Rothay Manor

A Regency country house at the edge of Ambleside, Rothay Manor has been quietly converted into a boutique hotel without losing the bones that make old houses worth staying in. The restaurant leans into refined British cooking built on classical technique, and when you're done eating, the Lake District is right outside. The hotel organizes mushroom foraging tours and guided walks, which sounds like a polite way of saying the landscape will do most of the work.