Bow Rigg
🏖️ 0.86 miles from Windermere, Rayrigg Meadow (Excellent water quality)
Bowness-on-Windermere, North West England
Sleeps 4
£423 per break
Check availabilitySouthampton to Cumbria
How to get from Southampton to Cumbria by road and by rail — with the stops worth knowing about — and what's waiting when you arrive.
🚗 By car
5h 1m · 295 miles
Typical driving time without stops, from the centre of Southampton to the heart of Cumbria. Add time for traffic and breaks.
Service stations on the way
- mile 21 RoadChef Sutton Scotney Services Southbound RoadChef towing-friendly
- mile 21 Barton Stacey Services
- mile 21 RoadChef Sutton Scotney Services Northbound RoadChef towing-friendly
- mile 34 Tot Hill Services
- mile 41 Moto Chieveley Services Moto towing-friendly
- mile 70 Peartree Services Welcome Break towing-friendly
- mile 76 Weston-on-the-Green North, Family Farm Service Station
- mile 81 Moto Cherwell Valley Services Moto towing-friendly
🚆 By train
Nearest station to the centre of Cumbria: Windermere · from Southampton 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
Bleaberry - Hewetson Court
🏖️ 0.53 miles from Derwent Water at Crow Park (Poor water quality)
Keswick, North West England
Sleeps 4
£347 per break
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