Holborn House
🏖️ 0.84 miles from Windermere, Rayrigg Meadow (Excellent water quality)
Bowness-on-Windermere, North West England
Sleeps 4
£627 per break
Check availabilityBirmingham to Cumbria
How to get from Birmingham to Cumbria by road and by rail — with the stops worth knowing about — and what's waiting when you arrive.
🚗 By car
2h 44m · 159 miles
Typical driving time without stops, from the centre of Birmingham to the heart of Cumbria. Add time for traffic and breaks.
Service stations on the way
- mile 18 Moto Hilton Park Services Moto towing-friendly
- mile 18 Moto Hilton Park Services Moto towing-friendly
- mile 21 The Trucker's Rest
- mile 36 Moto Stafford North Services Moto towing-friendly
- mile 36 RoadChef Stafford South Services RoadChef towing-friendly
- mile 39 EG Stone Services
- mile 43 Swift Services
- mile 47 Keele Services Welcome Break towing-friendly
🚆 By train
Nearest station to the centre of Cumbria: Windermere · from Birmingham New Street
No direct or one-change trains in the next two hours — the live planner shows other options.
Live train planner →Where to stay in Cumbria
Garden Flat - 7 Badgers Rake
Ambleside, North West England
Sleeps 2
£601 per break
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Glenmore Lodge
🏖️ 1.11 miles from Derwent Water at Crow Park (Poor water quality)
Keswick, North West England
Sleeps 6
£403 per break
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Windermere Lodge
🏖️ 2.84 miles from Windermere, Millerground Landing (Excellent water quality)
Windermere and Troutbeck Bridge, North West England
Sleeps 6
£601 per break
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