Check what’s available in the Lake District
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- 33 Sykes lists huts, pods and yurts with a hot tub in the Lake District.View on Sykes, huts, pods and yurts with a hot tub in the Lake District
- Holidu™ lists glamping stays with hot tubs in the Lake District.View on Holidu, glamping stays with hot tubs in the Lake District
- 12 Hoseasons lists glamping stays with a private hot tub across Cumbria.View on Hoseasons, glamping stays with a private hot tub across Cumbria
- 10 holidaycottages.co.uk lists glamping stays with a hot tub in the Lake District and the rest of Cumbria.View on holidaycottages.co.uk, glamping stays with a hot tub in the Lake District and the rest of Cumbria
Where to base yourself
Windermere and the south lakes are the easy option. Ambleside, Hawkshead and the villages around them have the most places to eat, the best transport and the most visitors.
Ullswater, in the north east, is quieter and arguably prettier. Old steamers still run the length of the lake.
Keswick and Derwentwater suit walkers. The town is built around boots and maps, and the fells start at the edge of it.
The western valleys, Wasdale, Eskdale and Ennerdale, are the remote choice. Getting there means slow roads and steep passes. Scafell Pike is at the head of Wasdale, and there’s almost nothing else.
It will probably rain
The Lake District is the wettest part of England. Nobody comes for the weather. A hot tub is the one bit of holiday kit that works better in drizzle, so pack a woolly hat, get in anyway and watch the cloud come down the fellside.
When to go
School holidays are busy and the roads around Windermere and Ambleside show it. Between November and March the park is far quieter, the fells may have snow on them and the tub makes more sense than ever.
The area has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2017, which hasn’t made it any emptier.
Getting there
By car, leave the M6 at junction 36 for the south lakes or junction 40 at Penrith for Ullswater and Keswick. By train, Oxenholme and Penrith are both on the West Coast Main Line, and a branch line runs from Oxenholme to Windermere.
You can manage without a car around Windermere and Ambleside. Almost anywhere else, you’ll want one.
Good to know
Check the map as well as the name. A listing that says Lake District may sit outside the national park boundary. That’s no bad thing if it’s quieter and cheaper, as long as you know how far you’ll be driving to the lakes. Hoseasons searches the whole of Cumbria, so its list reaches well beyond the park.
Stock counts were read on 4 October 2026. The facts on this page were last checked on 3 October 2026. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.