Hostel · Cumbria
Elterwater Hostel
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- 32minwalk to the beach
- 8mclimb from the beach
- 2minwalk to a bus stop
- 80minCarlisle Lake District Airport · drive
- Mostly level walk
- Quiet evenings
At a glance
The nearest beach is about 32 minutes on foot on a mostly level walk.
You have a bus stop about 2 minutes away.
There are few bars nearby, so evenings should be quiet.
Good for
- Level walk back from the beach: climb about 8 m
- Quiet evenings: 2 bars or clubs within 300 m
Think twice if
- Beach 32 min on foot
- Carlisle Lake District Airport is 80 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 32 min Closer than 45% of places
- Walk to a bus stop 2 min Closer than 61% of places
- Drive to Carlisle Lake District Airport 80 min Closer than 34% of places
- Climb back from the beach about 8 m Less climbing than 84% of places
Contact and maps
How far is everything
- Nearest beach 32 min
- Bus stopThe Britannia Inn 2 min
- PharmacyGrasmere Pharmacy 50 min
- Cash machine 50 min
Sights and days out
- Grasmere and Dove Cottage By car: 6 min
- Ambleside By car: 8 min
- Windermere By car: 17 min
- Keswick By car: 27 min
- Derwentwater By car: 30 min
- Ullswater By car: 38 min
- Cat Bells By car: 38 min
- Muncaster Castle By car: 54 min
Getting here
- Carlisle Lake District AirportBy car: 80 min
Hills and evening noise
- Height above sea level
- about 75 m
- Climb from the nearest beach
- about 8 m
- Average slope of that walk
- about 0.3%
- Bars and clubs within 150 m
- 0
- Bars and clubs within 300 m
- 2
Other places nearby
- Elterwater BarnHoliday home · Beach 34 min walk 200 m away
- Elterwater Hall ApartmentHoliday home · Beach 36 min walk 300 m away
- Langdale HotelHotel · Beach 37 min walk 400 m away
- Brimstone HotelHotel · Beach 32 min walk 450 m away
- Toc H HostelHostel · Beach 35 min walk 650 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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