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 · 75 stays · 10 walks
Eryri (Snowdonia)
The highest mountains south of the Highlands, with a coast on three sides.
Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon), 1,085m · 74 stays · 10 walks
The Peak District
Gritstone edges and limestone dales, within an hour of a third of England.
Kinder Scout, 636m · 65 stays · 8 walks
Scotland
Britain's biggest mountains, and the only ones that keep snow into summer.
Ben Nevis, 1,345m · 102 stays · 15 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.
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
- Easy
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
Kinder Scout via Grindsbrook Clough
A hard circular walk from Edale onto the Kinder Scout plateau, ascending Grindsbrook Clough and returning via Jacob's Ladder.
- 12.7 km
- 526 m up
- 5.5 hr
- Hard
Ben A'an
A short, steep hill above Loch Achray, known locally as the Trossachs' mountain in miniature, with a summit view out of proportion to its height.
- 3.6 km
- 357 m up
- 2 hr
- Moderate
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
Chanonry Point
The Black Isle spit where the Moray Firth's bottlenose dolphins feed on a rising tide beside Alan Stevenson's 1846 lighthouse, on foot from Rosemarkie.
- Drive to it
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 a week 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 days 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