Directions
Traveling from the South:
Leave the M6 at junction 36. Join the A590 to Windermere
- this becomes the A591 after a few miles. Stay on this
road past Windermere and through Ambleside and past Grasmere right to our driveway.
We are just
over 1 mile north of Grasmere
village, on the main A591. We are 400 yards
north of the Traveller's Rest pub, just past a bend in the road. The
farm is on the right going north and is sign-posted on the roadside at the bottom of our
drive (both to Broadrayne
Farm and to Grasmere Hostel).
Traveling from the North:
Leave the M6 at junction 40. Travel west along the A66
to Threlkeld, turn left onto the B5322 and travel south until you reach the A591.
Turn left towards Windermere, travel past the Kings Head Hotel and
Thirlmere Lake. We are at the bottom of the long hill that brings you
down into
Grasmere valley. Turn left into our driveway immediately before the large
road sign that says double bend.
Traveling by train:
There is main line
service from London, Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow, Edinburgh to
Oxenholme (The lake District). First north Western And Virgin operate
connecting services to Windermere Station. From Windermere train station
Stagecoach buses operate The 555 service which will drop you off nearly at
our door. The 556 service goes to the village and in the summer the 599
service is an open topped service that again goes to Grasmere village.
Please check with the connecting services to ensure that services are
running to schedules. |
Grid Ref: NY 336 094
Bus and Coach Services: There is a daily Express coach
service to Grasmere from London and the South its the X570. Many other bus services
interconnect with Stagecoach services National Express Coach
services.
www.GoByCoach.com
Tel: 0870 580 8080
www.stagecoachbus.com
Tel: 01946 63222
Train Services:
www.firstnorthwestern.co.uk
www.virgin.com/trains
www.thetrainline.com/buytickets/?
National Rail
Tel: 0845 748
4950
Timetables on the internet www.railtrack.co.uk
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