High Strawberry Gardens

A simple lakeside retreat for an uplugged holiday, with a jetty to launch your canoe or kayak in Windermere.

Guests

4

Bedrooms

2

Number of dogs welcome

2

Reference

009023

Acorn rating

2What's this

Draw back the curtains to an idyllic lake scene where sailing boats bob along the waters and towering mountains provide the backdrop. High Strawberry Gardens sits within metres of the west shore of Windermere, complete with a jetty where you can watch the scenery unfold. Once a market garden, where tourists would row across the lake for its main crop, strawberries, it's now a lakeside holiday cottage full of original features from the slate floors, exposed beams to the old range in the lounge. There's light, heat and in the ktichen, an under-counter fridge and gas oven, but no electicity sockets. It's a place for a simple, quiet holiday, away from screens and devices. 

Bring your own kayak or canoe and launch it from the jetty in the garden. You could also loop onto the lakeshore path and head north to Wray Castle or amble along to the Claife Viewing Station with its spectacular viewpoint and charming little café.

For restaurants and retail therapy Bowness is just a short ferry ride across the lake and Ambleside, situated at the top of Lake Windermere, is a twenty minute drive. The town is surrounded by countryside, with fells, woodland, and the quirky little Bridge House and a Roman fort all to be discovered.

High Strawberry Gardens is joined to Low Strawberry Gardens which sleeps four, and they can be booked together. They share the jetty and a grassy garden area.

• Cot & high chair, available
• Fridge, available
• Dishwasher, not available
• Tumble dryer, not available
• Television, not available
• WiFi, not available
• Garden, available
• Microwave, not available
• Freezer, not available
• Washing machine, not available
• Telephone, not available
• DVD, not available
• Open fire / wood burner, available
• BBQ, not available

Parking adjacent to cottage. Unenclosed garden on lake shore. Accessibility questions? Email holiday.enquiries@nationaltrust.org.uk or call us on 0344 800 2070.

Read our accessibility guide 

Ground floor layout

Kitchen/dining room, sitting room with wood burning/multi-fuel stove and shower room with lavatory.

First floor layout

Two bedrooms (1 double with 5' bed and 1 twin bedroom). A door leads out from the double bedroom onto the balcony.

Heating: Gas central heating included.

Parking: Available adjacent to the cottages. 

Garden: There is a grassed area at the back of the cottage. 

Utilities/ Electricals: There are no electric sockets in this cottage. Please do not use the socket for the fridge due to shortage of electric supply.

The water for this cottage is from a private supply and may be in short supply at certain times of year. There is a caravan site which stands behind High and Low Strawberry Garden

Television/ Signal: There is no television, radio/CD or microwave available at this cottage.