Backbarrow, near Newby Bridge, Cumbria
Robin's Nest - Backbarrow
Sleeps 6 · 3 beds
- Hot tub
- Wood burner
- Dogs
Out of the door and onto the hill
Cabins, cottages and lodges in the Lake District, Eryri, the Peak District and Scotland. Every one is listed with the walks and viewpoints within reach of it and how far each is; where the nearest is a drive away, the page says so.
Four regions
The Lake District
England's highest ground, and the densest walking country in Britain.
Scafell Pike, 978m · 1241 stays · 17 walks
Eryri (Snowdonia)
The highest mountains south of the Highlands, with a coast on three sides.
Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon), 1,085m · 481 stays · 16 walks
The Peak District
Gritstone edges and limestone dales, within an hour of a third of England.
Kinder Scout, 636m · 485 stays · 13 walks
Scotland
Britain's biggest mountains, and the only ones that keep snow into summer.
Ben Nevis, 1,345m · 200 stays · 23 walks
There is also an Alps section covering Switzerland, Austria, Germany and Liechtenstein. It lists no places to stay yet, because every booking partner behind this site is UK-only.
Hot tubs with a hill behind them
Each one's page lists the walks and viewpoints in range of it, with distances.
Kinlochleven, Northern Scotland
Mountain View - Kinlochleven
Sleeps 6 · 3 beds
- Hot tub
- Wood burner
- Dogs
Alsop-en-le-Dale, near Ashbourne, Derbyshire
Limestone Cottage
Sleeps 8 · 4 beds
- Hot tub
- Wood burner
- Dogs
Drumnadrochit, near Inverness, Northern Scotland
Riverside Cottage
Sleeps 4 · 2 beds
- Hot tub
- Wood burner
- Dogs
Something to walk to
Every route leads with its distance, its climb and where you park, because those three figures decide whether a day is realistic before you drive to it. Each page also says who the route does not suit.
Aira Force and Gowbarrow
An easy National Trust waterfall walk on Ullswater's shore, the spot said to have inspired Wordsworth's daffodils.
- 7.2 km
- Moderate
Aberglaslyn Pass
A short, level riverside walk through a wooded gorge on the Afon Glaslyn, one of the easiest scenic outings near Beddgelert.
- 2 km
- Easy
Bleaklow Head and the B-29 wreck
A remote moorland circuit from the Snake Pass onto Bleaklow Head, crossing Doctor's Gate to the wrecked B-29 bomber at Higher Shelf Stones.
- 15.4 km
- 470 m up
- 5.8 hr
- Hard
An Teallach from Corrie Hallie
A sandstone ridge of nine tops above Dundonnell, its two Munros reached on a bypass path that avoids the pinnacles' Grade 3 scramble.
- 20 km
- 1415 m up
- 9.5 hr
- Hard
Views you can drive to
Not everyone in the car wants a six-hour day, and some people cannot have one. These are the places where you park, walk a few minutes, and get the view anyway.
Castlerigg Stone Circle
A Neolithic stone circle on a hilltop plateau near Keswick, with a 360-degree view of surrounding fells reached in a couple of minutes on foot.
- Drive to it
- Step-free
- 2 min from the car
- View all round
Corrieshalloch Gorge
A mile-long, 60-metre-deep gorge crossed by a Victorian suspension bridge, with the 46-metre Falls of Measach seen from a viewing platform.
- Drive to it
- 5 min from the car
Cregennan Lakes
Two National Trust lakes on the slopes of Cadair Idris, reached by car, with views to the estuary and the mountain's cliffs.
- Drive to it
- View all round
Bases worth a week
Where you sleep decides what the week can reach, so every base page gives the nearest station and how far it is by road. That figure separates a base you can get to on a Friday evening without a car from one that needs a car all week.
Ambleside
Windermere's head, and the easiest Lakeland base without a car.
Windermere station, 7.8km
Buttermere
Two lakes, one village, and Honister at the top of the pass.
Workington station, 29km
Eskdale
The one Lakeland valley you can reach by two trains.
Ravenglass station, 11.3km
Glenridding
Ullswater's steamer pier, and Helvellyn straight up the valley.
Penrith station, 20.9km
Base-and-explore trips
One base, a stated number of nights, and a route built from the walks already on the site. Each one closes by naming what it skips and who it does not suit, which is the part that stops somebody booking the wrong week.
- Ambleside for four nights without a car 4 nights
- Three nights around Aviemore without a car 3 nights
- A week in Bakewell without a hard day 6 nights
- A two-night weekend without a hill in sight 2 nights
- Three nights in the Conwy Valley without a car 3 nights
- A short, hard weekend from Buttermere 2 nights
- A short break for a first proper hill 2 nights
- Kinder Scout and Castleton, from Edale 3 nights