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The Swan Hotel and Spa
Newby Bridge
📍 Newby Bridge, LA12 8NB
🚆 Nearest station: · 0.2 mi
🌊 Windermere, Fellfoot: Excellent bathing water 0.7 mi · Environment Agency
Photo: Peter Turner (CC BY-SA 2.0)
- Luxury riverside hotel at the southern tip of Lake Windermere
- Award-style spa with thermal journeys and outdoor Finnish sauna
- Three distinct dining venues including riverside restaurant and dog-friendly inn
- Dog-friendly rooms and cottages with welcome bowl and towel
- Self-catering riverside cottages with full access to hotel facilities
The Swan Hotel & Spa is a riverside hotel in Newby Bridge, set at the southern tip of Lake Windermere within the Lake District National Park. On site you'll find Holte Spa, three dining options including The River Room and the dog-friendly Swan Inn, an indoor swimming pool, Health Club, and self-catering cottages known as The Nests. Dogs are warmly welcomed throughout, with bowls and towels provided on arrival. Families are well catered for with spacious suites and interconnecting rooms. Nearby you can explore Lakes Aquarium, Lakeland Motor Museum and Stott Park Bobbin Mill, all under a mile and a half away, or head to Windermere's Fellfoot beach just 0.7 miles from the hotel, with Grange-Over-Sands station 5.8 miles away for onward travel.
How far to…
- Lakes Aquarium
- 0.8 miles
- Lakeland Motor Museum
- 1.1 miles
- Stott Park Bobbin Mill
- 1.1 miles
- Windermere, Fellfoot beach
- 0.7 miles
- Station
- 5.8 miles
Practical details
- Pets
- Dog-friendly rooms and cottages available
- Families
- Family suites and interconnecting rooms available
- Minimum stay
- Cottages require a minimum 2-night stay
Accommodation on site
- Hotel Rooms
- Loft Suites
- Family Suites
- Self-catering Cottages
Details taken from the operator's own website on 9 Oct 2026 — check current terms when you book.
Facilities
- ✓ Swimming Pool
- ✓ Gym
- ✓ Spa
- ✓ Bar
- ✓ Restaurant
- ✓ Cafe
- ✓ Playground
- ✓ Disabled Access
- ✓ Pet Friendly
- ✓ WiFi
- ✓ Parking
- 🚆 Near a Train Station
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