FURTHER INFORMATION

On the road

Ambleside 5.2 miles

Coniston 5.7 miles

Hawkshead 6.4 miles

Grasmere 9.3 miles

Windermere 9.3 miles

Oxenholme Station (West Coast line) 21.2 miles

M6 J36 24.8 miles

Kendal 17.9 miles

Manchester 92.4 miles

Manchester airport 99.2 miles

Liverpool airport 104.7 miles

The above journey distances are for approximate guidance only and have been sourced from the fastest route on the AA website from the property postcode. website from the property postcode.

Broadband

Rail Journeys

Based on approximate direct train journey times from Oxenholme train station on the main West Coast line. Train service durations vary, please check nationalrail.co.uk for further details. There is also a station at Windermere on a branch line.

Services

Mains electricity. Private water supply to the house from a Spring. The holding tank is located just behind rear boundary wall. A UV filter is installed in the garage. Oil central heating. Drainage to a septic tank in the front garden, shared with the house next door. Our vendor understands that the system is compliant.

Directions

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Use Sat Nav LA22 9PD with reference to the directions below:

Please note

Local Authority

From Ambleside, take the A593 and head towards Clappersagte and then follow signs for Coniston. Travel through Skelwith Bridge and turn right signposted “Wrynose, Elterwater, The Langdales”. Conitnue and pass the Three Shires Inn on the right, you’ll pass a couple of houses directly on the side of the lane and then it’s the second turning on the right, you can see The Bield from the lane, the distinctive pink walls instantly recognizable.

Things to do in the area

Local leisure activities

Walk, hike, climb and cycle. Wild swimming, paddle boarding, canoeing on water with boating permitted on Coniston, Bassentwaite, Windermere and Ullswater.

Places to eat

A food lovers paradise, we were spoilt for choice and you will no doubt have your own favourites, but here is a selection

Informal dining, cafes and pubs

The Three Shires Inn (Little Langdale),The Old Dungeon Ghyll (Great Langdale) The Brittania Inn, (Elterwater) The Eltermere Inn (Elterwater), Lanty Slee( Elterwater) Chesters by the River.

Fine dining restaurants

The Old Stamp House (Ambleside) The Samling and the Gilpin Hotel (Windermere), Forest Side Hotel (Grasmere)

Great walks nearby

Where do we start?

The Lake District is a network of footpaths and routes, both low level around the lakes and tarns and then rising up to the very highest peaks.

If you like a challenge then there are 214 Wainwright fells to conquer as described in Alfred Wainwright’s seven-volume Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells. They all lie within the boundary of the National Park and all but one (Castle Crag) are over 1,000 feet (304.8 m) in height.

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Schools

Primary

Great Langdale CoE Primary School

Ambleside CoE Primary School

Hawkshead Esthwaite Primary School

Coniston CoE Primary School

Secondary

The Lakes School, Troutbeck Bridge (11 – 18 years) John Ruskin School, Coniston (11 – 16 years)

Additionally, Windermere School is a co-educational private school (3 – 18 years) for boarding, weekly boarding and day pupils

Included in the sale

Josefina’s sculptures and Delmar’s painting as described. The two carved oak court cupboards. Fitted carpets, curtains, curtain poles, blinds, light fittings and integral kitchen appliances.

Guide price £2,000,000

Council Tax band F

Tenure - Freehold