The Lake District is famous for its farmer’s markets, which are held regularly across the region. Over the festive season, they are magical places, filled with the most unique artisan treats and wonderful Christmas inspiration for getting your home ready for entertaining over Christmas.

The Windermere Christmas Celebration, now in its fourth year, will see around sixty craft, food and drink stalls and stands spring up around the centre of the village.
There will be plenty of interactive, family-friendly activities for adults and children of all ages, including the highly popular Santa’s Grotto.
Preparations to bring an ice rink to this year’s Windermere Christmas Celebration have been completed and tickets for the attraction have been released for online sale.
The ice rink will be open for skaters of all levels to enjoy on the opening night, Friday, December 13, to as well as being open all day on both Saturday 14 and Sunday 15.
It is the first time an ice rink will be at the event which is held in early December, it will take centre stage among rows of holiday-themed stands, selling locally made craft goods, food and even mulled wine.Located at the bottom of High Street outside lamplighter dining rooms, you can get your skates on and into the full Christmas spirit. Windermere on ice is the perfect festive activity to enjoy with family and friends.

There is so much to see and do in the area why not make a weekend of it and book into The Hawksmoor. Set in its own grounds the Hawksmoor Lakeland Guesthouse is a large, spacious Guest House offering 12 comfortable en-suite bedrooms, excellent off-road private parking for all guests including a disabled bay, lawned gardens to the front and patio area to the rear where you can sit and watch the world go by or maybe even spot a roving Roe deer in the woods.

We pride ourselves on being one of Windermere’s premier guest houses and focus on providing a high quality level of service and accommodation as standard. Like any good guest house we aim to make your stay not only pleasant and relaxing but perfect for you.

The Hawksmoor Lakeland Guesthouse offers all its guests free access to one of the best and luxurious Spa facilities anywhere in the Lake District. The Old England Spa is situated a mile away from the Hawksmoor Lakeland Guesthouse and can be reached in a 15 minute walk.

Make the most of our wonderful facilities after a busy day at the Christmas Markets.