Online Booking
For group bookings please contact
017687 77246 or
contact@derwentwater.org
Learning programmes for schools
and youth groups.
Eddie Lawless, Skylark Church group. May 2019.
Families and individuals
Prices for private rooms and dorm beds vary through the season. To find our rates for your chosen dates, enter them in the box to the left and click GO.
Groups
Please email us via reception@derwentwater.org for our best group rates, giving us as much detail as possible about your group, and the accommodation and meals you would like to book.
Exclusive use of the hostel for parties and events
We now have a simple pricing structure for booking exclusive use of the hostel for house parties, weddings and events, with particularly appealing winter rates. Rates vary from £895 per night in the winter to £2250 at Bank Holiday Weekends. Please contact us by email at reception@derwentwater.org, including details of your group and preferred dates, and we will be able to confirm our prices and availability.
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Derwentwater Independent Hostel -
Looking down on the hostel -
A bedroom in the modern annexe -
Evening light on Derwent Water -
Barrow House in Spring -
Inspiring local walks -
Red squirrels can be seen in our grounds -
View of Derwentwater Independent Hostel from a kayak -
Spring-time view from Derwentwater Independent Hostel -
Room One, our largest dormitory -
Autumn colours by the waterfall -
A heron next to our waterfall -
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. -
Astronomy workshops at Derwentwater Independent Hostel -
Expedition Medicine training at Derwentwater Indepedent Hostel -
The dam of the hydro-electric plant in the Derwentwater Independent Hostel grounds -
Walking up the fells behind the hostel -
Castlerigg Stone Circle - a short walk from the hostel -
Ashness Bridge - at the top of the hostel waterfall path -
Mist on Derwentwater -
Keswick Launch on Derwentwater -
Clear night sky -
View of Skiddaw Range from Falcon Crag (above the hostel) -
Half way up Cat Bells -
Keswick Christmas lights -
Bluebells near Buttermere -
Many of our guests enjoy walking on the fells around Borrowdale
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Building shelters in our woodland -
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 -
The dining room decorated for a wedding in 2014 -
Conservation volunteers making a willow shelter in our grounds 2014 -
A local walk around Watendlath -
A close-up of the fireplace in Room One -
Gingerbread house in front of the real thing. -
Staff take an evening walk along the lake shore. -
A very calm day on Derwent Water. -
A Mandarin duck on the lake shore. -
York Rowing Club training on Derwent Water during their stay with us. -
Bugle flower in the hostel grounds -
Tea and cake in the servery -
Winter walking -
Wooden hands sculpture on west side of Derwent Water.
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