The Lake District is England’s most famous national park, a UNESCO-listed landscape of lakes, fells and stone villages linked with Wordsworth and Beatrix Potter. There is a huge choice of B&Bs, inns and hotels, and deals are easiest to find midweek and outside school holidays.
Finding cheap rooms in Lake District is easier when you know where to look. We compare live hotel rates across the top booking sites and point you to the neighborhoods where hotels are cheap but the location is still great.
Rooms come in more shapes than hotels — in Lake District you can also compare apartments with kitchens, vacation rentals for families, B&Bs and budget hostels in one search.
The busiest lakeside base, with lake cruises, the train station and the most accommodation.
A lively walking town at the head of Windermere, full of guesthouses and outdoor shops.
A northern market town on Derwentwater, popular with hikers.
A small village famous for Wordsworth’s Dove Cottage and gingerbread.
A gateway town just outside the park, often cheaper.
Zoom and pan the map to compare hotel prices by neighborhood; rates come live from the booking sites.
Late spring and early autumn are beautiful and less crowded. Summer and school holidays are busiest; winter is quiet with lower rates.
Kendal and B&Bs in the smaller villages usually cost less than lakeside hotels in Bowness.
Windermere and Bowness for boats and trains, Ambleside for walking, and Keswick for the northern lakes.
Yes — trains run to Windermere via Oxenholme, and buses connect the main towns.