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OLD ENGLAND HOTEL
Bowness-on-Windermere in the Lake District
Lake
Windermere is England’s largest lake and the most recognized
destination of the Lake District of Cumbria in Northern England. The
lake is known for its cruise boats and summer water activities. Halfway
up the eastern shore is the town of Bowness-on-Windermere, perhaps tourist
center of the Lake District. The Windermere Cruises boats depart from
its harbor as to the ferry boats which cross to the western shore and
both north and south ends of the lake. The Lake District’s most
famed resident and benefactor, Beatrix Potter creator of “Peter
Rabbit” and other woodland creature brought to life provide much
of the area’s attraction.
The
Old England Hotel of Bowness-on-Windermere can be found on the shore
of the lake in the center of the village
a few paces from the boat launch
docks and the center of the quaint those sometimes rather busy village
center. A former Victorian era mansion turned elegant country hotel,
the Old England is furnished with antiques and offers panoramic views
of the lake and the green hill “fells” from its Terrace Bar
and cozy candlelit restaurant. On most Saturdays, the hotel pianist adds
to the old English gentry ambience. The hotel has its own lake jetties
approached through garden paths and provides a quiet respite from the
bustle of the well-trod tourist activity of Bowness. The hotl hass classic
rooms in the main older hotel and lake view rooms in a newer wing. Large
romantic lake view rooms with four poster beds with spectacular lake
views and suites are also available, but reserve well in advance in high
season.
The location in Bowness-on-Windermere
is within easy reach of most of the Lake District’s attractions.
For children the “World
of Beatrix Potter” a themed book land featuring dioramas of scenes
and well-known characters of the author’s works are a few blocks
walk. Lakeland tours and Windermere lake cruise boats are steps away.
The home of Beatrix Potter “Hilltop” and the surrounding
lands she preserved are just across the lake by ferry. Steam train rides
on the Lakeside and Haverwaite Railways are a ferry ride to the south
and the market town of Ambleside is a forty-minute boat ride to the north
end of the lake. Bowness-on-Windermere can be reached by rail or by car
from the M6 motorway through Kendal between Lancaster and Penrith. Windermere
is about an hour and half from Manchester Airport (see BMI-
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