Where we are.
Situated in the picturesque Borrowdale Valley, close to the shore of Derwentwater, Mary Mount is two and half miles south of Keswick along the B5289.
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From Keswick take the B5289 following signs for Borrowdale. The road travels beside the lake for much of the way. There is an advance warning sign for Mary Mount, and the entrance is on the right just after a bend. There is ample parking. If you pass the big Lodore Hotel on your left, you've gone too far!
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View of Mary Mount from the driveway.
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If you enter the main doors ahead of you and then turn right into the passageway, the Reception will be visible. If one of our staff is not in immediate attendance, there is a bell in the wall to the left of the desk, which will call somebody to help you.
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A launch at Lodore, looking down on Mary Mount from Surprise View.
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Access to Mary Mount is also easy via the lake. Keswick Launch operates a year round service and Mary Mount is only yards from the Lodore Landing stage. Full details of Keswick Launch can be had from their website at http://www.keswick-launch.co.uk.
There is easy access to the landing stage across the footbridge over Lodore Beck. (Centre of picture.)
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The beck flows through the grounds
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Mary Mount is situated in 4½acres of woodland garden skirted by Lodore Beck on the shore of Derwentwater. There are walks from the hotel round the lake and to nearby fells.
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Skiddaw from the landing stage
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Mary Mount is ideally situated for a holiday without the car, so the driver can have a rest (and a drink!) as well. The launch service calls not only at several points round the lake but of course offers easy and very pleasant access to Keswick.
There is also a regular bus service (no. 79, the Borrowdale Bus) which passes the hotel en route from Keswick to the end of Borrowdale at Seatoller and return.
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