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Discover Coniston by Bike Road cyclists and mountain bikers are spoilt for choice here in the Lake District. There are quiet country lanes, permitted cycle ways and heaps of bridleways offering some fantastic views and the Coniston Valley is no exception! The valley is the perfect place for a break away on two wheels, no matter what your ability, there are gentle family rides, serious off-road routes and scenic lake side road rides all waiting to be discovered…. Head out from Coniston by mountain bike and discover Little Langdale and its dramatic landscape. Head out on this mostly off-road, 9.3…

Make the summer holidays a true ‘Famous Five’ adventure Building dens in the woods, running through secret gardens, sailing on a mission for treasure and picnics with ham rolls and lemonade. Sound like a quintessential Enid Blyton scene? Yes, but it can also be the picture of your family get-away this summer. The beautiful Lake District is famous for its stunning landscape. Fells, lakes, woodland, fields and rivers a plenty, it is the perfect playground to let kids be kids and create the childhood summer quests they will remember for years…. And the eight-bedded Gate House – a magnificent Georgian…

A New Look For 2017 Firstly welcome to our new and improved website, we hope you like our new look! Back in the glorious spring months of 2016 we decided that our ‘then’ current website whilst perfectly functional was being left behind in the world of all things ‘tech’… As a long standing Lake District holiday lettings agency, our very first website was built way back in 1997 (a time when Tony Blair was Prime Minister, a cloned sheep named Dolly made the news and J.K Rowling released the very first Harry Potter book!). At this time we were one…