Song line Online searches for ‘Lake District holidays’ rocketed 217 per cent this summer thanks to Taylor Swift. The star’s song about the area, ‘The Lakes’, was released back in 2020, but there was renewed interest after she performed the tribute during her sellout The Eras Tour.
Fine line It has a thriving hotel scene. The elegant 1930s Haweswater Hotel has recently had a full renovation, though its charming art deco interiors and parquet floors remain intact (from £159 a night, haweswaterhotel.com). Also freshly updated is Ullswater’s Inn on the Lake, which now has a huge 75-metre terrace and 46 refurbished bedrooms (from £193 a night, lakedistricthotels.net/innonthelake).
Recline Returnees swear by Rothay Manor, an elegant country-house hotel at the northern tip of Lake Windermere (from £240 a night, rothaymanor.co.uk). To the northwest, the newly opened Old Mill Inn fulfils the ‘pub with rooms’ formula perfectly (from £120 a night, oldmill-inn.co.uk).
Bottom line For more budget-friendly accommodation, try the Angel Inn in Bowness. Enjoy a cocktail or local brew in the beer garden with views of the Langdale Pikes, before heading up to sleep in one of their recently renovated rooms (family and dog-friendly options available, from £99 a night, inncollectiongroup.com).
Source: The Mail
