A dynamic local duo have lifted this comfortable manor house experience above that of a typical Lake District hotel, with great food and a very warm welcome to go with the spectacular views
"Naked bottom and bare soil, that is life in Borrowdale," warns Uncle Pomfret in Rogue Herries, Hugh Walpole's novel of 18th-century Cumbrian strife. Luckily, at Hazel Bank, the real-life inspiration for the fictional Herries' family home, things are much improved.
Now, not only is this an idyllic Lake District spot tiny Rosthwaite sits in the green cleft of Borrowdale valley, away from crowded hotspots such as Windermere but Hazel Bank is owned and run by experienced, hands-on duo Gary and Donna MacRae. Both locals, he is the ebullient front-of-house, she the kitchen dynamo.
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