Exploring the delights of Borrowdale.
Enormously popular with lovers of all leisure activities, this unspoiled valley retains its peaceful atmosphere and beauty.

With strong connections to The National Trust and the famous author, Beatrix Potter, and the famous packhorse Ashness Bridge being nearby, Borrowdale hosts numerous villages, and landscape features, with footpaths all round Rosthwaite (where Yew Tree Farm is), and is a delight to explore, right down from lake Derwent Water.

The valley narrows into the spectacular "Jaws of Borrowdale" with road and paths squeezed into a gorge close to the translucent waters of the river bed. With dramatic suddenness the scene changes to one of rich pastures bordered by dry stone walls spread across the flat valley floor. The wide panorama of mountains surrounding the head of Borrowdale are revealed in all their majesty.
All of this spectacular landscape lies within half an hour of Keswick. (OS grid ref NY 258 148)