Hazel Bank
Local couple Gary and Donna MacRae ‘revel’ in making their Borrowdale valley hotel ‘welcoming, relaxed – so enjoyable’. More
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Hotel information
Bedrooms
7. 1 on ground floor.
Open
all year except 12 Dec–27 Jan.
Facilities
lounge, dining room, drying room, free Wi-Fi, in-room TV (Freeview), 4-acre grounds (croquet, woodland walks).
Background music
Classic FM at breakfast.
Children
not under 15.
Dogs
not allowed.
Smoking
not allowed
Credit cards
MasterCard, Visa.
Prices
[2017] per person B&B £75–£82, D,B&B £107–£117. Set dinner £34. 1-night bookings sometimes refused.
Good Hotel Guide Review
Local couple Gary and Donna MacRae ‘revel’ in making their Borrowdale valley hotel ‘welcoming, relaxed – so enjoyable’. ‘It is in a magical setting, with lawns rolling down to a small river, and hills looming up into the mist. We approached the charming Victorian country house over a sweet little stone bridge, across a gurgling stream. When we arrived, we were given tea and ginger cake in the sitting room.’ ‘Well-equipped, comfortable’ bedrooms, each with ‘wonderful views’, are supplied with fresh flowers, bottled water, truffles on the tea tray. The bathrooms have been refurbished this year. Graze on canapés in the log fire-warmed sitting room (‘guests are encouraged to mingle’) before sitting down to an ‘excellent’ candlelit four-course dinner, perhaps including Cumbrian smoked trout pâté, gooseberry sauce; seared fillet of Gressingham duck breast, dauphinoise celeriac. After a ‘very good’ breakfast – perhaps while watching the red squirrels in the garden – head outside. ‘Walking the fells can be addictive’, and the hotel, with ‘truly superb’ hikes starting from the door, is well placed for those who gladly succumb.
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Special offers
Springtime Early Bird Three-night Special
Book three nights or more in February or March 2018 for £102 pppn DBB; 4 course AA rosette awarded Dinner with Canapes and Coffee along with Breakfast in this award winning Country House. Enjoy an Early Springtime break in the Beautiful Borrowdale Valley. Please quote this offer when booking. GHG readers get a free bottle of House wine when booking a break of three nights or more. Please mention the Good Hotel Guide when booking.
Guide Book Vouchers
This hotel accepts discount vouchers which entitle readers to a 25% discount off their normal B&B rate for a single night’s stay. Each printed copy of the Guide contains six vouchers worth in total about £150.
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This hotel accepts room upgrade vouchers which entitle readers to a space available room upgrade. The voucher must be presented at check-in and is entirely at the hotelier’s discretion.
Tourist attractions
Grasmere
In the village of Grasmere, you're centrally situated for taking on the craggy peaks of Scafell Pikes, Helvellyn, Skiddaw and the Langdale Pike.
Keswick
A pretty market town, with a large range of attractions
Borrowdale Valley
A steep-sided glacial valley, with some amazing walking country.
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