Moderate walking on varied surfaces, with some long days and regular ascents / descents.
The season for this holiday is:
19 March 2022 - 31 October 2022
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
°C | 6 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 7 |
mm | 154 | 119 | 108 | 90 | 93 | 94 | 103 | 113 | 97 | 130 | 123 | 151 |
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6 nights: 19 March 2022 - 31 October 2022
Start any day | End by latest date(s) shown above
Starting | Price | Single room |
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19 - 27 Mar 2022 | £845 | £455 |
28 Mar - 25 Apr 2022 | £940 | £555 |
26 Apr - 26 May 2022 | £995 | £600 |
27 May - 25 Sep 2022 | £1060 | £660 |
26 - 30 Sep 2022 | £995 | £590 |
1 - 25 Oct 2022 | £945 | £555 |
3rd & 4th person discount | -£10 | |
Single traveller supplement | £10 |
Included travel: transfer Grasmere-Windermere to collect car OR from/to Windermere railway station
Please note: dogs are not permitted on Inntravel holidays
6 nights, staying at Cragwood Country House Hotel: 19 March 2022 - 31 October 2022
Start any day | End by latest date(s) shown above
Starting | Price | Single room |
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19 - 27 Mar 2022 | £895 | £475 |
28 Mar - 25 Apr 2022 | £995 | £570 |
26 Apr - 26 May 2022 | £1080 | £630 |
27 May - 25 Sep 2022 | £1125 | £680 |
26 - 30 Sep 2022 | £1045 | £615 |
1 - 25 Oct 2022 | £995 | £570 |
3rd & 4th person discount | -£10 | |
Single traveller supplement | £10 |
Included travel: transfer Grasmere-Windermere to collect car OR from/to Windermere railway station
Please note: dogs are not permitted on Inntravel holidays
Room upgrades (£ per person per night)
Merewood Country House Hotel, near Windermere | ||
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'4-poster with lake view': 19 Mar - 31 Oct 2022 | £14 | |
'Lake view': 19 Mar - 31 Oct 2022 | £14 |
The Coniston Inn, Coniston | ||
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'Lake or mountain view': 19 Mar - 31 Oct 2022 | £14 | |
'Superior with lake or mountain view': 19 Mar - 31 Oct 2022 | £28 |
Rothay Garden Hotel, Grasmere | ||
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'Classic Superior': 19 Mar - 31 Oct 2022 | £14 | |
Deluxe: 19 Mar - 31 Oct 2022 | £35 | |
'Deluxe Superior': 19 Mar - 31 Oct 2022 | £45 | |
Luxury double with balcony: 19 Mar - 31 Oct 2022 | £60 |
Extra nights (£ per person per night) in a double or single room
The Coniston Inn, Coniston (B&B) | Double room | Single room |
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19 Mar - 31 Mar 2022 | £80 | £145 |
01 Apr - 30 Apr 2022 | £100 | £185 |
01 May - 30 Sep 2022 | £115 | £215 |
01 Oct - 31 Oct 2022 | £100 | £185 |
Rothay Garden Hotel, Grasmere (B&B) | Double room | Single room |
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19 Mar - 31 Mar 2022 | £95 | £175 |
01 Apr - 30 Apr 2022 | £105 | £195 |
01 May - 31 May 2022 | £110 | £210 |
01 Jun - 30 Sep 2022 | £135 | £255 |
01 Oct - 31 Oct 2022 | £110 | £205 |
Room upgrades (£ per person per night)
Cragwood Country House Hotel, near Windermere | ||
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'4-poster with lake view': 19 Mar - 31 Oct 2022 | £14 | |
'Lake view': 19 Mar - 31 Oct 2022 | £14 |
The Coniston Inn, Coniston | ||
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'Lake or mountain view': 19 Mar - 31 Oct 2022 | £14 | |
'Superior with lake or mountain view': 19 Mar - 31 Oct 2022 | £28 |
Rothay Garden Hotel, Grasmere | ||
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'Classic Superior': 19 Mar - 31 Oct 2022 | £14 | |
Deluxe: 19 Mar - 31 Oct 2022 | £35 | |
'Deluxe Superior': 19 Mar - 31 Oct 2022 | £45 | |
Luxury double with balcony: 19 Mar - 31 Oct 2022 | £60 |
Extra nights (£ per person per night) in a double or single room
The Coniston Inn, Coniston (B&B) | Double room | Single room |
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19 Mar - 31 Mar 2022 | £80 | £145 |
01 Apr - 30 Apr 2022 | £100 | £185 |
01 May - 30 Sep 2022 | £115 | £215 |
01 Oct - 31 Oct 2022 | £100 | £185 |
Rothay Garden Hotel, Grasmere (B&B) | Double room | Single room |
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19 Mar - 31 Mar 2022 | £95 | £175 |
01 Apr - 01 Apr 2022 | £105 | £195 |
01 May - 31 May 2022 | £110 | £210 |
01 Jun - 30 Sep 2022 | £135 | £255 |
01 Oct - 31 Oct 2022 | £110 | £205 |
Connecting travel options - via Windermere
Outward route | Price per person |
Latest train arrival time |
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taxi Windermere station to hotel (0h10) | included | flexible |
Homeward route | Price per person |
Earliest train departure time |
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taxi hotel to Windermere station (0h45) | included | flexible |
Connecting travel options - via Oxenholme
Outward route | Price per person |
Latest train arrival time |
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taxi Oxenholme station to hotel (0h30) | £15 | flexible |
Homeward route | Price per person |
Earliest train departure time |
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taxi hotel to Oxenholme station (1h) | £25 | flexible |
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A challenging but varied walking holiday with beautiful scenery. We were very lucky with the weather with just one ascent in low cloud and drizzle and would recommend doing it in the spring when the azaleas and rhododendrons are in full bloom and the wild bluebells are spectacular. We were delighted to see thrushes and also hear a cuckoo on several occasions as we have not seen or heard these birds in the south west for some years.
The whole of our holiday went extremely smoothly and fully met our expectations. The accommodation selected for us was all of a high, or very high standard. We tend to chose our holidays with Inntravel based on the areas in which we wish to be walking, rather than for the "niceties" of the accommodation. However it is also nice to be pampered after a days' walking in remote parts. Visiting an area such as the English Lakes, where at any time you will find towns and villages thronged with "tourists", one might expect a rather rehearsed form of welcome but this was never the case, we felt genuinely wanted wherever we were. Blessed as we were with very fine weather for the time of year, there were no difficulties in finding our way, nor were our waterproofs always on our backs, or our footwear ever waterlogged. So in that sense I guess we were just lucky. With the walk notes and maps provided we could always have amended our plans had the conditions been less favourable.
We have walked in Europe with Inntravel on a number of occasions but this was our first UK holiday with them. We enjoyed all aspects of the holiday - the walks and the hotels were excellent. Unusually for the Lake District, we had a week of warm dry weather which certainly added to the enjoyment. A particular highlight was the walk from Coniston to Grasmere via Cathedral Quarry arriving at The Rothay Garden Hotel which provided an excellent finish to our holiday. As we were in Grasmere on a Sunday we had difficulty finding anywhere else to eat, in part due to covid and staff shortages. However it did mean that we had no choice but to enjoy another evening at the Rothay Garden preceded by a walk to Rydal and a relaxing Spa session. A great way to finish a memorable holiday.
A challenging but varied walking holiday with beautiful scenery. We were very lucky with the weather with just one ascent in low cloud and drizzle and would recommend doing it in the spring when the azaleas and rhododendrons are in full bloom and the wild bluebells are spectacular. We were delighted to see thrushes and also hear a cuckoo on several occasions as we have not seen or heard these birds in the south west for some years.
The whole of our holiday went extremely smoothly and fully met our expectations. The accommodation selected for us was all of a high, or very high standard. We tend to chose our holidays with Inntravel based on the areas in which we wish to be walking, rather than for the "niceties" of the accommodation. However it is also nice to be pampered after a days' walking in remote parts. Visiting an area such as the English Lakes, where at any time you will find towns and villages thronged with "tourists", one might expect a rather rehearsed form of welcome but this was never the case, we felt genuinely wanted wherever we were. Blessed as we were with very fine weather for the time of year, there were no difficulties in finding our way, nor were our waterproofs always on our backs, or our footwear ever waterlogged. So in that sense I guess we were just lucky. With the walk notes and maps provided we could always have amended our plans had the conditions been less favourable.
We have walked in Europe with Inntravel on a number of occasions but this was our first UK holiday with them. We enjoyed all aspects of the holiday - the walks and the hotels were excellent. Unusually for the Lake District, we had a week of warm dry weather which certainly added to the enjoyment. A particular highlight was the walk from Coniston to Grasmere via Cathedral Quarry arriving at The Rothay Garden Hotel which provided an excellent finish to our holiday. As we were in Grasmere on a Sunday we had difficulty finding anywhere else to eat, in part due to covid and staff shortages. However it did mean that we had no choice but to enjoy another evening at the Rothay Garden preceded by a walk to Rydal and a relaxing Spa session. A great way to finish a memorable holiday.
HIGHLIGHTS: Seeing red squirrels in the garden at Rothay Garden. The sun coming out on Saturday on our last day walking round Rydal Water!
With rivers flooding it was not practical to do the walk to Grasmere (which would have run alongside a river part of the way), and similarly it was not possible to cross over at Easedale Tarn to come back the other way because of the scale of the torrent (walkers might wish to know this before starting out on the longer route when this might apply).
Because of the numerous local museums, gardens, stately homes in the Lake District it was easy to adjust activities to suit the weather
Even in bad weather, this is a really good holiday with good hotels and excellent food. Good waterproof gear, including waterproof trousers and boots, is an essential in the Lake District at all times of year. The walk up to Easedale Tarn would have been easy on a dry summer's day, but it was for us, to say the least bracing, with footpaths turning into streams, pummeling winds and every kind of rain you can imagine, from the fine stuff that flies at you in horizontal skeins, to the hard stuff that batters you like bullets. That was my favourite walk - partly because an excellent three-course meal awaited us at the Rothay, complete with amuse bouche and pre-dessert. We recommend the guinea fowl and the deconstructed, light-as-a-feather, Black Forest Gateau. Be aware that crossing the "stream" at the edge of Easedale Tarn, may be impossible in very wet weather. It was a raging torrent when we were there, so we walked back the way we had come. The food at both the Briery Wood and the Rothay is very good. The Rothay restaurant has the best ambience and aspect.
On a very warm, sunny day it was a pretty steep and strenuous walk from Ambleside to Wansfell Pike, but once at the top the panaramic view was well worth the effort. Likewise the walk from Grasmere up to Alcock Tarn provided an equally impressive panorama. Poor weather conditions with poor visibility prevented an attempt to walk the Old Man of Coniston but maybe next time!