Weekend Breaks in the Lake District

Hotel Breaks in the Lake District

Many large hotel chains offer excellent deals on weekend breaks, where you can accumulate points for further leisure breaks. Hotels are often luxurious with extensive leisure facilities and health and beauty clubs, accompanied by comfortable en-suite accommodation, superb restaurants and personal service. Check the joining fee charges for clubs, some are better than others, but if you take regular weekend getaways and leisure breaks then it's well worth considering joining one of these!

The larger chain hotels are really working hard to cater for the many different themed short breaks and weekend breaks across the UK. The Lake District has many unusual hotels with unique character offering a variety of themed weekend breaks including ghost weekends (Check out that Muncaster Experience on the Lake District Coast!).

Larger hotels with extensive leisure facilities and outdoor activities make the perfect venue for the ultimate Leisure weekend break, with superb leisure facilities within the hotel. Expect luxurious leisure features such as indoor swimming pools, well equipped gyms with all the latest technical equipment, health and beauty treatments, solariums, saunas, Jacuzzis, and some even have things like tennis courts. The Lakes really knows how to do luxury weekend breaks.

Holiday Cottage Weekend Breaks and Cheap Weekend Breaks in the Lake District

Many idyllic Lake District stone cottages are available just for renting over a weekend break. If you're looking for a self-catering option, with a home from home feel and fully equipped facilities such as fitted kitchen, this is the choice for you whether it's a family weekend break getaway to the Lakes or an intimate romantic weekend break for two.

If you can't get away for the full week, then choose a weekend two, three or four night stay in a holiday cottage in the Lake District. Where short breaks and weekend breaks are accepted, 2 night breaks usually start on a Friday or Saturday, 3 night breaks on a Saturday and 4 night midweek breaks start on a Monday.

Amenities do vary from cottage to cottage so it's worth making a list of your specific requirements, rather than just relying on an attractive photograph. Think about issues like accessibility, whether you're bringing a pet (is the holiday cottage Pet Friendly?), do you have very young children, what exactly is included in the price, will you be located near shops, restaurants or pubs and is smoking permitted? In short, start by working out what your particular needs are before booking your weekend break in Cumbria..

Country Pub Weekend Breaks in the Lake District

Pubs and inns in the Lake District are numerous, ranging from old stone inns to coaching houses to country inns all retaining many historic features such as roaring log fires, and usually they'll offer hearty pub menu homemade food. Perfect for romantic fell walking gettaways. Sunday Roasts are always a treat! Idyllic village inns and English history pubs abound, with creaky floors, the occasional ghost and best of all a range of beautiful Lake District Real Ales. The Lake District is perhaps one of the best counties in the UK for historic pub and inn accommodation.

If you're looking for the ultimate in romantic breaks in the Lake District then consider the romantic weekend break setting of the country pub or inn. Perfect in winter or summer, with guaranteed friendly atmosphere, and warm welcoming environment.

Murder Mystery Weekend Breaks, Golf Weekend Breaks and Themed Breaks in Cumbria

Golf weekend breaks, romantic weekend breaks, racing weekend breaks, murder mystery weekend breaks, fishing weekend breaks and walking weekend break offers - the Lake District has it all. Numerous hotels across Cumbria offer special themed weekend breaks to suit all tastes, and as you'd expect many have an outdoor activity theme.

Fancy a fishing weekend break in Ulverston?? Fishing Weekend Breaks are numerous across the Lake District. Guests often have free use of passes for the Windermere, Ambleside & District Angling Association included in the price of the accommodation. This gives you the opportunity to access many miles of excellent game & coarse fishing in Lake District waters without having to worry about organising permits and so forth! You'll find that many accommodation venues, including hotels and guest houses in the Lake District have fishing licenses, giving you easy access to fishing areas near by - brilliant!

Golf courses and golf weekend breaks are a speciality of the Lake District. From the golfing experience of the golf course right on the edge of the Lake District Peninsula on serene Walney Island (watch out your golf ball doesn't end up in the Irish Sea!) to the challenge of the 18 hole parkland golf course on Derwentwater, four miles east of Keswick. This course is set against the stunning backdrop of Blencathra, Skiddaw and Clough Head. Expect to be distracted by such Lake District backdrops. Check out the Cumbria Union of Golf Clubs at www.cugc.co.uk. Weekend Breaks Northwest Weekend breaks in Devon Weekend Breaks Yorkshire