Hostel · Cumbria
Ambleside Backpackers
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- 41minwalk to the beach
- 26mclimb from the beach
- 3minwalk to a bus stop
- 78minCarlisle Lake District Airport · drive
- Mostly level walk
- Quiet evenings
At a glance
The nearest beach is about 41 minutes on foot, with a climb of about 26 m on the way back.
You have a bus stop about 3 minutes away.
There are few bars nearby, so evenings should be quiet.
Good for
- Quiet evenings: 1 bars or clubs within 300 m
Think twice if
- Beach 41 min on foot
- Carlisle Lake District Airport is 78 min away by car
Each line rests on a number computed for this place.
How it compares
Compared with the 600 places we mapped in Lake District. A longer bar means fewer places are as close.
- Walk to the beach 41 min Closer than 35% of places
- Walk to a bus stop 3 min Closer than 50% of places
- Drive to Carlisle Lake District Airport 78 min Closer than 38% of places
- Climb back from the beach about 26 m Less climbing than 49% of places
Contact and maps
How far is everything
- Nearest beach 41 min
- Bus stopHayes Garden Centre 3 min
- PharmacyThomas Bell Chemist 5 min
- Cash machineNatWest 6 min
Sights and days out
- Ambleside On foot: 4 min
- Grasmere and Dove Cottage By car: 6 min
- Windermere By car: 9 min
- Keswick By car: 25 min
- Derwentwater By car: 28 min
- Ullswater By car: 31 min
- Cat Bells By car: 37 min
- Muncaster Castle By car: 60 min
Getting here
- Carlisle Lake District AirportBy car: 78 min
Hills and evening noise
- Height above sea level
- about 68 m
- Climb from the nearest beach
- about 26 m
- Average slope of that walk
- about 0.8%
- Bars and clubs within 150 m
- 0
- Bars and clubs within 300 m
- 1
Other places nearby
- Diamond LodgeGuest house · Beach 40 min walk 100 m away
- Elder GroveGuest house · Beach 43 min walk 150 m away
- Wordsworths Guest HouseGuest house · Beach 43 min walk 150 m away
- Close House In The LakesGuest house · Beach 43 min walk 150 m away
- Tweenways Self CateringGuest house · Beach 43 min walk 150 m away
- Ambleside TownhouseHotel · Beach 44 min walk 200 m away
How we worked this out
These figures are computed, not measured on foot. Walking times use the mapped streets and paths at about 4.8 km/h, with steps counted slower. Driving times use typical road speeds plus time for junctions and parking, so allow extra at busy times. The slope compares the height of the hotel with the nearest beach. "Steep" means an average of 8% or more. Noise counts mapped bars, pubs and nightclubs in a straight line.
Computed 30 Oct 2026. Map data (c) OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Elevation: AWS Terrain Tiles (NASA SRTM 30 m and national datasets such as USGS 3DEP).
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