Your Cumbrian Home from Home
The weather at Leesrigg Cottage has been glorious today. It’s been perfect for relaxing in the Summerhouse, and the garden is about to burst into colour. Our holiday cottage is ideally situated between the English Lake District and Cumbrian Coast. We have only a couple of weeks left between now and the end of summer, so it’s your last chance to book that perfect summer getaway.
Whilst the December weather isn’t exactly ideal, we’ve been busy building the summerhouse at Leesrigg Cottage Holiday Cottage. With the structure up within two days, the interior fit-out is now in hand ready for our guests to enjoy in the spring. Situated at the end of the garden, and with a South facing aspect, the summerhouse will be a perfect place to relax, and enjoy the garden.
We are now able to offer our guests exclusive use of a Pod point 7kW Electric Vehicle (EV) charger at Leesrigg Cottage. Featuring a ‘type 2’ socket, compatible with most cars, EV charging will be readily available to our guests, providing a charge rate of up to 30 miles of range per hour. Please book now to secure your stay in one of the few holiday cottages in the Wigton, Aspatria and Lake District area to offer EV charging.
*A surcharge of of £60 per week is payable on arrival, reduced to £40 for a short break of 4 nights or less.
We’re installing a Pod point 7kW Electric Vehicle (EV) charger at Leesrigg Cottage. Featuring a ‘type 2’ socket, compatible with most cars, EV charging will be readily available to our guests, providing a charge rate of up to 30 miles of range per hour. EV Charging will be available from Autumn 2021, our availability is already limited, so book now to secure your stay in one of the few holiday cottages in the Wigton, Aspatria and Lake District area to offer EV charging.
Four your convenience, we are now accepting deposit and balance payments using credit or debit cards, in addition to bank transfers. Card payments are processed by a secure link, so we never see your card details.
Today’s government announcement of the 4-step roadmap to take England and Wales out of lockdown gives us a glimmer of optimism that things are now finally on their way back to normal. We are sure that many of you will want to book a well earned break, and can confirm that we are now taking bookings for stays from 12 April onwards. During the previous easing of the lockdown which took place in July last year, our remaining availability was taken within a few days, so please book early! As always, for our very best prices, please contact us by phone or message. We will also temporarily hold bookings made by telephone for 24 hours pending deposit payment.
Nice to see a Red Squirrel feasting in the Damson Tree this morning. We’ve had few few fleeting glimpses recently, but never for long enough to get a photograph of these elusive, and endangered animals.
If you have around three hours to spare, a walk around Ennerdale Water of around 7.5 miles is highly recommended. You can take a course which follows the shoreline, or be a little more ambitious, and take to higher ground such heading over as Anglers Crag. Either way, the views are glorious. Don’t forget to take a short detour to Smithy Beck Falls either! Ennerdale Lake is a 40minute drive from Leesrigg Cottage. Car Parks are available at Bleach Green and Bowness Knott. For more details, head over to the National Trust’s Website.
A glorious 5:30am walk this morning saw mist lying in the low ground, and the distant hills of Binsey, Skiddaw and Blencathra apparently ‘floating’. Just one of the moments to enjoy during a stay at Leesrigg Cottage.
Leesrigg Cottage is proud to have met the requirements of the We’re Good to Go Industry Standard mark through following government and industry COVID-19 guidelines, having a Risk Assessment in place, and a process to maintain cleanliness and to aid social distancing. For more details, please see our COVID-19 page.