Whitbarrow is a detached pod sleeping two, completed in 2023 as part of a small development behind The Brown Horse Inn in Winster Valley. Everything happens on one level: an open-plan living and dining space with French doors onto a private terrace, a kitchen equipped for self-catering, and a bedroom with a kingsize bed and ensuite shower. The interiors follow classic country style with wood panelling and neutral furnishings. Essentials including electricity, wifi, bed linen and towels are covered, and you'll find bathrobes and toiletries provided.
The terrace overlooks woodland, making it a quiet spot for morning coffee or evening drinks. Parking for one car is on site. Bowness-on-Windermere is ten minutes' drive away; Ambleside twenty; Grasmere and its walking routes thirty. The pub downstairs serves locally sourced food and real ales. For walkers, the area is threaded with country paths, and Whitbarrow itself—a 215-metre limestone hill with ancient cliffs—sits within a national nature reserve. The property is reached by footpath, and uses natural water from a borehole. No smoking indoors.
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Arrive after 15:00 Depart before 10:00
🚭 No smoking, please
What guests say
Used the parking area a short distance down the track to the right of the entrance to Witherslack school to the SW. Prow across football pitch leads into the woods and then obvious path up through the Scar, steep to the stile in the wall - here the Prow disappears so turn left and follow the path along the wall to the dotted path which leads to the summit. Lovely top, great views, overcast but dry, returned same way
2 months ago · via Google
Fantastic views at the top with a challenging ascent up a rocky path. Room for 2-3 cars at the bottom near the SEN school. Not too many hikers so it's a nice and quiet walk.
4 months ago · via Google
Poor access with no car park and only limited parking & signage. However! A truly beautiful mixed woodland with large oaks and pines towering over a delightful understory of hazel and fern. There is a pond full of diverse aquatic plants - a joy to see in summer when the dragonflies are out! A shining example of how the British uplands *could* look with LESS sheep & managed tidiness 🙏🏽
4 years ago · via Google
ENTRANCE: just before the entrance to the school go to the right side all the way next to the fence - next to some overgrown barn. You can park here for free. Space for 2 or 3 cars. Nice little place when it comes to scenery in general but if you're unwilling to climb all the way to the top you may potentially miss out on some great views. There are however a couple of other paths if you do not want to climb and can instead walk around the nature in the woods.
5 years ago · via Google