Design hotels in Lake District

No. 01

6 hotels

Bronze

They did this well. You’ll notice.

Great Langdale, Lake District $$$

Brimstone Hotel & Spa

Chalet-style suites built from Cumbrian black slate, glass, and local timber.

Wellness Design Luxe Secluded

Windermere, Lake District $$$$

Gilpin Hotel & Lake House

Modern timber spa suites incorporate central light wells, circular stone baths, and living walls.

Luxe Wellness Design Secluded

Windermere, Lake District $$$

Langdale Chase Hotel.

Contemporary country-chic interiors complement historic plasterwork, botanical wallpapers, and a panoramic glass-walled dining room facing the water.

Design Heritage Local Secluded

Bowness-on-Windermere, Lake District From $400

Linthwaite House, an SLH Hotel

Eclectic country house interiors set beside outdoor bronze wildlife sculptures by Dylan Lewis.

Design Luxe Local Secluded

Lake District 2020 $$$

Rothay Manor Hotel

Dynargh Design dressed bedrooms in whimsical wallpapers, roll-top bathtubs, and modern garden suites.

Design Heritage Luxe Quiet

Windermere, Lake District From $550

The Samling Hotel

A glass-fronted dining pavilion and dove-grey suites hung with original modernist lithographs.

Luxe Design Heritage Secluded

Gold. Extremely rare. Sets the global standard.

Silver. Brilliant execution. And we’re picky.

Bronze. They did this well. You’ll notice.

Listed. A defining trait. Makes the hotel what it is.

Design. Built around a vision. Even the door handles have a designer.

Luxe. Cared for at every turn. The bath is drawn before you ask.

Local. It could only be here. You wake up knowing where you are.

Heritage. A building with a story. Once a palace, a monastery, a station.

Wellness. You leave feeling new. Rest, sweat, soak and sleep like a stone.

Classic. The city grew up with it. Same rituals, same regulars, same bar.

Resort. A world of its own. Something to do from breakfast to nightcap.