With A Hot Tub

Hotel in Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria

Lakes Hotel & Spa

Private tub Only your group uses it
  • Private hot tubOn your own terrace
  • 9.1 Superb4,878 reviews on Booking.com
  • Check-in 15:00Check-out 11:00
  • No pets
Leaving Bowness Pier
Leaving Bowness Pier. Photo: Chris Morgan, CC BY-SA 2.0, Geograph
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The Lakes Hotel & Spa in Bowness, where about half the rooms have a hot tub on their own balcony and the spa has more.

Highlights

  • Hot tub on a private balcony or terrace with the Double Room with Hot Tub, for your group only
  • Hot tubs on private balconies in half the rooms
  • Spa with poolside bar, sauna and plunge pool
  • Two minutes’ walk to Bowness and the boats
  • Rated 9.1 from almost 5,000 reviews

Formerly the Burnside, the Lakes Hotel & Spa looks over Windermere from just above Bowness. You can leave the car: the village, the lake steamers and the walks all start at the gate, and the hotel will fetch you from Windermere station.

Book a Double Room with Hot Tub for a tub on your own balcony. The spa adds hot tubs, a sauna, a plunge pool and poolside seating with a bar, and the hotel hires bikes and runs wakesurfing and paddleboarding. Over-18s only.

What guests say

9.1Superb

Out of 10, from 4,878 reviews on Booking.com. Highest marks for location (9.7) and cleanliness (9.4).

  • Cleanliness9.4
  • Comfort9.4
  • Facilities9.3
  • Location9.7
  • Value for money8.6
  • Staff9.4

Read the reviews on Booking.com

The hot tub

Type
Hot tub
Where
On a private balcony or terrace
Who uses it
Only your party
Book
Double Room with Hot Tub

Also here: hot tub in the spa or leisure centre (shared).

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Rooms

  • Double Room with Hot TubHot tub

Room types seen on Booking.com listing on 4 November 2026. Rooms sold out that day may not be shown.

Questions about Lakes Hotel & Spa

Is the hot tub at Lakes Hotel & Spa private?

Yes. The hot tub is on a private balcony or terrace and only your party uses it, as long as you book the Double Room with Hot Tub.

Which room has the hot tub?

Book the Double Room with Hot Tub.

Can I bring my dog to Lakes Hotel & Spa?

No pets. Check the current policy when you book.

What time is check-in at Lakes Hotel & Spa?

Check-in is from 15:00 and check-out is by 11:00.

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Around Bowness-on-Windermere

Bowness Bay on Windermere
Bowness Bay on Windermere. Photo: Jonathan Hutchins, CC BY-SA 2.0, Geograph

Windermere, Bowness and the south lakes: The busiest and best-connected corner, with England’s longest lake, the steamers and boat hire at Bowness, and gentler countryside running south to the bay at Grange. Most of the county’s hot tub hotels and apartments are here.

  • Windermere Lake CruisesSteamers and launches link Lakeside, Bowness and Ambleside, with a car ferry across the middle of the lake.
  • Scafell Pike and WasdaleEngland’s highest mountain rises above Wastwater, its deepest lake. A serious walk: check the weather and go prepared.
  • Hill TopBeatrix Potter’s farmhouse in Near Sawrey, kept by the National Trust as she left it. Timed tickets in busy months.
  • Ullswater SteamersBoats along Ullswater between Glenridding, Howtown and Pooley Bridge, with lakeside walks between the piers.

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When to go

Summer weekends and school holidays fill Windermere, Bowness and Ambleside, and roads over the passes get busy. Spring and autumn are the walkers’ seasons, with bracken turning gold in October. Winter brings snow on the tops and quiet villages, and a hot tub with a fell view is at its best on a cold, clear evening.

Getting there

The M6 runs down the eastern side of the county, with junctions for Penrith, Kendal and the A591 to Windermere. Trains on the West Coast Main Line stop at Oxenholme and Penrith, with a branch to Windermere, and the Cumbrian Coast line serves the west. Manchester Airport is about two hours away by road.

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