Leisure Pursuits at Shap Wells Hotel
With 30 acres of wooded grounds, surrounded by moorland, Shap Wells Hotel is an ideal place to relax. There are miles of quiet paths and bridle ways for recreational walking and other similar activities in the area. We offer written guides for small and medium walks within Shap Wells grounds and outlying areas. Our games room offers free a full-size snooker table, pool table, darts, table tennis and small aerobic gymnasium.
We also cater for individuals or groups of guests who are interested in long or short term breaks that will allow them to enjoy partaking in leisure pursuits that Shap Wells Hotel grounds and outlying areas provide such as wildlife enthusiasts e.g. Red Squirrels and birdlife, fell climbers, high and low level walkers, train enthusiasts e.g. Virgin mainline trains and from Appleby the Carlisle to Settle line, using us for a base or stop off for classic, vintage, veteran car and motorbike enthusiasts and university students to study the historical (Romano-British) and geological aspects of Cumbria. We have outside our hotel gate a site of special scientific interest and the remains of a Romano-British Iron Age village settlement. We also cater for the guests who wish to at their leisure visit the Lake District and the Yorkshire Dales including visiting Scotland as we are a short drive away from the Scottish borders.
Shap Wells Hotel is also an ideal location to stay for business groups whose organisational activities include training and team building as part of their staff development portfolio. We have a number of contacts that will organise such events and we would be happy to contact them on your behalf. Activities may include:
- Off Road Driving
- Quad Biking
- Clay Pigeon Shooting
- Rifle Shooting
- Archery
- Crossbow
- Rally Karts
- Abseiling
- Team Challenges
- Rock Climbing
- Canoeing
- Gorge Walking
- Paintball
Shap Wells Hotel has vast experience in catering for the individuals and groups who wish to have a unique property and location to stay whilst enjoying all the leisure facilities Shap Wells Hotel and surrounding locations in the Lake District, Peak District and Scottish Border Counties offer.
As we at Shap Wells Hotel would say:
“A UNIQUE PROPERTY IN A UNIQUE LOCATION”
