About St Marks Stays
St Marks Stays is self-catering group accommodation with live in hosts set in beautiful Cumbrian countryside. It is our home but we are discrete and here to help make your stay more special with on hand local expert help and a house with all the perks.
St Marks Stays Description
St Marks Stays has 5 ensuite bedrooms, dining room, lounge, self-catering kitchen, studio and extensive garden. We are pet friendly and live in the house. We sleep on the top floor, but do share the kitchen with our guests so we can chat over coffee. We are discrete and make sure you have your own space to relax, celebrate, cook, or whatever you are looking to do during your stay with us. We are on hand should you need local expertise and are here to help your stay however we can.
Reviews
Our blog post today shows a few routes for walking the Howgill Fells, including Cautley Spout Waterfall.
Good luck to everyone taking part in the Great North Swim this weekend. We hope the forecast changes and the weather is kind to you 🤞🏻 Great Swim
The long daylight hours mean we got to test out the new BBQ, Cooking, Firepit this evening. It’s all ready for you now guests #enjoytheoutdoors
On a sunny day back in May we made it over to have lunch at Mathilde's Delicious! So many foodie options to explore in Cumbria.
The Howgill Fells looking spectacular this morning
So many horses and caravans have trotted through in the last couple of weeks and now only two days till the Appleby Horse Fair opens.
Check out these great drone images a guest sent us. Thanks so much.
Congratulations to our guests walking the Yorkshire 3 Peaks this weekend for Clic Sargent charity. Awesome work!
Don’t look down! Today on the blog is our Via Ferrata experience at Honister Slate Mine
Today’s blog post involves wild camping, snow and England’s highest mountain, Scafell Pike.
It can often take 45 minutes to drive across a city in traffic, yet in that time, you can be from St Marks Stays to locations such as this. Today's blog post brings you the beautiful landscapes of High Dam.
The return of the Sedbergh Gala and our first experience of it is featured on our website blog
The 3 types of fun : Which one usually applies to you?
Well gold star to our amazing guest for this review! Thank you so much.
It is always helpful for other guests to know what there is to do in the area etc so this is really appreciated.
By the way - we will add a post soon on what the fun scale is ha ha.
This was taken from our top floor window but you can watch the house martins from the garden as they fly in and out of their nests in our eaves.
Lovely contemporary textiles exhibition on at Rheged currently until 30 June. Plus they have textravaganza weekend 8-9 June to meet textile artists and buy their work.