The Coast to Coast October 2019

The Grange Hotel enjoys an unrivalled position in Grange-Over-Sands, in the Lake District National Park, with breathtaking panoramic bay views, and only five miles from Lake Windermere. Built in 1866, in a graceful neo-Italianate style, the hotel is surrounded by terraced gardens and mature woodlands. The hotel has 53 well-appointed en suite bedrooms, a sun terrace, bar and restaurant serving fine Cumbrian specialties. The Hotel also features a spa and fitness center along with a laundry service. Wifi is available throughout the hotel and is free to guests.

Lindeth Howe is an elegant Victorian building, once owned by Beatrix Potter and where she illustrated some of her famous childrens books. Built in 1879 as a holiday home for a wealthy mill-owner, the house, which commands stunning views over Lake Windermere, is now transformed into a comfortable and luxurious hotel with a pool and leisure and fitness center. All the 34 bedrooms are ensuite, with bathtub, shower, tea and coffee making facilities, free WiFi, hairdryer, and digital flat-screen TV/radio. The award-winning Lindeth Howe Dining Room prides itself on its fine dining in menus overseen by Head Chef Rob Taylor, using the best locally sourced produce prepared with the season in mind. The dress code is smart.

An exclusive luxury castle hotel, Swinton Park is the ancestral home of the Cunliffe-Lister family and is set in 200 acres of parkland, lakes and gardens. The bedrooms are individually designed and decorated on the theme of a Yorkshire town, dale, castle, abbey or garden. All ensuite rooms are equipped with telephones, a modem point, CD player, satellite TV, trouser press, drinks tray and coffee/tea facilities. Wireless internet access is available in the reception and lounge areas. The courtyard houses a spa and fitness area in the conservatory with a variety of health and beauty treatments available. There is also the bar (in the family museum), a private cinema and a snooker and Victorian games room. Spa: Opening times for Sauna & Jacuzzi are from 7am-9pm daily with Beauty treatments available until 5pm. All treatments must be pre-booked at least 24 hours in advance - Tel: +44 (0)1765 680900. To fit in with the walking itinerary, please arrange your massage no earlier than 4pm on the day you arrive at Swinton Park. Your Walk Manager can assist you with booking treatments.

Set back on the clifftops at Sandsend, 19th-century Raithwaite Hall was once a local shipping magnate's country residence. Now it is a luxurious hotel surrounded by landscaped grounds on the 80-acre Raithwaite estate. All the ensuite guestrooms are individually designed, some with a balcony or terrace overlooking the gardens. Each room has TV, hairdryer, bathrobes, telephone, tea and coffee-making facilities and WiFi. Local, seasonal produce is used in the restaurant, specialising in Whitbys famous produce from both the sea and the land. Spa and fitness facilities include a swimming pool, steam room and whirlpool.