Expansion of Low Wood and Wild Boar Hotels

In 1969, we considerably increased the size of both Low Wood and The Wild Boar. The work represented an important period of expansion for the family hotel business, which had purchased Low Wood in 1958 and The Wild Boar the following year. English Lakes' official company history specifically records that both properties were substantially enlarged in 1969. By this stage, the family business had been welcoming guests at Low Wood since 1953 and was developing a small portfolio of hotels around Windermere. English Lakes The 1969 building programme increased the scale of two of its principal properties and formed part of their gradual development from traditional Lakeland hotels into the larger hospitality operations that followed in subsequent decades. Both properties remain part of English Lakes today: Low Wood has developed into Low Wood Bay Resort & Spa on the Windermere shoreline, while The Wild Boar now operates as Wild Boar Estate near Windermere.