Howtown Hotel is a hotel in

Howtown Howtown is a hamlet in Cumbria, England, situated at a small harbour on the east shore of Ullswater in the Lake District. It lies within the civil parish of Martindale. Howtown is about three and a half miles from Pooley Bridge and is best re ...

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, located near the southern shore of the

Ullswater Ullswater is the second largest lake in the English Lake District, being about long and wide, with a maximum depth a little over . It was scooped out by a glacier in the Last Ice Age. Geography It is a typical Lake District "ribbon lake", ...

lake. Although it won the César Award for Best Hotel in 1991 by

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describes the hotel as "bewitchingly backwards" with early 20th century decor. As of 2001, the hotel contained 10 double rooms, 2 single rooms and 4 self-catering cottages. It has been run by four generations of the Baldry family since it opened in 1903.

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Official site
Hotels in Cumbria Hotels established in 1903 Houses completed in 1903 1903 establishments in England Martindale, Cumbria {{UK-hotel-struct-stub