Red Bank Guest House Ambleside

General Information

Built about 1904 the cottage was indigenously called Glenamble and was an immense semi detached cottage with adjoining servants quarters. Our main location makes Red Bank Guest House an attractive base for discovering the Lake District - From here all the grandeur of the Lake District National Park are within simple get to - as are open-air activities and water sports of each kind. We have three furnished with a taste en-suite suites offering roomy elegant Bed & Breakfast lodging with plenty of small extras. Our five Star Visit Britain award along with our Silver Accolade reflect the comfort, quality and amenities delighted by our dear guests. Feel guaranteed that we will do our highly ultimate to produce your visit with us as lounging and cozy as possible. Although there features been a settlement since pre-Roman times, Ambleside is largely Victorian. A fort beside Borrans Park - named Galava - was constructed in Ambleside by the Romans, housing some 500 soldiers. It was constructed to defend the lower fells of South Lakeland from invasion by the Picts and Scots, and to guard the highway to the Roman Port at Ravenglass by means of Hard Knott Pass. The opening of the Lake Windermere ferry terminal at Waterhead Pier in 1845 made further expansion. Today ferries able to be taken to Bowness and Lakeside. Plenty of famous characters have been joined to Ambleside, including William Wordsworth, Hardwicke Rawnsley, John Ruskin and Beatrix Potter. More approximately these persons able to be found in the The Armitt Museum. William Wordsworth had an office here, in Church St, as a result of his role as Collector of Stamps for Westmorland. He was elected to the post shortly after his family moved to their cottage at Rydal Mount. Avenue Mary's Church, completed in 1854, was planned by Sr George Gilbert Scott in the Early English fashion. It's mainly of local 'blue' stone, with a sandstone spire, an uncommon feature for a Lakeland church. There is a chapel hallowed to the memory of William Wordsworth.