Glaramara Hotel

The Lake District


If your budget won't stretch to one of Borrowdale's plush country hotels, this great-value, activity-focused place makes a good alternative. The decor is corporate (pine-effect furniture, no-frills furnishings), but the location can't be faulted: on the doorstep of Honister Pass, surrounded by fells and greenery. The hotel has its own outdoor activities centre for ghyll scrambling, rock climbing, mine exploring and more.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby The Lake District attractions

1. Honister Slate Mine

1.44 MILES

This old slate mine has been reinvented as a centre for all kinds of activities: you could venture underground into the bowels of the old 'Edge' and …

2. Bowder Stone

1.85 MILES

A mile south from Grange, a turn-off leads up to the geological curiosity known as the Bowder Stone, a 1700-tonne lump of rock left behind by a retreating…

3. Watendlath Tarn

2.24 MILES

This National Trust–owned tarn is reached via a turn-off on the B5285 south of Keswick. On the way the road passes over one of the Lake District's most…

4. Lodore Falls

3.3 MILES

At the southern end of Derwentwater, this famous waterfall featured in a poem by Robert Southey, but it's only worth visiting after a good spell of rain…

5. St Olaf's Church

4.85 MILES

Supposedly one of the tiniest chapels in England, this 16th-century church is full of atmosphere. Legend claims the roof beams were salvaged from a Viking…

6. Keswick Museum

6.29 MILES

Keswick's quirky town museum explores the area's history, from ancient archaeology through to the arrival of industry in the Lakes. It's a diverse…

7. Derwent Pencil Museum

6.33 MILES

Reopened after being badly damaged in the 2015 floods, Keswick's oddest museum is devoted to the charms of the humble pencil – with exhibits including a…

8. Wastwater

6.35 MILES

In his 1810 Guide to the Lakes, William Wordsworth described Wastwater as 'long, narrow, stern and desolate', and it's a description that still seems apt…