As remote as many parts of the Lake District are, it is rare to find a hotel situated well away from the crowds in the popular Lakeland towns. The Haweswater Hotel however might be the answer.
The hotel is situated next to the Haweswater Reservoir which was created when the Haweswater valley was flooded in the 1960s to provide drinking water for Manchester and the North West of England.
Being remote, the hotel has not always been treated with the greatest respect by its owners, many of whom it seemed thought the only tourists in the area were walkers who apparently wanted rather run-down accommodation – possibly the reason it didn’t really do too well.
Luckily, the new owners have spent a year and around £1 million renovating the unique features of this hotel and turning it back into an slightly art-deco styled holiday location, along with uncovering the wooden floors and varnishing the banisters back to their former glory. The new hotel looks a world away from what many have seen and is set to become a true remote getaway location for those seeking solitude in the Lake District.
For a complete review of the Hawswater Hotel, see the Independent Newspaper article.
More links around Hawswater:
More hotels around Penrith (nearest town to Hawswater)
Visitor attractions around Penrith
Holiday cottages around Penrith
