance with uninterrupted lake views, then Gilpin Lake House is the one for you. Gilpin Hotel & Lake House Lake Windermere, Lake District