Whitmore: Building History and Activities by the Water

If you’re looking for a hotel in Whitmore, it can help to first decide what you want to focus on during your stay. Historic buildings, activities by the water, guided movement and relaxation sessions, and walking trails in Whitmore Parish offer different starting points for your plans. Would you like to focus mainly on building history, make time for the water, or put walking trails at the centre of your plans?

The Building History of Whitmore Hall and the Church

The old stable block at Whitmore Hall dates from the late 16th or early 17th century. It preserves a fully intact stable for nine horses. The dating provides a timeframe; the surviving stable is a specific detail about the building’s former use.

The Church of St Mary and All Saints largely preserves fabric dating from the 12th century and was altered in the 17th century. In comparison, its surviving fabric dates considerably further back than the stable block. The time periods are therefore different: an older church structure with later alterations, and a stable block dating from the late 16th to the early 17th century.

Activities by the Water and a Café Break

Kingfisher Lake is a 4.5-acre lake designated for paddleboarding. You can bring your own paddleboard or rent one from Whitmore Lakes. Wild swimming is also available at Whitmore Lakes. When planning, you can distinguish between paddleboarding at Kingfisher Lake and wild swimming at Whitmore Lakes.

The lakeside café The Cake Shack serves homemade breakfasts, lunches, cakes and pastries, as well as hot and cold drinks. The menu ranges from breakfast and lunch to sweet treats and drinks. If you’d like to include a café stop in your plans for activities by the water, it’s another place to eat in Whitmore.

Guided Sauna Rituals and Qigong

The guided sauna rituals at Whitmore Lakes combine breathwork, meditation, Aroma Reiki, essential oils, and hot and cold therapy. Guided Qigong sessions are offered at Whitmore Hall and include gentle movements, breathwork and meditation. The formats have different focuses: Qigong includes gentle movements, while the sauna rituals also combine aromatic elements and hot-and-cold therapies.

The availability of individual sessions may change. If you’d like to take part in a particular guided activity, check in advance whether a session is being offered. This lets you plan around the format you’re interested in, rather than treating the two different activities as the same.

Walking Trails in Whitmore Parish

Whitmore Parish has many footpaths. Maps and detailed information for Whitmore & District Walks are available to print. Signs with maps of local walking trails can also be found at various locations. This means there is both material to help you prepare and map information at various points around the parish.

If you’re planning a walk, you can consult the printable maps and detailed information in advance. Signs showing local trail maps provide additional guidance along the way, wherever they are posted. Together with the buildings, activities by the water and guided sessions, these offer different themes to shape your stay in Whitmore around.

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