Blackwell, Windermere

Name: Blackwell
Address: Newby Bridge Rd., Windermere, LA23 3JT, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 15394 46139

#9 among attractions in Windermere

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Blackwell is a large house in the English Lake District, designed in the Arts and Crafts style by Baillie Scott. It was built in 1898–1900, as a holiday home for Sir Edward Holt, a wealthy Manchester brewer. It is near the town of Bowness-on-Windermere with views looking over Windermere and across to the Coniston Fells. ()

Coordinates: 54°20'35"N, 2°55'24"W

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Newby Bridge Rd.Windermere LA23 3JT United Kingdom

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+44 15394 46139

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Blackwell – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Windermere, Windermere Way, Brant Fell, Windermere Motor Boat Racing Club.

1.5 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Windermere
38 min walk • Nestled in the heart of the Lake District National Park, Windermere stands as the largest natural lake in England. This ribbon lake was formed in a glacial trough after the retreat of ice at the end of the last Ice Age. Today, it is a centerpiece of the region...
1 miNW
Hiking, Hiking trail
Windermere Way
27 min walk • The Windermere Way is a 45-mile circuit of Windermere, a lake in the English Lake District. The route is wholly within the Lake District National Park and takes in the summits of Wansfell, Loughrigg Fell and Gummer's How as well as passing through the towns of Ambleside and Windermere.
1.1 miNE
Hill, Natural attraction, Hiking trail
Brant Fell, Windermere
29 min walk • Brant Fell is a hill in the English Lake District, near Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria. It is the subject of a chapter of Wainwright's book The Outlying Fells of Lakeland. It reaches 629 feet.
0.9 miSW
Yacht club, Sailing
Windermere Motor Boat Racing Club
24 min walk • The Windermere Motor Boat Racing Club is a British boating club based at Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria. The Club was founded in the 1920s. Its present headquarters, Broad Leys, was acquired in the 1950s. It is an architecturally significant building.