If you want to experience a World Heritage site in all its glory, get yourself to Claife Heights Viewing station on the banks of Lake Windermere. By road …Junction 36 off M6, then take A684 which becomes the A591 to Windermere and Ambleside. B5285 from Windermere via Windermere ferry 3 miles. B5286 and B5285 from Ambleside 9 miles. B5285 from Coniston 8 miles. Parking: Ash Landing, very near Claife Viewing Station and Harrowslack, on Windermere’s west shore. There’s a cosy cafe in the courtyard and it is open every day 11am-3pm. Four legged friends are welcome on the west shore of Windermere. This colourful Viewing Station has endless lake views and waterside paths for you to explore. Claife Heights is a few minutes in the car from both of our Lake District cottages. If you are searching for accommodation in the Lakes look no further and check out our web site http://www.lakesgetaways.co.uk