land (residential)Holbeck Lane, Windermere, LA23 1LT

An outstanding opportunity to acquire highly sought and rarely offered strategically sited prime amenity land with sound investment value. The property enjoys spectacular panoramic views across Lake Windermere towards the Langdales and lies in close proximity to a number of prestigious hotels and also to a variety of water-based and other recreational facilities. The land, which originally formed part of the renowned Briery Close Arabian Stud, extends to 6.88 acres / 2.78 hectares approx. It lies within the Lake District National Park and is situated in a tranquil setting midway between Windermere and Ambleside. The land is favoured with breathtaking panoramic views right across Lake Windermere towards the Langdale Pikes, Wordsworth’s “five solemn pikes of Langdale” which are among the most distinctive and instantly recognisable mountain peaks in the Lake District. The main access to the property is directly from the main A591 Windermere to Ambleside trunk road. There is also a secondary access from Holbeck Lane (coloured yellow on the attached Site Plan), a metalled minor road which branches off the A591. Holbeck Lane leads up to the village of Troutbeck (designated as a special Conservation Area and containing the classic 17th century National Trust property of Town End), the scenic Troutbeck valley and a network of bridleways close-by in the surrounding hills. The luxury four-star Low Wood Hotel, which has a lawned shoreline onto Lake Windermere and also a leisure club, indoor swimming pool, lakeside marina and watersports centre, is within close walking distance to the land being less than a mile away as is another eminent four-star hotel, Holbeck Ghyll. Four further prestigious three-star hotels, Langdale Chase, Merewood, Cragwood and Briery Wood are also within one mile and walking distance of the property. White Cross Bay Leisure Park, Marina & Water Sports Centre, again only one mile from the property, has 60 acres of wooded parkland.