The George Hotel

About The George Hotel

The George occupies a white-fronted building on St John's Street that has been an inn since long before Keswick became a tourist destination, with parts of the structure dating back to the 1500s. It sits a few steps from the Moot Hall and the market square, making it about as central a base as Keswick offers, and it has kept the character of a working coaching inn rather than smoothing everything into a generic hotel finish.

Bedrooms are individually decorated, some with beams and uneven floors that come with a building this old, and range from compact doubles to larger rooms suited to families. The ground floor pub is a genuine local as well as a hotel bar, with open fires, real ales and a solid menu of pub classics alongside more substantial evening dishes.

Its location means almost everything in Keswick is within a two or three minute walk, from the lake shore to the bus station, which suits visitors who want to explore on foot and don't need to worry about parking once they've arrived.