Mid-week Winter Offers at Gilpin Hotel - 1st November to 31st March 90 Days +: 30% Discount on Bed & Breakfast Rate From £161.00 Per Room, Per Night* 60 Days +: 20% Discount on Bed & Breakfast Rate From £184.00 Per Room, Per Night* 30 Days +: 10% Discount on Bed & Breakfast Rate From £207.00 Per Room, Per Night *Based on a minimum 3 night stay. Winter APR Rates are subject to change. Terms & Conditions apply.
“A luxurious and relaxing modern country-house hotel with a choice of traditional or cutting-edge rooms, many with hot-tubs. Michelin-starred dining, woodland spa plus flawless service. Set in 40 acres of stunning surroundings with a picturesque lake and lots of activities to offer nearby.”
“A luxurious and relaxing modern country-house hotel with a choice of traditional or cutting-edge rooms, many with hot-tubs. Michelin-starred dining, woodland spa plus flawless service. Set in 40 acres of stunning surroundings with a picturesque lake and lots of activities to offer nearby.”
Hotel Review
One of the first of the Lake District’s luxury country-house hotels, Gilpin Hotel & Lake House has expanded to offer something for everyone, whether you want more traditional style or more cutting-edge; sociability or privacy. Provided, of course, that your wallet is well-padded. Set in 21 acres, the main Edwardian building is lavish country-house: all big sofas, piles of books and elegant flowers. Bedrooms here are generous in size with bold-patterned wallpapers, thick curtains, heaped cushions and daring pops of colour. Scattered around the grounds are larger and more contemporary rooms: Scandi-style garden suites or cool glass-and-wood spa lodges. The former have private hot tubs, the latter additionally have private spa facilities. A mile away, wrapped in 100 acres, is the six-bedroom Lake House, a mini country-house with pool, hot tubs and saunas, and its own staff and chauffeur. All rooms have fastidious levels of comfort from books and home-made biscuits to house plants and bespoke bathroom amenities. There’s a choice of dining - either Michelin-starred or more buzzy tapas-style – both with pan-Asian influenced menus, and serious wine lists. Many guests don’t stray from their rooms, except to dine, but if they do, there are gardens and water features, tame llamas and alpacas, a tiny spa, plus – for Lake House guests – rowing boats and woodland walks.
Their new restaurant at Gilpin Lake House opened at the beginning of November 2022 with their brand new Head Chef – Tom ‘Westy’ Westerland. Westy’s philosophy revolves around food being fun, and there is always a bit of a story behind it. Westy has created a menu that is fun, entertaining, and nostalgic and taps into a sense of playfulness to create memorable, talk-worthy dishes.
Gilpin Hotel & Lake House joins The Savoy London as one of only two properties in the UK to have three restaurants featured in the Michelin Guide: The Source was awarded a coveted Michelin star following Ollie Bridgwater's arrival in early 2023. The Knipe Grill at Gilpin Lake House was added to the Michelin Guide as part of The Michelin Inspectors’ Favourite New Restaurants in June 2023, joining Aakahs Ohol at Spice, Michelin listed since 2018.
Written by Helen Pickles
Recommended For
- Foodies
- Chef Hrishikesh Desai knocks it out of the park everytime, he crafts exciting menus using locally sourced wonderful ingrediants.
- Romantic Break
- Six of the incredible suites come with their own private gardens and cedarwood hot tubs, ideal for a romantic getaway!
- Country Escape
- 20-acre gardens filled with magnolia, cherry blossoms and copper beech, not to mention the stunnig private lake.
- Fishing
- Fishing can be organised on site, either on the private lake or a day trip to somewhere nearby.
- Riding
- Explore the lovely grounds on horseback, no better way to view this stunning countryside!
- Hotel Entertainment
- Curl up on a leather sofa by the roaring fires and enjoy a good book and a glass of wine.
- Mountain biking
- There are great mountain bike routes nearby, rent a bike and head out to explore.
- Other Activities
- Make the most of the on site spa, with pampering treatments and sauna sessions.
- Sights nearby
- Blackwell Arts & Crafts House, Beatrix Potter’s house Hill Top
- Sailing
- Head over to nearby Lake Windemere for some top notch sailing.
- Private Hot Tub
- Six garden suites in the main house have private verandahs with their own hot tubs
- Spa
- Lake House guests only, otherwise access to local spa
- Restrictions on children
- No children under 7
- Exclusive use
- The Lake House
- Rooms with balcony/terrace
- Luxury
- Country House
- Good wine list
- Gourmet
- Romantic
- Contemporary
- Wellbeing
- Disabled access
- Chic
- Restaurant
- Hills & mountains
Facilities
- Private Hot Tub
- Six garden suites in the main house have private verandahs with their own hot tubs
- Hot Tub
- Lake house rooms share a cedar wood tub and a Japanese Ofura tub
- Spa
- Lake House guests only, otherwise access to local spa
- Private villas
- The Lake House, with six suites
- Swimming Pool
- Indoor Pool in Spa Area
- Restrictions on children
- No children under 7
- Airport transfer
- Surcharge applies
- Parking
- Free parking
- No pets
- Bicycle hire
- Massage
- Not suitable for disabled guests
- Outdoor dining
- Good wine list
- In room DVD
- Rooms with balcony/terrace
- Suites
- Restaurant
- Garden
- Sitting Room
- Room service
- Disabled access
- Fireplace
- Satellite / Cable TV
- Bar
Activities
- Fishing
- Fishing can be organised on site, either on the private lake or a day trip to somewhere nearby.
- Riding
- Explore the lovely grounds on horseback, no better way to view this stunning countryside!
- Hotel Entertainment
- Curl up on a leather sofa by the roaring fires and enjoy a good book and a glass of wine.
- Mountain biking
- There are great mountain bike routes nearby, rent a bike and head out to explore.
- Other Activities
- Make the most of the on site spa, with pampering treatments and sauna sessions.
- Sights nearby
- Blackwell Arts & Crafts House, Beatrix Potter’s house Hill Top
- Sailing
- Head over to nearby Lake Windemere for some top notch sailing.
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Ultimate 100 British Hotels
"The Cunliffe family eat, sleep and breathe the Gilpin Hotel and Lake House..."
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Sunday Times Ultimate 100 British Hotels 2014
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Gilpin Hotel & Lake House
"Gilpin Hotel is a stylish gateway to the Lakes with a well-deserved reputation for being beautifully run."
Originally published by The Telegraph (view article)
Gilpin Lodge Country House Hotel
"Gilpin Lodge, at the southern end of the Lake District, is a well-established hotel, run by the Cunliffe family for 25 years. I would say, if it were a person, that it's comfortable in its own skin."
Originally published by The Independent (view article)
