Borrowdale from Castle Crag

Borrowdale is a valley and civic parish in the Lake District National Park in Cumbria. The valley caters to lowland visitors and hill-walkers with hotels, guesthouses, holiday cottages, bed and breakfasts, youth hostels and campsites.

Understand

It includes the settlements of Grange, Rosthwaite, Seathwaite, Seatoller, Stonethwaite and Watendlath.

The valley rises in the central Lake District, and runs north carrying the River Derwent into the lake of Derwentwater.

Get in

By car

Down the B5286 from Keswick along the east bank of Derwent Water. Over the Honster Pass from Buttermere.

Get around

See and do

1 Galleny Force, CA12 5UW. Waterfall in Stonethwaite Beck (updated Feb 2023)

Climb the ladder onto the 1 Bowder Stone, 9.1 m (30 ft) high. (updated Mar 2023)

2 Great Gable, 899 m (2,949 ft). (updated Mar 2023)

3 Honister Slate Mine, Honister Pass, CA12 5XN, ☏ +44 17687 77230. a working slate mine and adventure centre (updated Mar 2023)

Drink

1 The Flock-Inn Tearoom, Yew Tree Farm, Howe Ln, Rosthwaite, CA12 5XB, ☏ +44 1768 777675, info@borrowdaleyewtreefarm.co.uk. 10AM-5PM (closed W). (updated Feb 2023)

Sleep

Hazel House

1 Hazel Bank, Borrowdale CA12 5XB, ☏ +44 1768 777248. This Victorian country house hotel earns rave reviews for style, service and cuisine. Open Feb-Nov, no children under 16 or dogs. B&B double £150. (updated Jul 2020)

2 Royal Oak, Borrowdale CA12 5XB (on B5289 below Hazel Bank), ☏ +44 1768 777214. Dog-friendly pub in 18th-century farmhouse with comfy rooms and a good restaurant. "Royal Oak" is a common pub name, don't confuse it with the one in Keswick town. B&B double £150. (updated Aug 2020)

3 Seatoller House, Seatoller, CA12 5XN, ☏ +44 1768 777218. Check-in: 14:00, check-out: 10:00. (updated Mar 2023)

Lodging

4 YHA Borrowdale, Longthwaite, CA12 5XE, ☏ +44 3453 719 624, borrowdale@yha.org.uk. Check-in: 15:00, check-out: 10:00. (updated Feb 2023)

Go next

Routes through Borrowdale

Keswick ← Grange ←

N  W

→ Buttermere → Cockermouth