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		<title>Birthday bash turns into wedding day for Natalie and Peter</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2025 05:24:27 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[A Lancaster couple have turned a 50th birthday party into their dream wedding with a surprise ceremony kept secret from friends and family. Natalie Marshall and Peter Woodruff had booked Lancaster House Hotel several months in advance for Natalie’s 50th birthday celebrations. As the time of the autumn birthday party drew nearer, the couple, who [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Lake District hotel group introduces Bitcoin payment facilities</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2025 05:22:28 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[A Lake District based hotel group has introduced Bitcoin transactions to help expand its business into new markets. Guests with English Lakes Hotels Resorts &#38; Venues now have the option to book and pay using Bitcoin for rooms and leisure services across its venues, which include Low Wood Bay Resort &#38; Spa on the shores [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Spa resort hosts historic seaplane flight crew</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2025 17:56:29 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[A Lake District spa resort has played host to the flight crew of a prototype seaplane from the annals of aviation history. Low Wood Bay Resort &#38; Spa was the base for the pilots and engineers of Waterbird, a unique, exact replica of the UK’s first successful seaplane which first flew from Windermere in 1911. [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>North West hotel group funds play house restoration for nursery school</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2025 19:39:32 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[A Lake District primary school has a newly renovated outdoor play house for its nursery children, thanks to a local hotel group offering to cover the cost of repairs. The Wendy house restoration project was initiated by the nursery at St Martin and St Mary primary school in Windermere.  The wooden play house in the [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Gym equipment donation for Heysham community project</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2025 04:28:36 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[A community project in Heysham has taken delivery of a set of high quality gym equipment donated by a North West hotel group. Heysham Mossgate Sports &#38; Community Centre is raising the bar for youth development and wellbeing for local children, thanks to the installation of the fitness equipment. Working with Morecambe FC Community Foundation, [&#8230;]]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2025 14:01:24 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[A Morecambe community project has taken delivery of a set of high quality gym equipment donated by a North West hotel group. Morecambe FC Community Foundation is raising the bar for youth development and wellbeing for local children, thanks to the installation of the fitness equipment in its community centre. English Lakes Hotels Resorts &#38; [&#8230;]]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2025 12:48:17 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[A community project in Heysham has taken delivery of a set of high quality gym equipment donated by a North West hotel group. Heysham Mossgate Sports &#38; Community Centre is raising the bar for youth development and wellbeing for local children, thanks to the installation of the fitness equipment. Working with Morecambe FC Community Foundation, [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Hotel group paddlers race to victory in dragon boat regatta</title>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2025 13:31:33 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[A crack team of paddlers from a Lake District hotel group has battled to victory in a charity dragon boat racing regatta on Windermere. The crew from English Lakes Hotels Resorts &#38; Venues took to the water to raise funds for disadvantaged children and young people in the Lakeside Dragon Boat Regatta. They were supporting [&#8230;]]]></description>
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				<description><![CDATA[A crack team of paddlers from a Lake District hotel group has battled to victory in a charity dragon boat racing regatta on Windermere. The crew from English Lakes Hotels Resorts &#38; Venues took to the water to raise funds for disadvantaged children and young people in the Lakeside Dragon Boat Regatta. They were supporting [&#8230;]]]></description>
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				<description><![CDATA[A crack team of paddlers from a Lake District hotel group has battled to victory in a charity dragon boat racing regatta on Windermere. The crew from English Lakes Hotels Resorts &#38; Venues took to the water to raise funds for disadvantaged children and young people in the Lakeside Dragon Boat Regatta. They were supporting [&#8230;]]]></description>
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				<description><![CDATA[A crack team of paddlers from a Lake District hotel group has battled to victory in a charity dragon boat racing regatta on Windermere. The crew from English Lakes Hotels Resorts &#38; Venues took to the water to raise funds for disadvantaged children and young people in the Lakeside Dragon Boat Regatta. They were supporting [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Rock sculpture installed in memory of inspiring teacher and Olympian</title>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2025 16:01:25 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[An inspiring new addition to the Windermere shoreline is honouring the memory of Olympic swimmer, teacher and mother of two Helen Smart. Helen sadly and unexpectedly passed away in 2023 at the age of 42 whilst on holiday with all her family in the Lake District. Her husband Craig Smart wanted to honour Helen’s incredible [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Lake District estate gives nature a buzz with new beehives</title>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2025 14:01:14 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[Staff at a country estate in the Lake District have taken to beekeeping in a drive to help nurture its surrounding woodlands and wildflowers.   Wild Boar Estate near Windermere is now home to three burgeoning beehives which are allowing the rural estate venue to produce its own honey for guests to enjoy at breakfast [&#8230;]]]></description>
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				<description><![CDATA[A joint display of paintings, prints and ceramics are the focus of the latest art exhibition at a Lake District spa resort on Windermere. English Lakes Hotels Resorts &#38; Venues has partnered with Gavagan Art to bring the abstract works of Sir Terry Frost RA and his son Anthony Frost to its ‘Art in the [&#8230;]]]></description>
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				<description><![CDATA[A spa hotel resort on Windermere is benefiting from a major renewable energy project with the addition of 385 photovoltaic solar panels to roofs across its site.  Low Wood Bay Resort &#38; Spa has installed the solar panels on five buildings around its grounds, with each cluster facing south or south westerly to maximise sunshine [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Lancashire hotel opens new window for gift shop</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[A North Lancashire hotel has partnered with a local arts and crafts gift shop to help showcase its works to guests and visitors to the area. Lancaster House Hotel has joined forces with The Little Shop of Handmade Loveliness, an independent business which supports local creative makers by stocking and promoting their handmade arts, crafts, [&#8230;]]]></description>
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				<description><![CDATA[A Lake District spa resort is giving some of its guests the chance to dip into the annals of popular music with the introduction of a diverse collection of vinyl records.  Winander Club at Low Wood Bay Resort &#38; Spa has launched daily afternoon sessions in its top floor bar and lounge thanks to a [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Lake District estate goes Dutch for new sculpture</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 06:01:44 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[Lake District estate goes Dutch for new sculpture A spectacular porcine sculpture has been installed at a country estate near Windermere, inspired by a local legend about the slaying of a ferocious wild boar by a knight of the realm. Dutch artist Marjan Wouda was awarded the commission from Wild Boar Estate to create the [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Hospitality team takes 30 mile hike to raise funds for North West charity</title>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2025 12:01:16 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[A brave band of walkers brought together by a North West hotel has tackled a one day 30 mile hiking challenge to raise funds for a Lancaster based charitable organisation. The team of six hikers from English Lakes Hotels Resorts &#38; Venues completed the walk from Wild Boar Estate in south Cumbria to Lancaster House [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>New green credentials for North West spa resort</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2025 12:01:47 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[A luxury Lake District spa resort has achieved a new accreditation to benchmark its progress in environmental performance and use of renewable energy. Low Wood Bay Resort &#38; Spa near Windermere has received the nationally recognised Greengage ECOsmart gold award. ECOsmart is the leading certification system for hotels, hospitality and meeting venues.  It integrates UN [&#8230;]]]></description>
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