The Croft
🏖️ 0.64 miles from Derwent Water at Crow Park (Poor water quality)
Keswick, North West England
Sleeps 6
£751 per break
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How to get from London to Cumbria by road and by rail — with the stops worth knowing about — and what's waiting when you arrive.
🚗 By car
4h 50m · 271 miles
Typical driving time without stops, from the centre of London to the heart of Cumbria. Add time for traffic and breaks.
Service stations on the way
- mile 13 London Gateway Services Welcome Break towing-friendly
- mile 37 Toddington Services (Northbound) Moto towing-friendly
- mile 37 Toddington Services (Southbound) Moto towing-friendly
- mile 46 Crawley Crossing Truck Stop
- mile 54 Newport Pagnell Services Welcome Break towing-friendly
- mile 66 Northampton Services Roadchef towing-friendly
- mile 66 Northampton Services Roadchef towing-friendly
- mile 76 Watford Gap Services Southbound Roadchef towing-friendly
🚆 By train
Nearest station to the centre of Cumbria: Windermere · from London Euston
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
Pippin Howe
Cockermouth and the North West Fells, North West England
Sleeps 6
£667 per break
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Green Ghyll
🏖️ 0.63 miles from Derwent Water at Crow Park (Poor water quality)
Keswick, North West England
Sleeps 6
£533 per break
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The Gatehouse at Beckfoot Hall
Kirkby Stephen, North West England
Sleeps 4
£543 per break
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Doddick Farm Cottages - Grajo Cottage
Threlkeld and St Johns in the Vale, North West England
Sleeps 6
£427 per break
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