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Whitewater Hotel
Backbarrow
📍 Backbarrow, LA12 8PX
🚆 Nearest station: · 0.6 mi
🌊 Windermere, Fellfoot: Excellent bathing water 1.9 mi · Environment Agency
Photo: Peter McDermott (CC BY-SA 2.0)
- On-site Cascades Health Spa and Leisure Club with pool and gym
- Riverside restaurant and cosy Lounge Bar for dining and drinks
- Historic mill building dating back to Tudor times on the River Leven
- Just south of Lake Windermere in the Lakeland Village setting
- Conference facilities accommodating up to 80 delegates
The Whitewater Hotel is set in Lakeland Village, Backbarrow, on the banks of the River Leven, just a mile south of Lake Windermere. Housed in a former mill building with a history stretching back to Tudor times, the hotel offers a Riverside Restaurant and Lounge Bar, along with the on-site Cascades Health Spa and Leisure Club, featuring a heated indoor pool, gym, sauna, steam room and outdoor Jacuzzi. Rooms include family options with tea and coffee facilities and WiFi. You're within a short walk of the Lakeland Motor Museum, and close to Haverthwaite steam train station, with Lakes Aquarium and Windermere Lake cruises nearby. Fellfoot beach on Windermere is 1.9 miles away, rated Excellent for water quality, making this a well-placed base for exploring the southern Lake District.
How far to…
- Lakeland Motor Museum
- 3 minute walk
- Haverthwaite steam train station
- 10 minute walk
- Lakes Aquarium
- 2.1 miles
- Station
- 5.4 miles
- Beach
- 1.9 miles
Practical details
- Pets
- Assistance dogs welcome in all areas
- Families
- 12 family rooms available
Accommodation on site
- Rooms
- Family rooms
Details taken from the operator's own website on 29 Sep 2026 — check current terms when you book.
Facilities
- ✓ Swimming Pool
- ✓ Gym
- ✓ Spa
- ✓ Bar
- ✓ Restaurant
- ✓ Toilets
- ✓ Disabled Access
- ✓ Indoor Areas
- ✓ Pet Friendly
- ✓ WiFi
- 🚆 Near a Train Station
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