Hostel · Cumbria
YHA Ambleside
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- 29minwalk to the beach
- 5mclimb from the beach
- 2minwalk to a bus stop
- 79minCarlisle Lake District Airport · drive
- Mostly level walk
At a glance
The nearest beach is about 29 minutes on foot on a mostly level walk.
You have a bus stop about 2 minutes away.
Good for
- Level walk back from the beach: climb about 5 m
- Quiet evenings: 3 bars or clubs within 300 m
Think twice if
- Beach 29 min on foot
- Carlisle Lake District Airport is 79 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 29 min Closer than 50% of places
- Walk to a bus stop 2 min Closer than 61% of places
- Drive to Carlisle Lake District Airport 79 min Closer than 37% of places
- Climb back from the beach about 5 m Less climbing than 89% of places
Contact and maps
How far is everything
- Nearest beach 29 min
- Bus stopWaterhead Pier 2 min
- PharmacyThomas Bell Chemist 18 min
- Cash machineNatWest 18 min
Sights and days out
- Ambleside On foot: 17 min
- Grasmere and Dove Cottage By car: 7 min
- Windermere By car: 8 min
- Keswick By car: 26 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: 79 min
Hills and evening noise
- Height above sea level
- about 47 m
- Climb from the nearest beach
- about 5 m
- Average slope of that walk
- about 0.2%
- Bars and clubs within 150 m
- 0
- Bars and clubs within 300 m
- 3
Other places nearby
- Waterhead HotelHotel · Beach 31 min walk 200 m away
- Lake HouseGuest house · Beach 34 min walk 200 m away
- Windermere RoomsHotel · Beach 32 min walk 300 m away
- Wateredge InnHotel · Beach 32 min walk 300 m away
- Quaysiders ClubGuest house · Beach 33 min walk 350 m away
- Ambleside Park HotelHotel · Beach 35 min walk 400 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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