Luxury Self catering holiday cottage in the Lake District sleeping 6/8, and is warm and welcoming and has everything you could need for a real home from home. It’s a fantastic base for exploring the Lakes and the surrounding area, and we know you'll love it as much as us.
Converted from a brewery, we have refurbished Summer Cottage to an impressive standard, and being set in secluded private grounds far from traffic, makes it very safe for children.
In the private garden is all the garden furniture you need for entertaining including a Barebecue, and there is ample covered space for your bikes, boots and wet clothes. There is a small shallow stream running along the end which our children love paddling in. If you look carefully, you can sometimes see the brown trout!
The Area....
Summer Cottage is situated in the charming village of Allithwaite, There is a Post Office and general store, children's playground, tennis court, bowling green and football pitch and also two excellent pub/restaurants only 200 yards way. Only 5 minutes away is Cartmel village, Home of the famous Sticky Toffee Pudding, with its impressive ancient Priory, picturesque town square and race course. It has many charming pubs, shops and restaurants including L'enclume and Rogan's Bar.
Grange over Sands is also only 5 minutes away, with its beautiful promenade, ornamental water gardens and shops. These include the award winning Higginson's butchers and the Hazlemere cafe (which makes vanilla slices to die for). Just outside Grange is the Ice Cream Farm, with calves, piglets, chicks and lambs to pet, a cafe with delicious home made ice cream, and a wonderful children's play area.There are several golf courses nearby, two in Grange over...
Sands.
We are in a fantastic location for walking , climbing and cycling: there's the whole of the Lake District on your doorstep! About a mile away are the Cumbrian Coastal Path, the Cistercian Way (Both superb walking paths), and the Cumbrian Cycle route. Grizedale Forest which has superb way marked mountain bike trails and walking trails is justa few miles north.
Many major Cumbrian visitor attractions are only a 10 minutes away. The Lakeside and Haverthwaite Steam Railway takes you to the Aquarium of the Lakes and Windermere Lake Cruise Ships, which travel the full 12 miles of the lake. Also 10 minutes away are Levens Hall's world famous topiary garden, the largest in the world! Sizergh Castle's impresive gardens, and low Sizergh barn farm shop, where you can watch the cows being milked from the cafe. Holker Hall, with its majestic gardens; home to summer concerts, excellent restaurant and food hall. 30 Minutes away is the famous South Lakes Wild Animal Park, Beatrix Potter's Hill Top home, Coniston village
The local fishing is excellent, with coarse, game and sea angling catered for, and we have two tickets for WADAA local waters. The Tackle shop in nearby Grange-over-Sands is well stocked and very helpful.
The Cottage.....
In the private garden we have all the garden furniture you need for entertaining including a Barebecue, and there is ample covered space for your bikes, boots and wet clothes.
Our delightful cottage kitchen has a dishwasher, washing machine, microwave, fridge, ceramic hob & oven, toaster, ironing board & iron and lots of storage. There is also plenty of room for our rustic dining table which comfortably seats eight next to our gorgeous Welsh dresser.
The spacious and beautifully appointed sitting room has a cosy log fire, and opens onto a massive balcony with table and chairs where we enjoy beautiful views, and where we often have morning coffee and even a meal at the end of the day! There is also a TV and DVD with many films and We have provided many board games and enough packs of cards for Racing Demon if the weather is a bit inclemant.
The cottage sleeps 6/8 persons with one double bedroom with views across the valley to Kirkhead Tower, and two twin bedrooms (one with bunk beds), and a proper fold-out double sofa-bed in the sitting room.