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Guest House in Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria


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Holmlea Guest House Kendal Road
Bowness-on-Windermere
Cumbria
England
LA23 3EW

Holmlea Guest House, Bowness-on-Windermere

Accommodation Description:
Holmlea is a Victorian Lakeland Stone Guest House offering comfortable bed and breakfast accommodation. We take pride in looking after our guests and we can assure you of a friendly welcome in a relaxed and informal atmosphere. Holmlea is in a quiet location of Bowness with only a few minutes stroll to the centre with its specialist shopping for fashion, food, arts and crafts

Bowness boasts great cafes, restaurants and pubs and is situated on Lake Windermere with the famous Windermere Lake Cruises.A stay at Holmlea is the perfect place for a relaxing holiday and is the ideal base for visiting the many attractions within the Lake District National Park. Take a stroll around the marina or lake shore walk

There are tennis courts, crazy golf and an 18 hole pitch and putt area or just simply picnic on Glebe park and admire the breathtaking scenery across the lake.Holmlea is strictly non smoking and has its own private car parking. We are ideally located for walkers starting or finishing the Dalesway

Children from the age of eight are welcome. We are not able to accommodate pets. At Holmlea we do not cater for single sex groups, stag or hen parties



From: £26.00

Accommodation Rating: 3*G (about ratings)

Facilities

  • Hotel Non-Smoking Throughout
  • Car parking available onsite
  • Tea/Coffee making facilities in each room
  • Hairdryer in each room
  • Limited Hours Room Service
  • Ground floor bedrooms
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Heritage Rated from 1- 5 (low-exceptional) on historic interest

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Heritage Rated from 1- 5 (low to exceptional) on historic interest

We've 'tagged' this accommodation to help you find related historic attractions and learn more about major time periods mentioned in the description.

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Directions:
Leave M6 jct 36 and follow signs for Windermere on the A590 then A591. At Windermere turn left by the Windermere hotel. Follow signs for Bowness and the lake through Windermere village until Bowness is reached. At the bottom of the hill is a mini-roundabout carry straight on following signs for the lake. Take first left into Kendal Road. Holmlea is 200m on the right.


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