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1. Lake District Woodland Pods - Winster, Bowness-on-Windermere
9.1Exceptional · 278 reviews
Guests love:Cleanliness 9.3Comfort 9.3
- Pets on request
7 places · prices checked 15 Nov 2026
We track 7 lodges, cabins and hot tub cottages in Winster, usually £245 a night. A week in winter costs around £1,858 (£2,227 the rest of the year). Sleeps up to 10, 86% with a hot tub. Average guest rating: 9.1/10.
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Prices for 2 adults checked on Booking.com · updated 15 Nov 2026 · how we work
Winster is a small base, so you will be choosing from a short list rather than hundreds of places. That makes comparison quick. The smallest places sleep two and are usually the cheapest. At the other end, the biggest ones have four or five bedrooms, room for eight to ten guests, and a much higher nightly price. A little over half accept pets, though some only on request, so check before you book with a dog. If you want more choice, Windermere and Bowness are close by.
Winster
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9.1Exceptional · 278 reviews
Guests love:Cleanliness 9.3Comfort 9.3
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8.01 reviews
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A hot tub sits at the centre of this five-bedroom holiday home in Winster, Cumbria.
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5.52 reviews
Winster sits in the Lake District, close to Windermere, and the places here lean towards hot tub breaks for couples and small groups rather than budget stays. Most of them have a hot tub, and just over half have a log burner, so this is a place for cold-weather trips as much as summer ones.
Prices are on the high side. A night is usually dearer than the cheapest stays found around Windermere and Newby Bridge, and the largest places, which sleep up to 10 and include an indoor pool, cost well above the rest. Smaller places for two are the cheaper end of the range. Guest ratings are high, at around 9 out of 10. The average place sleeps between four and five, so there is a fair spread between couples' hideaways and houses for a family or two. With only a handful of places, choice is narrower than in nearby Windermere.
A hot tub is the standard feature here, found at six of the seven places. Gardens are nearly as common. Log burners appear at four places, and those places usually cost more than the ones with only a hot tub. High chairs, a BBQ and pools are rarer. The one place with a private indoor pool is also the dearest, so if a pool matters to you, expect to pay a good deal more than for a hot tub alone. Families with babies should check for high chairs, as only a few places offer them.
| Feature | Places | Share | Usual night |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hot tub | 6 | 86% | £255 |
| Garden | 5 | 71% | £245 |
| Log burner / fireplace | 4 | 57% | £369 |
| High chair | 3 | 43% | £493 |
| Swimming pool | 1 | 14% | £565 |
| Private pool | 1 | 14% | £565 |
| BBQ | 1 | 14% | £493 |
Places for two are the only size with enough listings to compare, and they have one bedroom each. They are the cheapest way into Winster, and a usual night works out at roughly half the price per person of the larger houses once you split it between two. Bigger groups should look at the four and five bedroom places. Their nightly price is much higher, but shared between eight or ten people it can come out reasonable per head.
| Sleeps | Places | Bedrooms | Usual night | Per guest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sleeps 2 | 3 | 1 | £235 | £118 |
November is the cheapest month in the period covered, with December a little dearer. From January to April, prices sit noticeably higher and are very similar from one month to the next. That is unusual, as many places drop in price in late winter. Availability is also useful to know. November has the fewest free dates, while February has the most open nights. If you want a last-minute break, late winter has more choice, though you will pay more than in November.
| Month | Usual night | Nights still free |
|---|---|---|
| November 2026 | £245 | 25% |
| December 2026 | £265 | 52% |
| January 2027 | £312 | 71% |
| February 2027 | £312 | 80% |
| March 2027 | £312 | 71% |
| April 2027 | £307 | 72% |
Winster is surrounded by larger bases. Windermere has by far the most places and a lower starting price. Bowness-on-Windermere is also well stocked. Ambleside and Newby Bridge both start cheaper than Winster, while Kendal starts dearer. Troutbeck Bridge is about the same size as Winster. If you cannot find dates here, widening the search to these towns is the simplest fix, and prices start lower in several of them.
Usually not. Windermere has many more places and its cheapest nights start lower. Winster has fewer places and most have hot tubs, which tends to push nightly prices up.
Just over half do. They tend to be the larger or dearer places. If a fire matters for a winter break, check the features list before booking.
Yes. Several one-bedroom places sleep two and have a hot tub, and some also have a log burner. They are the cheapest places in Winster.
A few. The biggest sleeps up to 10 and has five bedrooms. Another sleeps eight. Both cost much more a night than the small places, but the cost per person can be lower.
Based on the prices we check every day, a night in one of these lodges or cabins in Winster usually costs £245, and a week in winter around £1,858 (£2,227 the rest of the year). Prices depend mostly on the dates and the size of the property.
Yes: 86% of the places on this page list a hot tub or spa bath on their property page.
57% of the places on this page accept pets, sometimes for a fee or on request. See also our dog friendly lodges.
The largest property in this selection sleeps up to 10 guests; the average is 4.4 guests.
In our data the busiest month is November 2026, with only 25% of nights still free. For Christmas, New Year and school holidays, book several weeks ahead; for a last-minute break, check the dates shown on each property.
Many lodges and cottages accept short breaks of 2 to 4 nights, but some only take weekly bookings in peak periods. The calendar on each property page shows the minimum stay night by night.
Go back to Lodges in the Lake District to widen your search. You might also like Lodges, Log Cabins & Hot Tub Breaks in Bowness-on-Windermere, Lodges in Windermere, Lodges, Log Cabins & Hot Tub Breaks in Troutbeck Bridge and Lodges in Newby Bridge.