Ormathwaite Farm Cottages - Mary Rook Cottage
🏖️ 1.58 miles from Derwent Water at Crow Park (Poor water quality)
Keswick, North West England
Sleeps 4
£567 per break
Check availabilityCardiff to Cumbria
How to get from Cardiff to Cumbria by road and by rail — with the stops worth knowing about — and what's waiting when you arrive.
🚗 By car
4h 33m · 258 miles
Typical driving time without stops, from the centre of Cardiff to the heart of Cumbria. Add time for traffic and breaks.
Service stations on the way
- mile 7 Welcome Break Cardiff Gate Services Welcome Break towing-friendly
- mile 32 Monmouth A40 North Services
- mile 32 Monmouth A40 South Services
- mile 40 First Symonds Yat Services First Motorway Services towing-friendly
- mile 40 Applegreen Applegreen
- mile 48 EuroGarages Ross Spur Services EuroGarages
- mile 71 RoadChef Strensham Services (Southbound) Roadchef towing-friendly
- mile 71 RoadChef Strensham Services (Northbound) Roadchef towing-friendly
🚆 By train
Nearest station to the centre of Cumbria: Windermere · from Cardiff Central
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
9 Howrah's Court
🏖️ 0.54 miles from Derwent Water at Crow Park (Poor water quality)
Keswick, North West England
Sleeps 4
£621 per break
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Alvamere
🏖️ 0.47 miles from Derwent Water at Crow Park (Poor water quality)
Keswick, North West England
Sleeps 4
£347 per break
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