Claife Heights is an area of woodland owned by the National Trust on the western shores of Windermere. It is a great spot for walking, cycling and spotting wildlife.

Here, the moist climate and acid soils of the Lake District have combined to form the beautiful moss-rich oak woods – a habitat rare in Europe and of international importance.

Within Claife heights is Claife Station, which is a ruin providing a viewpoint where visitors can look out onto lake Windermere. The windows of the Drawing Room are its most celebrated feature – each had a different aspect, viewed through different coloured glass to enhance variations in weather and seasons. The tinted glass was intended to recreate lighting effects in the landscape – yellow represented summer, orange was for autumn, green for spring, and blue for winter. There was also a dark blue for moonlight and a lilac tint to give the impression of a thunderstorm.