England · United Kingdom
Where to stay in Cumbria
Cumbria is a city in England, United Kingdom, home to about 500,000 people. This guide covers 2 hotels in Cumbria, with about 180 rooms between them. Every one carries a published guest score, and the list below is ordered by it.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 2
- Nearest airport
- IOM101 km · Isle of Man Airport
- Currency
- GBPpound sterling
- Time zone
- Europe/London
- Language
- Cornish, English, Irish
About
About Cumbria
Cumbria is a ceremonial county in North West England. It borders the Scottish council areas of Dumfries and Galloway and Scottish Borders to the north; the English ceremonial counties of Northumberland and County Durham to the east, North Yorkshire to the south-east, and Lancashire to the south; and the Irish Sea to the west.
This modern county was formed in local government reforms in the 1970s, and comprises the traditional counties of Cumberland (to the north and the west), Westmorland (to the east), and parts of Lancashire (to the south). Geographically, it is dominated by the Lake District at its centre, England's only true mountain range that presents a natural barrier to travel across the county. To the west of the county, the towns of Workington and Whitehaven lie on a disused coalfield, which in the last twenty years has led to relatively high unemployment and low property values.
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Where to stay
The best-rated places to stay in Cumbria
Ordered by guest score as each operator publishes it, weighted by the number of reviews so a handful of perfect scores does not outrank thousands of very good ones. Scores are shown on their own scale.
| # | Place to stay | Rooms | Guest score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Travelodge Penrith hotel | 78 | 4.2/5 1,391 reviews |
| 2 | Travelodge Cockermouth hotel | 102 | 3.9/5 770 reviews |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
Which part of Cumbria to stay in
There is a huge range of accommodation available in Cumbria. See the individual city/town articles for listings.
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Where to stay
More hotels in Cumbria
56 hotels within 25 km of the centre, as recorded in Wikidata; the 40 best known are shown, by the number of Wikipedia editions that cover them. Each name links to its encyclopedia article where there is one.
| Hotel | Opened | From centre |
|---|---|---|
| Armathwaite Hall | 20.2 km | |
| Britannia Inn | 15.5 km | |
| Dale Lodge Hotel | 15.2 km | |
| Fox Ghyll | 18.6 km | |
| Overwater Hall | 22.8 km | |
| The Travellers Rest | 14.8 km | |
| Underscar Manor | 15.4 km | |
| Black Bull Inn | 18.4 km | |
| Bower House Inn With Area Walls | 13.5 km | |
| Bridge Hotel | 4.9 km | |
| Buttermere Court Hotel | 4.9 km | |
| George Hotel | 13.3 km | |
| Glaramara | 5.8 km | |
| Glen Rothay Hotel | 18.2 km | |
| Horse and Farrier Inn and adjoining house | 18.5 km | |
| King's Arms Hotel | 13.3 km | |
| Lodore Falls Hotel | 9.8 km | |
| New Dungeon Ghyll Hotel | 11.9 km | |
| Old Dungeon Ghyll | 11.3 km | |
| Packhorse Inn Including Attached Former Stables | 13.4 km | |
| Red Lion Hotel (Old Portion Only) | 15.2 km | |
| Royal Oak Hotel | 13.4 km | |
| Stanley House | 12.1 km | |
| Swan Hotel | 15.3 km | |
| The Crown Inn | 18.4 km | |
| The Keswick Country House Hotel | 13.9 km | |
| The Little Inn at Grasmere | 15.2 km | |
| The Yewdale Inn | 18.4 km | |
| Three Shires Inn | 15.4 km | |
| 1692 Wasdale | 13.3 km | |
| Acorn House | 13.3 km | |
| Beckside Guest House Keswick | 13.7 km | |
| Borrowdale Gates Hotel | 8.0 km | |
| Central Hotel | 13.4 km | |
| Claremont House Keswick | 14.0 km | |
| County Hotel | 13.5 km | |
| Cragside B&B | 13.7 km | |
| Crow How Country Guest House | 19.1 km | |
| Eltermere Hotel | 15.7 km | |
| Greystoke House | 13.4 km |
When to go
The best time to visit Cumbria
Cumbria has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 19 °C; October is the wettest, with about 251 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Cumbria: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Isle of Man Airport (IOM), about 101 km from the city centre in a straight line; Newcastle International Airport (NCL, 117 km) and Teesside International Airport (MME, 118 km) are also within reach.
Getting in
Motorway M6 from the North and South. For the Lake District: Kendal is the main town to the South East (convenient for Windermere, Coniston etc.), Penrith is to the East, and Carlisle is to the North. For Barrow and the West coast: Take A590 from junction 36 of the M6. The motorway also provides access to the West side of the Pennines, and, from Carlisle, to Hadrian's Wall and to the North East corner of England. Cumbria is traversed North-South by the high speed West Coast Main Line. It skirts the eastern edge of the Lake district with stations at Oxenholme, Penrith and Carlisle.
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IOM · Isle of Man Airport
NCL · Newcastle International Airport
MME · Teesside International Airport
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Cumbria
Drink
Cumbria is home to 23 breweries and brew-pubs including The Bitter End Pub & Brewery in Cockermouth. Damson Gin: the Lyth Valley is famous in Cumbria for damsons. Many pubs offer a locally made 'damson gin', which is particularly popular as a pre-dinner drink around Christmas.
Stay safe
A relatively quiet and rural county. As is usual in England, it's best to be wary around the centre of larger towns (such as Barrow-in-Furness, Workington and Carlisle) on weekend nights as they're prone to binge drinking culture.
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Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Cumbria
How many places to stay in this guide offer each, in their operators' own words.
of 2 places
of 2 places
of 2 places
Questions
Cumbria: questions travellers ask
What are the best-rated hotels in Cumbria?
By published guest score: Travelodge Penrith (4.2 / 5 · 1,391 reviews · www.travelodge.co.uk (operator's own guest score)); Travelodge Cockermouth (3.9 / 5 · 770 reviews · www.travelodge.co.uk (operator's own guest score)).
When is the best time to visit Cumbria?
Cumbria has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 19 °C; October is the wettest, with about 251 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Cumbria?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Isle of Man Airport (IOM), about 101 km from the city centre in a straight line; Newcastle International Airport (NCL, 117 km) and Teesside International Airport (MME, 118 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Cumbria?
pound sterling (GBP).
Nearby
Destinations near Cumbria
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.