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Accommodation > Hotels > England > Cumbria > Windermere > Holly-Wood Guest House
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Windermere Travel and Heritage Information


Holly-Wood Guest House

A Hotel in Windermere, Cumbria


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Holly Road
Windermere
Cumbria
England
LA23 2AF

Holly-Wood Guest House, Windermere

Accommodation Description:
Holly-Wood is a charming, quietly situated family owned Guest House ideally positioned just a few minutes walk from Windermere Village centre in the heart of the Lake District. Bowness-on-Windermere, with its boat rides and numerous specialist arts and craft shops, restaurants, cafes and inns is a short stroll down the hill. The house is a beautiful late Victorian villa built 1897 and still retains some original features, a family run guest house offering stylish and secluded accommodation, with friendly service and a warm welcome in the heart of the beautiful Lake District the back drop to the recent Miss Potter film, and home to The Swallows and Amazon books

The M6 motorway is just 16 miles away and the main London Glasgow railway line has a stop off at Kendal Oxenholme station where you can catch the local connection 18 to 20 minutes to Windermere station.Strictly non-smoking through-out, we are sorry we are unable to accommodate pets. We welcome children from 10 years old

Holly-Wood has its own small car park at the rear of the property. Guests will love our hearty breakfasts, both traditional and vegetarian, which are served in our spacious dining room between 8.30 and 9

30 am. We have a minimum 2 night booking for Weeekends (Friday Saturday Sunday) and a minimum 3 night booking for Bank Holidays. When booking a 25% deposit will be taken which is non-fundable, please also see cancellation policy

Arrival times must accompany all bookings. Rooms will be ready for occupation from 2.00 pm

on the day of arrival, arrivals can be any time from 11.00am to 3.00pm or after 5

00pm and prior to 9.00pm. All rooms are required to be vacated by 10

00 am. on the morning of departure.

From: £30.00

Accommodation Rating: 4*G (about ratings)

Facilities

  • Hotel Non-Smoking Throughout
  • Car parking available onsite
  • TV
  • Tea/Coffee making facilities in each room
  • Hairdryer in each room
  • Car Parking Available Offsite
  • Radio
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Heritage Rated from 1- 5 (low-exceptional) on historic interest

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Stagshaw Garden - 3.6 miles (Garden) Heritage Rating

Hawkshead Grammar School - 3.8 miles (Historic Building) Heritage Rating

Beatrix Potter Gallery - 3.8 miles (Museum) Heritage Rating

Hawkshead Old Courthouse - 4 miles (Historic Building) Heritage Rating



  Nearby Towns & Villages to Visit

Windermere - 0.4 miles away Heritage Rating

Ambleside - 3.6 miles away Heritage Rating

Rydal - 5.9 miles away Heritage Rating

Grasmere - 6.7 miles away Heritage Rating

Coniston - 6.7 miles away Heritage Rating

Kendal - 7.4 miles away Heritage Rating

Glenridding - 11.9 miles away Heritage Rating

Grange - 13.8 miles away Heritage Rating


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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:
By road leave the M6 at Junction 36 and head for Windermere on the A591. Turn left into Windermere itself and soon after the first set of traffic lights turn second left into Ellerthwaite Road. Turn left again into Holly Road. By train the main London Glasgow railway line has a stop off at Kendal Oxenholme station where you can catch the local connection to Windermere station. From the station follow the one way system through Windermere and after the first set of traffic lights turn left into Broad Street. Follow the road to the end and turn right into Woodland Road and Holly-Wood is on the right hand side of the next cross roads.


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