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Cabins, cottages and lodges in the Lake District, Eryri, the Peak District, the Yorkshire Dales, Bannau Brycheiniog 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.

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Storm light over Glen Coe, the road threading down the glen below the Three Sisters
Glen Coe from The Study. Malcolm Lightbody, via Unsplash.

Six regions

The Lake District

England's highest ground, and the 214 fells Wainwright described.

Scafell Pike, 978m · 2,623 stays · 24 walks

Eryri (Snowdonia)

The highest mountains south of the Highlands, with a coast on three sides.

Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon), 1,085m · 1,514 stays · 22 walks

The Peak District

Gritstone edges and limestone dales, within an hour of a third of England.

Kinder Scout, 636m · 1,062 stays · 14 walks

The Yorkshire Dales

Limestone scars, the Three Peaks and the long green dales between them.

Whernside, 736m · 688 stays · 9 walks

Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons)

Red sandstone escarpments, the highest ground in southern Britain, and the waterfalls below them.

Pen y Fan, 886m · 426 stays · 8 walks

Scotland

Britain's biggest mountains, and the only ones that keep snow into summer.

Ben Nevis, 1,345m · 788 stays · 42 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.

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All 7,101 stays

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

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

Aberglaslyn Pass

A short, level riverside walk through a wooded gorge on the Afon Glaslyn, one of the easiest outings near Beddgelert.

  • 2 km
  • Easy
Bleaklow Head and the B-29 wreck

Bleaklow Head and the B-29 wreck

A rough 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 hr 50 min
  • Hard
An Teallach from Dundonnell

An Teallach from Dundonnell

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
  • 1,415 m up
  • 9 hr 30 min
  • Hard

All 119 walks

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.

Cairngorm Ski Road and Coire Cas

Cairngorm Ski Road and Coire Cas

A public road from Glenmore to a car park at 635 metres below Cairn Gorm, with views back over Strathspey.

  • Drive to it
  • Step-free
  • 2 min from the car
  • View all round
Castlerigg Stone Circle

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

Corrieshalloch Gorge

A 1.5km-long, 60-metre-deep gorge crossed by a Victorian suspension bridge, with the Falls of Measach seen from a viewing platform.

  • Drive to it
  • 5 min from the car

All 22 viewpoints

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

Ambleside

Windermere's head, and the easiest Lakeland base without a car.

Windermere station, 7.8km
Braithwaite

Braithwaite

Coledale's village, under Grisedale Pike and the Whinlatter road.

Penrith station
Broughton-in-Furness

Broughton-in-Furness

Cumbria's smallest town, a market square beside the Duddon.

Foxfield station, 1.6km
Buttermere

Buttermere

Two lakes, one village, and Honister at the top of the pass.

Workington station, 29km

All 73 bases

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.

All 14 trips