Based in the English Lake District, very close to the beautiful Bassenthwaite Lake, Herdwick Croft offers a variety of accommodation for all visitors to Cumbria. Please browse the site using the buttons above which will take you to the particular accommodation type. The property is only 8 miles from the market town of Keswick on Derwentwater, and 5 miles from Cockermouth, the birthplace of Wordsworth and Fletcher Christian (author of Mutiny on the Bounty). The picturesque Lakeland village of Bassenthwaite is only 2 miles away. Bassenthwaite Lake is ideal for those interested in watersports. The Bassenthwaite Sailing Club is one mile, where you can hire or launch a sailing dinghy. The lake is excellent for windsurfing and canoeing or just relax on the lake shore enjoying the sun or a picnic.