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Elterwater Hostel
… a great base for exploring Lakeland…
Elterwater Hostel, is in the Lake District’s Langdale Valley. The village of Elterwater is lovely. Peaceful and far enough away from bustling Ambleside and Grasmere to miss the worst of the ‘madding crowd’. You can still access the Wordsworth and Beatrix Potter attractions there, but I imagine that you, like me, will be turning your eyes to The Langdales. Those iconic Lakeland peaks ragged and jagged, home to hidden tarns and far reaching vistas. Visit their website and you’ll see its replete with pictures tempting you into those mountains.
The hostel itself is in a converted stone farmhouse with all the Lakeland character you’d expect. Comfortable communal areas and clean, cosy bunkrooms are all as you’d expect. Imagine tumbling in, muddy and happily tired from your adventures – knowing your hot meal is being prepared and soft sofa is just there. Your Independent Hostel team, Alice and Sam stayed there for the Keswick Mountain festival in 2017 and believe me, they could not speak highly enough of the hospitality they received!
Elterwater Hostel – a great base for exploring Lakeland.
Children’s Book Festival in the English Lakes
4th and 5th of March in the English Lakes
Elterwater Hostel makes a great base for a family who want to join the National Trust’s special, fun event at the fairy-tale Wray Castle. Meet the authors, hear their new stories, and get your books signed, before heading back for an evening of burying yourselves in good books in the hostel’s comfy living room. With beds from £19pp and family rooms available for all sorts of family sizes. Book your room and tickets now.
Swallows and Amazons forever!
Have your own Lake District adventures this autumn.
If the new film of Arthur Ransom’s Lakeland tales makes you want to explore the lakes, visit the islands, and drink the ‘grog’; book a room at Elterwater hostel and have your own adventures and fun spotting where the Swallows and Amazons had theirs.The film released on the 19th of August is filmed where Ransom himself based his novels here in the Lakes around Coniston and Windermere. We also stock ‘grog’ suitable for all age groups.