Region guide

Sporting Hotels in the North West

The North West is sporting country shaped by water and stone. The Cumbrian fells and the Lake District run hard, the forests are quiet, and the patchwork of estates across the region offers a real mix: driven pheasant and partridge on the lower ground of Cheshire and Lancashire, walked-up days with the dogs higher up, and some of the best wild fishing in England on the rivers and tarns of the Lakes. The country is dramatic, the weather honest, and the welcome — once you are off the tourist line — wholehearted.

A North West sporting hotel works best when it understands fell country: drying rooms that earn their name, rooms that take dogs, and kitchens that send up a proper supper after a long day on the hill. A view across the water never hurts.