New conference facilities at Lakeside Hotel, Windermere

Lakeside Hotel is one of the finest four star hotels in the Lake District, situated on the water’s edge of Lake Windermere with breathtaking views of the lake and the fells beyond.

It has long been a favoured location with conference or event planners for its unique location, high standards and easy access from across the UK as well as the flexibility to host groups in a choice of rooms and suites.

From May 2011 the hotel will be adding to this choice of rooms with the opening of its largest function room to date, the new ‘Windermere Suite at Lakeside’.

This daylight-filled venue offers a fully-serviced and self-contained area adjacent to the hotel where groups of up to 100 people can enjoy a private reception.The main suite and lounge area incorporates local, natural materials, such as oak flooring, panelling and wool carpeting with the latest audio-visual technology and adaptive lighting to suit any mood. Switchable glass between the two areas permits instant privacy at the touch of a button.

At the rear of the suite is a paved and landscaped terrace with outdoor seating, where well worked minds can be revived by uninterrupted views of the Lake District countryside and freshly brewed coffee or al fresco dining from the fully-equipped on site kitchen.

In addition the hotel offers 11 other meeting rooms which as all equipped with the latest technology and wireless broadband.

And when the work is over delegates can relax in the facilities of the hotel which include a spacious pool and AVEDA spa; fine dining in the hotel’s choice of three restaurants and bars and in one of the hotel’s 70 richly decorated and sumptuously appointed bedrooms.

Lakeside Hotel offers complimentary parking to all guests and is only 15 minutes from the M6 and Oxenholme railway station (on the West Coast Main Line); its 90 minutes from Manchester Airport, Manchester and Leeds, and under 3 hours direct from London.

Bookings for the Windermere Suite are being taken from May 2011. For more information go to: lakesidehotel.co.uk