Windermere Manor Hotel
✓ Heated indoor swimming pool open daily for guests
🏖️ 0.39 miles from Windermere, Millerground Landing (Excellent water quality)
Windermere
Manchester to Cumbria
How to get from Manchester to Cumbria by road and by rail — with the stops worth knowing about — and what's waiting when you arrive.
🚗 By car
1h 34m · 85 miles
Typical driving time without stops, from the centre of Manchester to the heart of Cumbria. Add time for traffic and breaks.
Service stations on the way
- mile 0 Redbank Service Station
- mile 21 Rivington Services EuroGarages
- mile 48 Lancaster Services Moto towing-friendly
- mile 54 Toll Bar Garage
- mile 54 Bowling Green Service Station
- mile 62 Truckhaven Carnforth Truckhaven
- mile 65 Burton-in-Kendal Services Moto towing-friendly
🚆 By train
Nearest station to the centre of Cumbria: Windermere · from Manchester Piccadilly
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
High Biggin
🏖️ 1.61 miles from Windermere, Rayrigg Meadow (Excellent water quality)
Bowness-on-Windermere, North West England
Sleeps 8
£2,762 per break
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