Linthwaite's Latest News

Spectacular Display: Windermere Airshow Sunday 26th July 2010

If you want to combine a thrilling air display with a relaxing weekend away. How about the Lake District, with a visit the Windermere Airshow which takes place this year on Sunday 26th July?

Last year's show included an amazing display over Lake Windermere by the Red Arrows.

For a relaxed setting with great views of the event, why not stay at Linthwaite House Hotel? Ideally situated in 14 acres overlooking Lake Windermere we have a prime location offering great views of the air display during the day, from comfortable seating on the terrace and an award winning restaurant for gourmet dining in the evening.

Booking is essential for this popular event. Dinner, room and breakfast ranges from £150 per person per night to £220 per person per night. Tel 015394 88600 for more details or to book.

'Condé Nast Brides Magazine' Top 100 Wedding Venues 2010

We are thrilled to be included in the 'Condé Nast Brides Magazine' Top 100 Wedding Venues in the world for the second year running. Kate Thomas, Linthwaite's dedicated wedding coordinator said she was "delighted at the news: this award is recognition that Linthwaite is indeed one of the best wedding venues in the UK to tie the knot".

Linthwaite Attains Gold Environmental Award - January 2010

We're very happy to announce that we have been awarded gold by Cumbria Business Environmental Network for Environmental Excellence in recognition of progress in assessment and control of environmental practice. Basically this means we have been working hard over the last couple of years to reduce our impact on the environment and have put in place extensive recycling programmes and reduced our energy usage.

Latest Newsletter

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Andy Nicholson, new General Manager

We are always pleased when guests come back to stay, and even more delighted when members of staff do. Andy was our Head Chef from 2001 to 2004. He left to go back (it’s a habit of his) to the Devonshire Arms, Bolton Abbey, where he had previously been Head Chef. This time he went back, cast off his whites, and donned a suit for his new role as Resident Manager. Five years later he’s back with us as General Manager. Now he’s looking forward to welcoming our guests back.

Dogs Now Welcome - Dog Friendly Hotel

We are delighted to announce that we now have facilities to accept canine companions in two of our ground floor rooms with their own external entrance. The Lake District is obviously such a fantastic place for walking and we had such demand for this service that we changed our policy. The main hotel areas however are still off limits, but obviously the 14 acres of grounds are ideal to enjoy. For more information on this service please click here for our dog friendly hotel page.

19th Anniversary

31st July 2009 saw the 19th Anniversary of our time here at Linthwaite - we'd like to thank all our guests, many of whom return year after year for making our time here so special. Also thanks to our wonderful staff without whom we couldn't possibly have managed!

Linthwaite Supports Local Conservation

In 2008 we have been contributing over £6000 to the Tourism and Conservation Partnership which encourages landscape conservation and the development of environmentally sustainable practices within the industry. See www.ourstolookafter.co.uk for more info.

"Hi Mike,

Just a quick email to say a HUGE thank you for forwarding your recent fundraising (£6,248). It really is fantastic to see your fundraising total continuing to grow and on behalf of the team here I would like to say a huge thank you for your commitment to The Partnership! 

All the very best for Christmas and New Year and speak soon,

Sarah Caley
Office Manager
The Tourism and Conservation Partnership"

New state of the art kitchen for Linthwaite House Hotel - July 2008

Complementing the recent appointment of Head Chef Richard Kearsley, Linthwaite House Hotel, the 32 bedroomed property overlooking Lake Windermere, has now completed work on its £1.3m five bedroomed extension, which includes a naturally lit and fresh air cooled ‘state-of-the-art’ kitchen.

One of the key elements of the new 80sqm open plan kitchen is a 3.5 x 3.5 metre square glass observation window which faces out onto the hotel’s grounds and has been designed to bring natural light into the heart of the workspace, providing a more pleasant and conducive working environment for Peters and his brigade of nine chefs.

Other elements of the new build include a Blueseal cooking suite comprising a solid top oven range, convection steam oven and six burner oven range, while the rest of the kitchen has been divided into separate stainless steal work stations, including separate hot and cold service stations, preparation areas, a fully equipped pastry kitchen area and walk in cold room.

More than three times larger than the original kitchen, this new area has been meticulously planned with different food preparation and cooking areas thoughtfully positioned to give the working space an easy and natural flow.

Commenting on the new kitchen Kearsley said: “It’s not often that chefs have the luxury of cooking in such a naturally lit open space and aside from the obvious benefits to my brigade guests will also get to see inside the heart of the kitchen and be able to appreciate the attention to detail that goes on behind the scenes”.

Mike Bevans, Owner added: “Dining at Linthwaite is very much part of the complete guest experience, with the restaurant attracting casual clientele as well as our in-house guests. In this fast moving business when customer expectations are constantly rising we realised that in order to increase profit levels for the restaurant and rooms still further we needed to invest in a new kitchen. In order to justify the cost we therefore worked closely with the architect to create the five additional guest rooms at the same time, thereby maximising our return on investment throughout this development”.

For more information contact Linthwaite House Hotel and Restaurant on 015394 88600

New Home Grown chef at Linthwaite

Cumbria has always been known as producing a vast array of local produce and this is now extending to chefs! Linthwaite has just appointed a Cumbrian born and bred Richard Kearsley as head chef of the brigade of eight. In the time away from his beloved Lake District, Richard has worked at some of the best restaurants in the UK including Mallory Court (1 Michelin Star), Seaham Hall (3 AA Rosettes) and The Waterside Inn (3 Michelin Stars); and most recently Lords of the Manor Country House Hotel (3 AA Rosettes, 4 red stars). Says Richard: “I’ve always had an ambition to be a head chef at a top hotel in the Lake District so when the position came up at Linthwaite I was delighted – it feels like I’m coming home.”

He is already making his mark on Linthwaite with plans for a kitchen garden and even greater use of seasonal produce.

Linthwaite Included in HIP Hotels Guide 2007

We are delighted to be included in the latest HIP Hotel guide 2007 – this is a collection of Herbert Ypma’s highly individual hotels and it’s a real honour to be included in this prestigious guide.

Linthwaite Included in Alistair Sawdays Special Places to Stay

We’re also incredibly excited by the news we have been included in Alistair Sawdays Special Places the Stay guide starting this Autumn (2007).

Linthwaite House Hotel awarded Condé Nast Johansens Most Excellent Country House award 2007

We are highly delighted to announce that Linthwaite House has been awarded Condé Nast Johansens Most Excellent Country House award for 2007. Johansens Recommended Hotels are part of a collection of annually inspected hotels which have to fulfil exacting criteria to be part of the well known and respected Johansens guides. This reward reflects our quest to provide our guests with great service and high quality accommodation

Is there life after the World Cup?

As some of you may have heard we created a “World Cup Free Zone” at Linthwaite over the last month and were offering complimentary glasses of champagne if a member of staff even mentioned the “f-word” fottball that is! – We were completely amazed when the world’s press picked up on the story and Linthwaite went global! Mike appeared on TV in France, Russia, Brazil, Japan and on Sky News, BBC Northwest tonight and ITV Granada and national news as well as being interviewed on over 25 international radio stations from Croatia to Australia also including here at home BBC Radio 5 Live, Talksport, BBC Scotland and many regional radio stations too. Members of staff were interviewed live on German national radio, New Zealand radio (5 am for poor Mary!), and Irish radio to name a few, and articles about Linthwaite were published in newspapers all over the world from Australia, India, Japan across to Canada and the United States including the New York Times. We’ve never known anything like it!

Click here to see the press release that started it all.

Linthwaite offers Wi-Fi in all bedrooms

For those who need to keep in touch with the outside world while on a quiet relaxing break, we now offer Wi-Fi internet connection in all the bedrooms.

Linthwaite included in Condé Nast Traveller's Gold List 2006

We are delighted to report we have been included in Condé Nast Traveller's Gold List 2006 in the 'Best Location' section. It's a great selection of around 100 of the world's best hotels - we're one of only 18 hotels in Britain to be included in the list, which also featured Babbington House, Cowley Manor, Gleneagles and Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons.

Click here to read Condé Nast's report in full.