Booking Terms & Conditions
1. Check in between 15:00 and 23:00 - Check out by 10:00am. You are welcome to make use of the public areas of the hostel and parking until midday. 2. Children of all ages are welcome. 3. Pets are not permitted in the hostel building. 4. Smoking is permitted only at the designated smoking area on the terrace. 5. Parking for all guests is available on site and is free of charge.
A non refundable deposit equal to the cost of first night of the stay is required at the time of booking. Full booking balance is charged on the day of arrival. Payments by cash, cheque, bacs, and the following cards: Visa, Mastercard.
Rooms are usually available from 3.00pm. You can arrive earlier (from midday) and will still have access to the rest of the hostel. As a licensed premises we do not permit guests to bring or consume their own alcoholic drinks in the hostel.
If the booking is cancelled then a charge equal to the first night of the stay will be made.
In the event of a no show or booking reduction (on or after arrival date) the full cost of the booking is charged.
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Derwentwater Independent Hostel
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Looking down on the hostel
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A bedroom in the modern annexe
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Evening light on Derwent Water
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Barrow House in Spring
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Inspiring local walks
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Red squirrels can be seen in our grounds
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View of Derwentwater Independent Hostel from a kayak
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Spring-time view from Derwentwater Independent Hostel
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Room One, our largest dormitory
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Autumn colours by the waterfall
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A heron next to our waterfall
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Spectacular local walks
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You can see Derwent Island from the hostel grounds. It used to be owned by Joseph Pocklington, the wealthy bachelor who built Barrow House.
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Astronomy workshops at Derwentwater Independent Hostel
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Expedition Medicine training at Derwentwater Indepedent Hostel
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The dam of the hydro-electric plant in the Derwentwater Independent Hostel grounds
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Walking up the fells behind the hostel
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Castlerigg Stone Circle - a short walk from the hostel
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Ashness Bridge - at the top of the hostel waterfall path
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Mist on Derwentwater
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Keswick Launch on Derwentwater
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Clear night sky
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View of Skiddaw Range from Falcon Crag (above the hostel)
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Half way up Cat Bells
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Keswick Christmas lights
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Bluebells near Buttermere
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Many of our guests enjoy walking on the fells around Borrowdale
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Building shelters in our woodland
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Our groups often enjoy adventurous activities in the Borrowdale Valley
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Sunset from the terrace in April
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Some of the staff and volunteers with our giant Easter Egg
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The dining room decorated for a wedding in 2014
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Conservation volunteers making a willow shelter in our grounds 2014
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A local walk around Watendlath
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A close-up of the fireplace in Room One
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Gingerbread house in front of the real thing.
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Staff take an evening walk along the lake shore.
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A very calm day on Derwent Water.
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A Mandarin duck on the lake shore.
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York Rowing Club training on Derwent Water during their stay with us.
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Bugle flower in the hostel grounds
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Tea and cake in the servery
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Winter walking
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Wooden hands sculpture on west side of Derwent Water.