Humphrey Cottage,Allithwaite, Grange-over-Sands

Humphrey Cottage, located in the Lake District Peninsulas , where the Lakeland Fells meet the sea. Cosy, warm, pet friendly cottage with wood burner, in very peaceful location.Walks from the doorstep.Enclosed garden. 2 minute stroll to excellent pub serving great meals. 5 minute drive from Cartmel with its 3 Michelin star Restaurant, L’Enclume. Spacious top floor bedroom with king size bed. Small 2nd bedroom with 3ft bunks ( adult size) Bed linen supplied. Cosy living room ,rustic stone fireplace and log burner,access to 1 st floor balcony with seating overlooking the countryside,ideal for a working. Fast WiFi. Fully equipped kitchen/diner, washing machine, dishwasher, hob, fan oven, microwave,fridge, small freezer.Nescafe Dolce Gusto drinks machine/ coffee maker. Large and small Cafetières. Access to covered patio and garden, table and (Website hidden by Airbnb) barbecue & fire pit. Outdoor seating area. Fenced in garden with gated access to stream. Award winning Pub/ restaurant 2 minute walk up the lane.Cartmel ,home of Sticky Toffee Pudding ,Cartmel races,Michelin starred L’enclume & the famous Priory is 2 miles away, 35 minute walk.Short drive to Grange-over-Sands,or 30 to 40 minute walk,with its Victorian Station and promenade, many restaurants & shops. 20 minutes commute to Kendal,gateway to the Lakes. Market town of Ulverston,birthplace of Stan Laurel, twice weekly markets and quirky shops.Lots of pubs & restaurants.Laurel and Hardy museum. Train from nearby Kent’s Bank or Cark in Cartmel will take you to Grange over Sands,Arnside & Silverdale,Carnforth, Lancaster & beyond.10 minutes to Arnside along the coast & across the estuary, very picturesque. In the other direction are Ulverston and Barrow-in-Furness. Short,picturesque train commute. Parachute jump centre,for the daring,at Flookburgh, 5 minutes by car. Alpaca experience, Flookburgh. We can be reached quickly by messaging us through Airbnb app. if there are any issues which we will do our best to resolve. We hope we have everything for your comfort and that you have the best time in our cottage. Quiet residential location of 5 cottages, in peaceful countryside.Pet friendly ( max 2pets).Walks to beach. House down a private lane, through an orchard.Cul-de-sac, no passing traffic.Pleasant 3 minute walk to pub/ restaurant,( dogs welcome). Walks from the door. South Lakes, Lake District Peninsula. Easy access to the lakes,without paying Lakes prices. The area is popular with walkers and cyclists. Bikes can be stored securely undercover at the rear of the property under the balcony, access through the kitchen. Short walk to the pub up a lane. 5 minute drive to Grange-over-Sands, 45 minute walk,lovely promenade walk and park with lake.The Victorian Station is a nice place to take train trips along the estuary to Ulverston or Silverdale, Arnside ( great fish and chips & pubs on the prom.),and Carnforth station where there is a tea room which was used in the classic film Brief Encounter, unchanged since the 30’s where they serve tea,cakes or more substantial meals. It is a short journey into the south lakes.Coniston and Bowness on Windermere are a 30 - 45 minute drive away. The Michelin starred L’Enclume and it’s sister restaurant Rogans are 2 1/2 miles away in the lovely village of Cartmel.Lovely pubs too, & Unsworth Yard with several food & drinks outlets sit in communal outdoor area, their pizzas on Thursday, Friday & Saturday are awesome ( check out if season)..Live music on some weekends.Home of the original Cartmel sticky toffee pudding.Visit the beautiful Cartmel Priory where there are often music recitals. Cartmel race course meetings several times a year, we are a 10 minute journey by car or taxi from Allithwaite or 45 minute walk up through Allithwaite village or shorter route directly over the hill from the crossroad. A walk of about 1.5 miles to Humphrey Head: Nice walk from cottage to Humphrey Head, go up to the pub entrance, take next right down a road. Go past fencing and barn until you see a footpath sign on right by a tall hedge. Go down there and over a stile. Go across field keeping to left. Cross another stile and keep left across another field and through a gap in the wall. Cross the lane and keeping fence on left and trees on right go under railway bridge, through farmers small field toward farmhouse then through wall on left onto ‘ beach’.Keeping wall on your right keep going until a gate on the right , go through and keep going uphill slightly on footpath. At end of footpath you’ll come to a road, turn left then left again after a few steps, over a cattle grid signed outdoor centre( it says private, but you’ll see it’s the way to Humphrey Head). Before outdoor centre cut right across grass and follow the path onto the Head. You’ll see a wood on the left and coast on the right. You can access the walk through the woods from both ends of the woods or stick to the ‘path’ up to the trig point. Come back same way or via the road you came to after the narrow path.Follow road for about a mile with railway on the right across the field.After a sort of flat bridge across a stream turn right, across crossing on railway line, past a farm and windy lane takes you back to entrance to the cottage. Parachute jumping at Flookburgh, 4 minutes away. www.skydive (Website hidden by Airbnb) This experience is very nearby and received good reviews (Website hidden by Airbnb) Your satnav may want to take you left directly after the Pheasant pub. Ignore and follow the main road up the hill, through a narrow bit of road, down to a crossroads. Take the road on the left marked Humphrey Head and Holy Well.About 100 yards on you will see a gravelled entrance on the left with sign to Humphrey cottage.Turn in here through the entrance with the 6 bar gate & cattle grid and continue up the lane with the orchard on your right.Humphrey Cottage is number 3 in a row of 4 cottages ahead of you. Please park on the drive in front of the cottage.