Near Hawkshead, Cumbria

High Strawberry Gardens

Lake Windermere, in the Lake District, Cumbria

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A simple lakeside retreat for an uplugged holiday, with a jetty to launch your canoe or kayak in Windermere.

Guests
4
Bedrooms
2
Acorn rating
2What's this?
Number of dogs welcome
2
Reference
009023
Draw back the curtains to an idyllic lake scene, where sailing boats bob along the waters and towering mountains provide the backdrop. High Strawberry Gardens sits within metres of the west shore of Windermere, complete with a jetty where you can watch the scenery unfold. Once a market garden, where tourists would row across the lake for its main crop, strawberries, it's now a comfortable lakeside holiday cottage. There's light, heat and in the ktichen, an under-counter fridge and gas oven, but no electicity sockets. It's a place for a simple, quiet holiday, away from screens and devices.

Bring your own kayak or canoe and launch from the jetty in the garden. You could also loop onto the lakeshore path and head north to Wray Castle or amble along to the Claife Viewing Station with its spectacular viewpoint and charming little café.

For restaurants and retail therapy Bowness is just a short ferry ride across the lake and Ambleside, situated at the top of Lake Windermere, is a twenty minute drive away. The town is surrounded by countryside, with fells, woodland, and the quirky little Bridge House and a Roman fort all to be discovered.

High Strawberry Gardens is joined to Low Strawberry Gardens (sleeps four) and they can be booked together. They share the jetty and a grassy garden area.

Layout

Ground floor: Kitchen-diner. Sitting room with wood burning/multi-fuel stove. Shower room with toilet.

First floor: Double bedroom with 5' bed and door onto the balcony. Twin bedroom.

Outside space

There is a grassed area at the back of the cottage, shared with Low Strawberry Gardens. The shore of Lake Windermere is to the front of the cottage, with a jetty where you can launch your unpowered watercraft.
Wi-Fi, not available
Garden, available
EV charging, not available
Fridge, available
Freezer, not available
Microwave, not available
Open fire / wood burner, available
Television, not available
DVD, not available
Washing machine, not available
Dishwasher, not available
Tumble dryer, not available
Cot & high chair, available
Please note, due to the limited supply of electricity, this cottage does not contain the usual cottage inventory. There's no television, radio/CD, microwave, toaster, hairdryer, iron or ironing board. It has an under-counter fridge without an ice box.

What's provided in a National Trust holiday cottage?
Heating: Gas central heating included.

Parking: Available adjacent to the cottages.

Utilities/ Electricals: There are no electric sockets in this cottage. Please do not use the socket for the fridge due to shortage of electric supply.

The water for this cottage is from a private supply and may be in short supply at certain times of year.

What's provided in this cottage? Please note that, due to the limited supply of electricity, this cottage does not contain the usual cottage inventory. There's no television, radio/CD, microwave, toaster, hairdryer, iron or ironing board. It has an under-counter fridge without an ice box.

Please note: There is a caravan site, which stands behind High and Low Strawberry Garden.

Use of jetty is shared with Low Strawberry Gardens.

Offers: Guests will benefit from a late Sunday checkout of 4pm at this cottage.

You'll have free entrance to National Trust places throughout your stay (parking may be payable). Cruises on the Historic Steam Yacht Gondola are not included in the free entry to National Trust places, but there is a 10% discount for National Trust members.

Groups of up to 14 can stay across four cottages along the shore of Lake Windermere. The apartments Restharrow and Tanner Brow are next to each other and the semi-detached cottages, High Strawberry Gardens and Low Strawberry Gardens, are less than one mile to the north with their own jetty on the lake.