The Grange,
Station Square,
Grange-over-Sands,
Cumbria, LA116EJ
The Grange Hotel is one of those classic hotels on the edge of the Lake District that’s perfect for winter. It has elegant, characterful rooms where we can sit and chat, and it will really feel like a retreat from the weather outside (which, can be bracing!). That won’t matter to us though, because we’ll be able to huddle up inside during our sessions and then relax over excellent food in the evenings – the hotel enjoys panoramic views over Morecambe Bay, so there’s a beautiful outlook through the windows, though it’s the bay rather than the open sea beyond.
There’s a full-service spa, replete with a Jacuzzi, steam room, sauna and heated swimming pool, if you feel you need to do something physical to combat all of the thinking you’ve been doing. Outside are extensive private grounds with terraced gardens and woodlands.
It truly is a lovely place to stay, and as it’s on the Cartmel peninsula it’s somewhere that most people miss in their rush to the main Lake District honeytraps. If you’re in the mood to explore before or after the retreat, the foodie village of Cartmel is only a short drive away, and you have the whole of the Lake District on the doorstep, with Lake Windermere just five miles away.