Lake District Hawkshead
Self Catering Holiday
Cottages
Borwick Fold Hawkshead
holiday cottage accommodation is situated at the heart of
the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, high above a tranquil, pastoral
valley, with superb panoramic mountain views. Surrounded
by fells, lakes, tarns, woodland, ancient hamlets and villages
and with its land managed for wildlife, it offers a superb base
for many outdoor activities, and in which to unwind. Our
visitors return again and again.
Three
rather special self catering holiday cottages have been imaginatively converted from
the barn and stables of our 17th century farmhouse. The Hawkshead
cottages are set above a quiet country lane [National Grid Reference:
33420,49970] on the edge of Black Fell [a ‘Wainwright’ fell]
close to Tarn Hows, near Hawkshead.
Each
Hawkshead holiday cottage
has its own individual character and is centrally heated for
all year round comfort. Benches outside the cottages and on
the fell side, as well as the al- fresco dining area and barbecue,
make an ideal location in which to absorb the peace and tranquillity
of the area whilst enjoying the views and abundant wildlife.
Walks
from the door encompass valleys, fells, lakes, forest, country
pubs and the ancient village of Hawkshead with its four inns,
shops, tearooms and connections to William Wordsworth and Beatrix
Potter. Enjoy a drink or a meal at the award winning Drunken
Duck Inn, the Outgate Inn with its live traditional jazz on
Friday evenings [March to October], or the coaching inns of
Hawkshead – arguably the most beautiful village in the Lake
District- all within a radius of just over a mile.
Borwick
Fold holiday cottages stand in 3 ½ acres of gardens, fell land
and paddock and is managed for wildlife - with conservation
and the environment in mind. Owls hunt on the property and deer
and red squirrels frequently visit us. A hide, created to attract
wildlife, provides views over the fells and to our nearby watering
hole. Dibley, our black Labrador play's in the courtyard. Pygmy
goats and free range geese in the paddock, are occasionally
joined by Exmoor ponies during the summer - all doing their
bit for the environment browsing on brambles and wild flowers.
The bird life is superb and the resident swallows and house
martins are a particular joy. We regret that because of the
above we are unable to accept pets.
Leave your car in our off-road parking and take
to the hills. We have a bike store with a drying area for wet,
outdoor clothing and a laundry room. On your return relax with
one of the many books, a game of Petanque [i.e. French boule]
on the pitch provided or dine al-fresco whilst enjoying views
to Esthwaite Water. Why not visit Borwick Fold's
Hawkshead holiday Cottages accommodation and relax with us.
For
the comfort of all of our guests (present and future) we operate
a policy of no smoking inside the cottages.
James and Lynda
Johnson
Borwick Fold, Outgate, Near Ambleside,
Cumbria, England LA22 0PU
Tel: + 44 (0)15394 36742
Email: borwickfoldcottages@tiscali.co.uk
  
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