Overlooking the Lake District’s largest lake, Windermere, is the elegant Gilpin Hotel & Lake House. With lakeland views, incredible accommodation and a Michelin starred restaurant, this sophisticated hotel offers a luxury in the Lake District. Gilpin Hotel & Lake House consists of two properties and one team to make the experience flawless.

Set in 21 acres, Gilpin Hotel offers 25 rooms and a typical hotel vibe whereas Gilpin Lake House is a sanctuary for 12 guests to enjoy 100 acres of private grounds in a country house setting. The lake house offers just 6 rooms in a private, more intimate setting and with a warm, stylish feel, all rooms are individually designed and exquisitely executed. The lake house is also home to Jetty Spa, designed for couples with a Swedish-style treatment room overlooking a small, private lake.

Ullswater’s Another Place is surrounded by rolling grounds, secluded nooks and the lakeshore with its very own jetty. Contemporary comfort combine with views over Ullswater and the fells, this luxury hotel in lake district is an ideal choice for a luxurious stay over the lake in lake district. The hotel has a warm feel with antique mahogany furniture throughout and a cosy vibe with log fires in the library. 

The spa offers a moment of luxurious relaxation with 20 metre glass fronted indoor pool, the pool has views that blur the boundary between you and your lakeside location. A skylight floods the pool with further natural light so you can float beneath the clouds, indoors. Meanwhile, the rooms provide comfort and style with the better rooms offering dreamy views and hot tubs for late-night relaxing under the stars. The hotel also offers an extensive activities list including horse riding, kayaking, stand-up paddle boarding, sailing and fishing.

Ambleside’s Brimstone Hotel is in a prime location within the Lake District and is conveniently close to Scafell Pike, a popular attraction in the area. You can take advantage of exclusive facilities and services including Berghaus kit hire for hiking, exclusive access to a free taxi service and complimentary drinks and snacks available throughout the day in the Cosy Reading Room.

The elegant rooms offer magnificent views with bi-fold doors opening out onto Lakeland scenery whilst also featuring double showers, spa baths and comfortable beds. To make your room even more inviting, hotel staff will light the fireplace in your room for a relaxing and cosy evening.

Defined as a restaurant with rooms, Simon Rogan’s L’Enclume is the flagship restaurant of the Chef and Cartmel is the village in which his journey began. The exquisite restaurant is holder of two Michelin stars and set in a sensitively restored blacksmiths workshop.

The incredible menu is created with fresh ingredients sourced from the restaurant’s own farm just a short distance from L’Enclume. L’Enclume also features sixteen elegant, individually designed rooms that are located around the village. Each room is beautifully designed with a unique style and all showcase references to their historic surroundings.

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Set in a late 18^th-century gabled house, The Samling is an exceptional boutique hotel with a quintessentially English ambience. Popular amongst celebrities, Lake District luxury hotels come no finer than The Samling with the hotel attracting the likes of the Beckhams, Nicole Kidman, Stella McCartney and Tom Cruise.

The hotel features five rooms and six cottage suites in a variety of styles and décor with a handful of safari-style canvas prospector tents opening on the hillside this year. The tents are set to provide the ultimate luxury experience in the Lake District with each tent including a personal butler, chef and lantern-lit al fresco meals.

At home in a stunning Grade II listed Georgian Mansion house, Storrs hall is steeped in history and located right on the shoreline of Lake Windermere offering magnificent views of the local landscape. The hotel’s extravagant décor features regal busts, marble mantels, gilded mirrors and latticed windows from the reception and into the guest rooms.

If you are looking for more exclusivity, the hotel also offers a luxury boathouse for a unique and spectacular retreat including an outdoor hot tub, steam room, private terrace and fire-pit. However, the main attraction at Storrs Hall is the afternoon tea inclusive of chilled champagne and Cornish clotted cream that can be enjoyed by the baby grand piano in the games room or the manicured lawn overlooking the lake.

Part of the South-African based Leeu Collection, Linthwaite house is set in a beautiful whitewashed Edwardian house overlooking Lake Windermere. The hotel offers modern artistic expression with art, sculptures and installations scattered throughout the property and the grounds. The rooms feature Scandi-style interiors with accommodation options including elegant in-house rooms and private cedar-clad lakeside suites located just a few minutes from the main building.

Chef Simon Rogan runs the on-site The Henrock’s restaurant with fresh, local ingredients sourced from his farm just a short distance from a hotel. In addition, the delightful menu is complemented with an impressive wine list that features Leeu Family Wine from the hotel’s South African sister property.

Set amongst some of the most stunning scenery in the picturesque village of Grasmere in lake district. Moss Grove Organic hotel offers a great option to relax and unwind by the lake. As the name suggests the whole concept at Moss Grove Organic hotel revolves around being organic from the wallpaper throughout the property to the breakfast, practices have been put in place to make this luxury hotel in lake district as sustainable as possible.

The decor is a combination of classic modern with a laidback, unstuffy atmosphere. The restored grand Victorian house has a fresh feel about it, with plenty of natural materials like wood, bamboo blinds, leather sofas, wooden chairs and tables. Featuring 11 rooms spread over three floors. Two of the superior bedrooms also have a balcony overlooking the centre of the village and the Suite on the ground floor is where the famous private hot tub lies.