August Special Offer

Quick update, 15 July- this August week has now been booked.

Our next available week is 26 August-2 September 2023.

Our August Special Offer is for the week 12-19 August 2023 a peak school holiday week!

The usual rate for an August week in 2023 is £1,235, but we now have an August special offer for the week 12-19 August of £1,060. This is a saving of £175 ( well over 10%)

If you haven’t booked your August holiday yet, here’s the chance for a great value week in the Lake District at a special offer rate. No airport queues, no ferry queues! Our  cottage has two bedrooms and sleeps up to 4 guests. You are welcome to bring your dog  ( subject to our conditions, please see here )

A special bonus for dog lovers if you come that week, is that you will be able to walk a mile along the famous “Coffin Route”  (aka Wordsworth Walk) to Rydal Show

Judging Beagles

This is a great local day our- hound trails, sheepdog trials ( think “One man and his dog”), lots of country activities and stalls. Our family love it. It’s the “119TH VALE OF RYDAL SHEEPDOG TRIALS & HOUND SHOW – THURSDAY 17TH AUGUST 2023”

Serious examination of beagles !

Brockstone view on an April evening

Brockstone Grasmere Cottage has stunning views, great walks from the door (more information here ) and we have some wonderful reviews. Here’s a link to reviews. 

Last minute offer for 1-8 July 2023 -Sorry , this week has now been booked.

Please check our website again the the future to see if we have any special offers

We have reduced the rate for the week 1-8 July 2023, from £1075, to £970.

Your perfect holiday cottage in the Lakes ?

Can you take advantage of this special offer? The main school holidays will not have started, so the Lakes will be be less busy than later in the season.

Here’s our latest review

“Beautiful place in a stunning setting, a little paradise. If you’re looking for peace & tranquility, look no further, Brockstone is for you.
Very well appointed with everything you need for a stress free stay. I loved everything about this place and I highly recommend it, I hope to be back before too long.”

Click here to read more of our reviews   

Here are a few photos to enjoy!

The view from the terrace

Rydal Caves

Rydal Caves

Wray Castle

Wray Castle, National Trust

Dove Cottage, The Wordsworth Grasmere 

Dove Cottage Grasmere

May Half Term 2023- now booked. Next available week 1-8 July

May Half Term 2023 is available at a special last minute rate.

Half term week 27 May- 3 June has become available and we’ve reduced the rate to £998.

All our other special offer last minute weeks have now been booked .

This is our latest review. We love hearing from happy guests!

Our latest brilliant review

Another Great Review!

Thanks to our latest guests for this great review – you can see this and more reviews here 

” 5 Stars

Comments about this property Wonderful second stay at Brockstone. Fantastic cottage in an amazing get away from it all location. Cottage had everything you need for a week away,and very cosy especially the wood burner, which we appreciated with the wet week we had! Communications with Sue were straightforward and Sue was quick to respond to any questions we had. Thank you also for the bottle of wine you left us.

Tips for other travellers Tweedies in Grasmere was lovely, really dog friendly. Had breakfast in the disused church( opposite Herdy uk), before we left food was great, very dog friendly too. Coffin route from the cottage door was lovely, combined with a visit to Rydal Hall, the Badger Bar for lunch( worth checking their live Badger cam in the evening) then back along Rydal water. Plenty of walks from the doorstep. “We’ve got some special offers for May and June- Rhododendron time. Here are some photos taken on short walks from Brockstone Cottage. Flowers Rydal Village Pictures taken around Brockstone Cottage , May Wonderful colours , Ladywood Beautiful Rhoddies On the Brockstone path Our massive rhodie , White Moss May Half Term Special offer- last minute availability The guests who booked the week 27 May to 3 June (a year in advance!) have had to change their dates, so we now have this week available, and we’ve reduced the rate to £998. And, a special offer for the week 3-10 June- now just £898. The bluebells will be over by the end of May- you could book for 2024! Bluebells in Spring near Brockstone Bluebells by Brockstone Bluebells in Rydal Woods, a short walk from Brockstone Cottage Come in May for the Rhododendrons and azaleas. June is wonderful too ! Hawthorne Blossom

Spring Special Offer !

We have a Spring Special Offer available for last minute bookers.

The week 15-22 April was £895, but has become available, so we are offering it at just £790 ! Spring in the Lakes is beautiful. The bluebells will probably be at their best.

White Moss woods bluebells

Spring in the lakes.

The daffodils will probably be over, as they are early this year, but the cherry blossom will be looking good. What a joy- Spring n the Lakes, walks from the door, fabulous views!

Bluebells in Spring near Brockstone

This is a great offer! Here’s how to book. 

Hawthorne Blossom

March Last Minute Offer

We have a last minute offer available for the week 4-11 March, as the guests who originally booked had to change their dates.

This early spring week is now just £639.

View of daffodils from the side window.

The daffodils should be out by March………

WINTER WALKS OFFER

Can you take advantage of our Winter Walks Offer?

The Sunday Times on 11 December 2022 had a feature in its Travel Section titled  “Seven of the best winter pub walks in the UK”

The walk round Rydal Water is one of these walks! It goes right past Brockstone Grasmere Cottage. 

We’ve looked at our booking chart and find that we have two weeks still available in Winter 2022-23, so we have created a “Winter Walks Offer”. The weeks of 14-21 January 2023 and 21-28 January 2023 have now been reduced to £575. (was £645)

Edited * The week 21-28 January has now been booked *

Best Winter Walks

Here is the winter walk as published in the Sunday Times . If you know where to look you can just spot Brockstone Grasmere Cottage where the hill on the right of the photo dips down.

Best Winter Walks

Walk from the door, enjoy the fabulous scenery. As suggested on the Sunday Times you can call in at the Badger Bar at Rydal  for a pint and a pub lunch. Or stop by the gardens at Rydal Hall.  . They look lovely even in midwinter.

Rydal Hall Gardens on a beautiful crisp winter day- a short walk from Brockstone cottage

You could also stop at the Old School Tea Room  for delicious home made soup and cakes.

Old School room tea rooms Rydal Hall

For more information about walks from the door of Brockstone Grasmere Cottage see our guide to White Moss Walks.  You can also see the walk round Rydal Water here.

We are taking bookings for 2023 and the weeks are filling fast . Please contact us to book your 2023 stay at Brockstone Grasmere Cottage.

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Special Offers and Christmas Markets 2022

We have some special offers for you that will let you visit some great Christmas Markets in 2022 whilst enjoying your stay at Brockstone Cottage.

Ambleside Christmas Lights and Lantern Parade

Special Offer 3 -10 December 2022

We have a special offer available for the weeks  from 3 December to 10 December. The rate for this week was £675, but we have now reduced that to £570.

The week runs from Saturday to Saturday.

We have been fully booked for every week in 2022- until November!  November and early December can be a great time to visit the Lake District.

It’s generally quieter than in the high tourist season, but there is still a buzz around the towns and villages. With lots of independent shops, the Lake District is a good place to find interesting and unique gifts. Then there are the Christmas Markets…….

Christmas Markets 2022 in the Lake District.

I’ve written a post about Christmas Markets in the Lake District 2022 here.    

Christmas Market Windermere

Take advantage of our special last minute offers for November and December 2022. Enjoy the scenery, the walks, the wildlife and the shopping from the base of cosy Brockstone Cottage. 

Log burning stove in our Grasmere cottage

We can’t promise you anything about the Lake District weather other that it may be changeable! Whatever the weather you can walk from the door to  make the most of the daylight hours. See here for walks 

Please contact us is you would like to take advantage of our Special Offer  December 2022. Contact information here. 

Great Reviews and Special Offers

Great Reviews

We’ve had some great reviews lately. We’ve also got some special offers for you.  I’ve just posted a selection of the reviews on our review page here   

You’ll see they wax lyrical about the views, the location, the walks, the comfort of the cottage, the terrace, the local area……..I could go on but why not read them for yourself?  Here’s another link to the reviews from our direct booking site.      

We always suggest to potential guests that they book direct. It’s much better value for them- saving over £100 on most occasions. However, some people, especially overseas guests do prefer to book though an online booking portal, and we do offer bookings via VRBO ( formerly HomeAway). Here’s a link to our reviews on their site    

Special Offers

Updated- sorry, all special offers now booked. Next available week 29 October -5 November at our low season rate of £675.

We’ve been 100% fully booked every week so far in 2022, but some gaps are coming up in the next couple of months, so we’re putting on some special offers.

With the chaos at airports and the channel crossings, the idea of just driving to a lovely calm week away in the Lake District is very attractive. We’ve even had guests this week (just following on from the 40 degree heatwave) saying how lovely it is to be in the cooler Lakes, and how they’ve loved seeing some rain !!!!

These are our current special offers. 

Week commencing Saturday 27 August 2022  Was £1145, now a special offer £845. You’ll be able to visit the famous Grasmere Sports on Sunday 28 August.

Sorry, this has now been booked. 1-8 October still available. X Now booked, sorry!

. Read more about this week and Grasmere Sports here. 

Grasmere sports wrestling prize giving

The Autumn Week  commencing Saturday 1 October 2022 a October 2022 was £985  now a special offer rate of £865.

I’ve written posts previously on Autumn in the Lake District. Please click here to read more.  

Grasmere in Autumn- just a short walk from Brockstone Cottage

Rydal Water on Brockstone Cottage walk

Brockstone in Autumn from White Moss viewpoint

Summer week special offer.

Arrive Saturday 27 August 2022 for our summer week special offer.

This week was originally priced at our August rate of £1,145, but we have now reduced it to a tempting lower September rate of £985.

Whether you want to sample the world famous Grasmere Sports on Sunday 28 August or just wander around the paths , fells and lakes from your doorstep, you can enjoy this late summer week at a very special offer rate.

Here are some photos of recent Grasmere Sports- a great day out .

Looking down on Grasmere Sports Field, 10 minutes walk from Brockstone Cottage

Grasmere sports fell race sets off

Dog show Grasmere Sports

Grasmere sports wrestling prize giving

For booking information please look here.   

No airport hassle, no queues for luggage, book in the knowledge that you won’t be cancelled at the last minute!