Find self catering and cottages with an open fire or a wood burner in Cumbria. A self catering cottage in the Lake District and Cumbria offers you the perfect way to holiday in this beautiful area of England.

Cumbria is packed full with drammatic scenery with Lake District National park containing 16 major lakes and the country's highest mountains. Tourist favourites include Windermere, Ambleside, Bowness, Keswick, Ullswater and many more.

We have self catering accommodation suitable for a romantic short break, a family holiday or for accommodating a large group with self catering cottages and apartments in Cumbria and the Lake District.

Mr Harvisons, Ambleside

Self catering in Cumbria, North West England

Selected feature: Open fire

Dont be fooled by the rather plain exterior of this traditional mid terraced cottage, built in the 1700s as awaiting your arrival behind the front door lies a beautiful, boutique style self catering home from home, the perfect venue for your holiday ... more

The Spinney, Lamplugh

Self catering in Cumbria, North West England

Selected feature: Open fire

This beautiful Honeymoon Cottage is sure to impress even our most discerning customers. Newly built in 2004 and designed with a cottage style in mind, The Spinney is luxuriously furnished and equipped with a Four Poster bed and cosy open fire giving ... more

Highside Cottage, Embleton

Self catering in Cumbria, North West England

Selected feature: Open fire

Highside Cottage is a converted barn attached to the owners 17th Century farmhouse, situated in Embleton, halfway up Ling Fell at the end of a winding, single track private road. Enjoying 2 acres of grounds and surrounded by open countryside, the pr... more

Yan Yak, High Lorton

Self catering in Cumbria, North West England

Selected feature: Open fire

A most charming character cottage situated in the village of High Lorton and fully refurbished in 2011. It may sound like a large furry mountain animal, but Yan Yak is actually Cumbrian dialect for One Oak. It has and interesting history, originally ... more

Goodies Farmhouse, Firbank

Self catering in Cumbria, North West England

Selected feature: Open fire

Goodies Farmhouse, a glorious 16th century semi detached Elizabethan farmhouse, nestles on a beautiful wooded valley overlooking the Howgill Fells and is simply a most magnificent holiday retreat. The area is delightfully tranquil with wonderful walk... more

Mews Cottage, Bampton

Self catering in Cumbria, North West England

Selected feature: Open fire

Mews Cottage is a bungalow with character which has a truly peaceful location with lovely view. It is part of a recent development of converted farm buildings, built from Lakeland stone and with traditional Lakeland stone floors in the living areas.... more

Laundry Cottage, Caldbeck

Self catering in Cumbria, North West England

Selected feature: Open fire

This charming cottage has been architecturally designed, decorated and furnished throughout by an interior designer. It is of historic and literary interest. Hugh Walpole based his novels Herries Chronicle here. Set in extensive grounds comprising ga... more

Dodds Howe, Crosthwaite

Self catering in Cumbria, North West England

Selected feature: Open fire

Dodds Howe sits in the heart of the Lyth Valley, just a few minutes drive from Bowness. Crosthwaite and her surrounding area is an excellent location for enjoying some wonderful walking amidst blossom filled hedgerows in the summer from which the loc... more

The Granary, Renwick

Self catering in Cumbria, North West England

Selected feature: Open fire

This converted sandstone barn is full of character, with large arched doorways, beamed ceilings and feature stone walls. The Granary is situated in the tiny hamlet of Scalehouses, which consists of a farm and 2 or 3 houses, between the pretty village... more

Hideaway Cottage, Staveley

Self catering in Cumbria, North West England

Selected feature: Open fire

A super cottage in the middle of this popular Lakeland village, Hideaway is a fine example of the very best in self catering properties. The cottage ticks all the boxes in terms of character and charm, displayed in exposed beams and feature stonewor... more

River View Cottage, Bowston

Self catering in Cumbria, North West England

Selected feature: Open fire

Peacefully situated by the banks of the River Kent, overlooking the beautiful Lake District countryside. River View Cottage is detached and set in a small gathering of similar cottages, close to the award winning and prestigious Cowan Head. This trad... more

Fireside Cottage, Windermere

Self catering in Cumbria, North West England

Selected feature: Open fire

Fireside Cottage sits just a stones throw from the centre of this popular village, close to numerous bars and restaurants and some interesting galleries and shops, ideal for that small momento of your trip to Lakeland. The village is mainly on the le... more

Inglecroft - Plumbland, Aspatria

Self catering in Cumbria, North West England

Selected feature: Open fire

Inglecroft is a 6 bedroom barn conversion with most bedrooms on the ground floor and the living accommodation upstairs. Situated just outside the Lake District National Park in the delightful village of Plumbland close to the Solway Coastline. The ne... more

Bannerrigg, Windermere

Self catering in Cumbria, North West England

Selected feature: Open fire

Bannerrigg (sister property to Alice Howe and Boston House) a grade II listed property, was designed by Augustus (AWN) Pugin (1812 - 1852), arguably the greatest British architect, designer and writer of the 19th Century whose name is synonymous with... more

Carhullan, Ullswater

Self catering in Cumbria, North West England

Selected feature: Open fire

This former Cumbrian farmhouse enjoys a spectacular remote location, high up on Bampton Common among the Lake Districts eastern fells and close to Ullswater and Haweswater. Carhullan was completely modernised in 2008 by the owners, who retained the c... more