The Wild Boar Inn is a beautiful and rustic inn, not far from Bowness and Windermere, away from the crowds in a peaceful setting.  With wooden and character features throughout, excellent grill and smokehouse dining, the coach house ambience serves as the perfect setting for a Lake District break.

If you love the beautiful area around Ullswater, there's a couple of villages next to each other called Glenridding and Patterdale close by.  They're less built up as other areas such as Bowness, and instead of various bars, restaurants and shops, it's a more serene traditional village life with a couple of hotels, pubs and local village shop.. with incredible walks and lake views are right on the doorstep!

Enjoy a short stay living in the countryside!  Lodges are a great staycation accommodation choice to get away as a group or with the family - or even as a couple or all to yourself!  They're a great option as they're detached (so you get a great silent nights sleep), a literal home from home, all the self catering facilities you need, comfortable rooms - and most are now modern with great decor, outside balcony's and some even round the lot off with a hot tub to bubble away under the stars in!

Here's a great way for two people to get a bargain break at the gorgeous Briery Wood Country House Hotel, close to Ambleside and Windermere! A beautiful Lake District hotel with lovely gardens, restaurant and bar, with free parking and more.

If this hotel break sounds like somewhere you'd like to visit, we found these great offers from Secret Escapes and Off Peak Luxury where two people can enjoy a stay here, with options to include cream tea, or from Off Peak Luxury, you get dinner included, breakfast and a bottle of bubbly!

The Cragwood Country House Hotel is a beautiful hotel with stunning outdoor gardens and space overlooking lake Windermere.  And just a short stroll from the doors through the woodland in the grounds takes you right to the Lake water! 

An elegant charm throughout with all the Lake District feel you could want, with beautiful views from the windows, Cragwood is the perfect place to escape to and relax, with amazing food and drink to enjoy whilst you're there too.

The classy and beautiful Merewood Country House Hotel, is a peaceful hotel with loads of character, fine dining and set in it's own grounds close to Windermere and Ambleside. Lovely gardens, restaurant and bar and with free parking and more.

And you can enjoy a bargain break here with these great offers from Off Peak Luxury and Wowcher where two people can enjoy a stay here, with options to include cream tea, lake cruise, bubbly, upgrades, breakfast or dinner, from just £99 for two people!

Limefitt lodge park is a lovely collection of traditional lodges not far from Windermere.  It's a peaceful site surrounded by stunning scenery, countryside sounds and close to great places to visit such as Windermere and Bowness, or head over Kirkstone pass to Glenridiing and Ullswater!

And you can enjoy a bargain break here from Parkdean holidays where you can get a lodge for THREE nights for only £229 !

If you, or anyone you know, are an avid hiker or ticking off the Wanwrights, you may wish to record and proudly show off that achievement of a climb up Scafell Pike or Catbells, and what better way to reward yourself or others than with a Lake District medal!

Appleby, just over the M6 from the Lake District, is a lovely part of Cumbria itself, a great market town with plenty of sights, and an ideal base to explore the Lakes from.  And there's a great Appleby offer from Wowcher to stay in the centre in a well loved inn called the 'Crown and Cushion'

Lake District Spa offers are available from a number of deal sites at the moment!  A spa day is the perfect way to unwind and switch off for a while and the Lake District has a great number of incredible spa's that incorporate many of the natural surroundings, earthy environments and the views that add to the inner calm and relaxing natural peace you need to relax for a while.

If you've not yet experienced Go Ape, you're gonna love it! It makes for such a great time outdoors, is thrilling, challenging and more than anything, so much fun!  And if you're in the Lake District, there's TWO amazing forests to choose from to enjoy Going Ape at!  Grizedale Forest near Hawkshead and Whinlatter Forest near Keswick.

The Crooklands Hotel in Kendal is a lovely stylish small hotel and makes for a great base to explore the area from.

And you can enjoy a bargain break with this great offer from Wowcher where two people can enjoy a stay here, with bubbly, chocolates, breakfast and late checkout too!