I'm looking for suggestions for a not-too-crowded town to stay in for two nights in mid-August roughly between Oxenholme and St Bees with train or easy bus access. It must have a laundry within walking distance as I won't have a car. Cartmel was recommended to me but I don't see that there is a laundry in town. Thank you.
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Lake District, England
11337 posts
I'm positive Grange over Sands has a launderette (I can picture it in my mind's eye)- train from Lancaster, and the hourly X6 bus from Kendal.
Ulverston has two- Brogden Street and Croftlands (where I used to live). However Croftlands Launderette closes in 3 weeks time. It's a housing estate on the edge of town.
Same bus and train lines, as Grange.
Ulverston, especially, would be a very nice place to recess for two nights, not that I'm averse at all to Grange.
Ulverston also has the bus 6 from Windermere, and the X12 to Coniston.
From Grange you get up to Cartmel on the 530 and 532 buses, but it's walkable (preferably downhill, back from Cartmel!) . 5 August is Cartmel Show day, and 29+ 31 are horse racing days.
By all means go to Cartmel for the day, but it's a bit limiting for overnight due to the bus times. Even Cark and Cartmel station is a bit of a stride away.
If you were coming in the top way through the central lakes then Cockermouth has one. From there it is bus 600 to Whitehaven, then the 32 to St Bees.
Whitehaven, 4 miles from St Bees, also has a laundrette, tucked away in a back street in the town centre.
Posted by
Mid-Atlantic area
8410 posts
Checkout The Laundry Shop, 29/30 Longpool, Kendal LA9 6ER. It appears to be close to the train station.
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9815 posts
We stayed in Keswick several years ago and found a good launderette close to city center,
There is a website for all the launderettes in Britain.