Crow How is situated in the the beautiful Rydal valley, in the heart of the Lake District. We are ideally placed for walking or
sightseeing with almost all areas of the Lake
District being reachable within an hours drive. There are many walks in the immediate area,
from the Fairfield Horseshoe at over 2600 ft to low level walks alongside lakes and tarns in the valley. One of our favourite walks is to
Grasmere along the 'Coffin Route' where they used to take the deceased to be buried in Grasmere. This walk and many others can be found in
your bedroom folders, from books in our two lounges and from local booksellers.
Ambleside has grown over the years to a thriving village
that has many wonderful shops, restaurants and cafes. One of the largest garden centers in the UK is 20 minutes walk away,
with the Cinema and Park less that 15 minutes. We can recommend places to eat and have information of our preferred places in you bedroom
folders. Waterhead, which is 30 minutes walk or a 5 minute drive away is the jumping off place for catching the ferries that can take you
to Bowness and Lakeside on Windermere Lake.
Beyond Grasmere lies Keswick, the gateway to the Borrowdale Valley. A more rougher scene is set out before you as this is the setting for
many of the highest mountains in the Lakes.
Continuing through Borrowdale will take you over Honister Pass and down towards Buttermere and Crummock Water.
To our east lies Ullswater, a beautiful scenic drive over Kirkstone Pass will take you down along its shores and to Aira Force, where the impressive waterfalls thunder down into the lake. To our West is Hawkshead and Coniston, where there are wonderful walks to be had amongst the forests and woods with the Coniston Old Man being a favourite mountain to many climbers.
Windermere and Kendal are south of us, with Kentmere Valley providing 
some lovely low and high level walks with a real sense of being tucked away. Around Winster and Newby Bridge can be found some great
low level walks which take you away from the crowds and into some beautiful valleys and villages that are hidden from the tourists.
This is just a very brief description of the places that surround us, and all within an hours drive (depending on traffic of course). Showing just how ideally placed we are for walks, shopping and scenic drives.