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Claife

Bowness-on-Windermere, North West England

🚆 Nearest station: · 0.9 mi

🔌 Nearest public charging: · 0.3 mi (Open Charge Map)

🌊 Windermere, Rayrigg Meadow: Excellent bathing water 0.8 mi · Environment Agency

Claife
Claife is a cottage for four in the heart of Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria, with EV charging nearby and a train station within easy reach, making it a convenient base for exploring the Lakes.

The World of Beatrix Potter Attraction is just 0.2 miles away, with Windermere Jetty and From Auschwitz to Ambleside both a short stroll beyond that. When it's time to eat, The Village Inn is 0.4 miles off and Homeground tea rooms 0.8 miles, both with five-star hygiene ratings.

Windermere station is 0.9 miles from the cottage, and Rayrigg Meadow beach on Windermere is just 0.8 miles away, with excellent water quality perfect for a lakeside swim or paddle.

Facilities

  • 🔌 EV Charging Nearby
  • 🚆 Near a Train Station

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Where you'll be

Claife

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Everything within reach of Claife — days out, famous places and the local food worth walking to.

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Things to do

Days out and attractions, nearest first

Windermere Jetty

🏛️ Museums & Galleries · 0.4 mi

Windermere Jetty

Windermere Jetty Museum sits on the lakeshore just outside Bowness, telling over 200 years of Winder...

From Auschwitz to Ambleside

🏛️ Museums & Galleries · 0.7 mi

From Auschwitz to Ambleside

This small exhibition tells the story of 300 child Holocaust survivors who arrived in Windermere in...

Hawkshead Grammar School

🏛️ Museums & Galleries · 3.4 mi

Hawkshead Grammar School

Hawkshead Grammar School in Hawkshead, Cumbria, England was founded in 1585 by Archbishop Edwin Sand...

Go Ape Grizedale

🎢 Theme Parks · 4.8 mi

Go Ape Grizedale

Go Ape Grizedale sits in Grizedale Forest, part of the Lake District National Park near Satterthwait...

The Armitt Museum & Library

🏛️ Museums & Galleries · 5 mi

The Armitt Museum & Library

The Armitt Museum & Library is a museum, gallery, and library full of interesting and unusual object...

Brantwood

🏛️ Museums & Galleries · 5.9 mi

Brantwood

Brantwood is the historic lakeside home of John Ruskin, now a museum set across a 250-acre estate on...

Stott Park Bobbin Mill

🏛️ Museums & Galleries · 6 mi

Stott Park Bobbin Mill

19th-century bobbin mill museum; at Newby Bridge, Cumbria, England.

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Places to visit

The famous spots within a day trip

High Lickbarrow

National Trust · 0.8 mi

High Lickbarrow

Lake Windermere

Lake · 1.2 mi

Lake Windermere

Hill Top

National Trust · 2.5 mi

Hill Top

Wray Castle

Castle & Heritage · 3 mi

Wray Castle

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Eat & drink local

The local legends within walking-ish distance

Sweet Traditions

🍬 Sweet Shops & Fudge · 0.1 mi

Sweet Traditions

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The Hole in t' Wall

🍺 Pubs & Inns · 0.3 mi

The Hole in t' Wall

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The Peter Rabbit Café

🫖 Tea Rooms · 0.3 mi

The Peter Rabbit Café

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The Village Inn

🍺 Pubs & Inns · 0.4 mi

The Village Inn

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Bowness Tap Rooms

🍺 Pubs & Inns · 0.4 mi

Bowness Tap Rooms

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Windermere Jetty Cafe

🫖 Tea Rooms · 0.4 mi

Windermere Jetty Cafe

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