| check-in time: 2:00 pmcheck-out time: 11:00 am. there's also an oak-panelled bar with a fireplace. some offer lake or garden views. surrounded by gardens next to derwentwater lake, this low-key, family-run hotel inside lake district national park is a minute's walk from lodore pier and ferry terminal. set in a main building, a cottage or a modern annexe, the airy rooms have en suite bathrooms, free wi-fi and flat-screen tvs, plus tea and coffeemakers. complimentary amenities include parking, as well as full breakfast served in a cosy restaurant that has picture windows and a garden-view patio. minimum-stay rules may apply
Newcastle International Airport 1 hr 54
Skiddaw (28 min)
landmark 931m-high peak in the north part of the lake district with walks to its panoramic summit. Catbells (12 min.)
steep 1 480-foot-high fell summit accessed via a 3.5-mile path with panoramic lakeland views. Wordsworth Grasmere (30 min.)
former home of poet william wordsworth with a museum guided tours gardens & a tea room. Derwentwater Youth Hostel (15 min) Ullswater (34 min.)
9-mi. glacial lake in the mountains with sailing & steamboats & a 20-mi. surrounding hiking trail. Honister Pass (45 min.)
paved route passing scenic mountain terrain with a hostel & a historic slate mine at the summit. Honister Slate Mine (18 min.)
england s last working slate mine offering underground tours & several different climbing routes. Great Langdale (55 min.)
lake climbing hiking and mountain Castlerigg Stone Circle (15 min.)
free entry to english heritage stone circle thought to be 5000 years old offering panoramic vistas. Thirlmere (20 min.)
a 3-mile-long reservoir with a 104-foot-tall dam & fell backdrop. Helvellyn (22 min)
this 950m-high mountain features hiking climbing & scrambling routes plus a cross-shaped shelter. Lake District National Park (25 min.)
information on local travel and walking/cycling routes with books/guides for sale and exhibitions. Buttermere (38 min.)
verdant mountain ridges with hiking trails & sweeping vistas ring this expansive deep water lake. Derwent Pencil Museum (9 min.)
cozy museum since 1981 exploring the history of pencil manufacturing with exhibits a cafe & shop. Hotel (14 min) Scafell Pike (1 hr 27)
reaching a height of 978m this peak was donated to the national trust as a war memorial in 1919. | 
