Chauffeur hire in Ambleside, LA22 and the central Lakes

A collection in Ambleside starts with the chauffeur finding the stopping point rather than the address. On B5343 Langdale road that can mean the loading bay fifty yards down, or the side street behind the Armitt Museum, and the message you get names the spot in plain English.

From the moment the car leaves Ambleside, the arrival time is ours to manage. If the arrival at Manchester moves you hear about it once, with a number attached, rather than in a series of updates sent to you in Ambleside.

• No meter and no waiting charge on a residential collection in Ambleside
• Route out of Ambleside chosen for the hour rather than for the map
• Gated entrances and courtyards in Ambleside checked in advance
• A second collection in Windermere priced into the same booking

By the time you clear customs at Manchester the chauffeur has been in the building a while, has the board up, and knows roughly what the 1 hour 50 minutes to 2 hours 25 minutes back to Ambleside will cost at that hour.

If the onward journey is by rail, the car runs to Staveley instead of home, with the cases carried to the barrier and enough margin left for the train you actually intend to take.

• Return route into Ambleside chosen at the airport exit rather than in advance
• A second drop in Windermere priced into the same booking
• Trains into Staveley watched the same way as flights
• Private arrivals met airside at the Manchester handling agent, then driven to Ambleside

We treat a train into Staveley the way we treat a flight. Twenty minutes lost somewhere before Staveley moves the chauffeur's start time in Ambleside and changes nothing else about your booking.

Luggage is the reason most people book a car at Staveley. Two large cases across the Staveley concourse is unpleasant; the same two cases handed to a chauffeur at the barrier is not a problem at all.