Lake District, Cumbria: Accommodation in bunkhouses, hostels and camping barns
This map shows the Lake District National Park and Cumbria. The locations of camping barns, bunkhouses and hostels in the Lakes are shown with clickable links. Centred on Borrowdale, the heart of Wordsworth Country, this map covers the area from Carlisle in the north to Barrow in Furness in the South, the west coast town of Whitehaven to Kirkby Stephen in the east. Hostels, bunkhouses and camping barns provide self catering accommodation for individuals, families and groups wanting to explore the Lake District and Cumbria. They are perfect bases for cycling, walking, fell running or climbing in the national park. There are hostels on the coast and along the route of the Cumbria sections of the Coast to Coast Walk and the Cycling C2C.
Lake District hostels & Bunkhouses
Things to do in the Lake District
The Great Outdoors
The Lake District is a paradise for outdoor enthusiasts. With amazing walks, lakes, scenery, and mountain passes, people come from all over for outdoor activities. Activities like climbing, water sports, and mountain biking.
Hostelling is the ideal way of taking in the stunning landscape of the Lake District National Park. The Lake District is home to Windermere, England’s largest lake, and Scarfell Pike, one of the peaks used in the Three Peaks Challenge. Other famous peaks include Blencathra, Catbells, Coniston Old Man, and Skiddaw. Poets, authors, walkers, and watersports lovers alike have all fallen for the charms of the lakes and tarns in the area. Coniston, Derwentwater, Ullswater Grasmere, and many others look forward to you falling in love with them.
World Famous Towns & Attractions
The small towns and villages of Kendal, Keswick, Ambleside, and Bowness on Windemere, are centres of tourism with many family-friendly attractions. Such as Cumberland Pencil Museum, the World of Beatrix Potter, Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway, and Carlisle Castle.
Soaked in Culture & Steeped in History
For the literary-minded, the National Trust manages Hill Top, home of Beatrix Potter, and Wordsworth’s Childhood home at Cockermouth. Meanwhile, the Wordsworth Trust runs his home at Dove Cottage in Grasmere, near Ambleside. Admirers of John Ruskin can visit his home at Brantwood on Coniston, and lovers of Lake District artists can find their work showcased in galleries across the region.
For those who like a gentle view, the river Eden sweeps through the Eden Valley to the east of Penrith. It is home to otters which can be regularly seen in the area. The Eden valley is also the home of Andy Goldsworthy’s art installations “Sheep-Folds” which can be found across the area including near the villages of Melmerby, Brough, and Tebay. Contrast this with the high fells of Shap, known to most only from the route of the M6, as it climbs over Cumbria past Carlisle towards the border.