Stay in luxurious comfort InThe Lake District
Luxury Country Guest Rooms
Each guest room has been furnished in its own unique style, blending Edwardian elegance with modern comforts and high quality standards.Hotel Lounge & Bar
Our licensed Bar is well stocked with local Ales, a fine choice of Wines and Champagnes and our Whisky list which consists of 30+ malts to choose from.An Historic Cumbrian Hotel with Edwardian Elegance
The Leathes Head Hotel is a beautiful Edwardian Period Country House Hotel built in 1909 in the Borrowdale Valley in the heart of the Lake District near Keswick.
Built as a home for Edith Hellon, the daughter of a Liverpool shipowner, it was constructed of locally sourced slate. Its setting amid glorious landscaped gardens and grounds on a lovely grassy knoll in the heart of the Borrowdale Valley ensured its spectacular views.
Edith never married, and in 1938 she gave some of the surrounding land to the National Trust before then selling the house. She died in 1940 in Egremont, Cheshire and is buried in the Hellon family tomb in St. Hilary's, Wallasey
As a Hotel it retains the immense charm and character of the original Edwardian Residence with carefully restored original features remarkable from the moment you enter. To this day there are still unique parts of the house that haven’t changed over the years such as our tiled floor which has been remarkably kept intact, hidden under carpet for the past 50 years. Not until the carpet was removed did we stand back in amazement of the wonderful condition of this floor that has been walked over since 1909.
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