There are places where luxury seems so effortless – where there’s a quiet confidence that’s deeply rooted in the quality of the offering. Gilpin Hotel & Lake House is one such place. Situated just off the Crook Road that runs between Kendal and Bowness-on-Windermere, the hotel enjoys a tranquil location among rolling fells on the eastern side of England‘s longest lake. Split over two sites – the hotel and Lake House just a mile away – it’s been a labour of love for many years, and continues to go from strength to strength.

As it happens, I designed Gilpin’s first ever website back in the 1990s; this involved many a visit to the property at the time and so I was already aware of the hotel’s continual pursuit for excellence. I’ve watched it evolve from a modest country house hotel with a very loyal, long-standing

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