Can you invoice our company?

Yes. Choose “My company” on the form and we’ll invoice you directly.

How quickly will we hear back?

We ring back the same day with a price for your dates.

Where do the vans go?

One van parks in the house’s own bay opposite, and there’s a big car park just around the corner with room for as many vans as you bring.

Is the price really all in?

Yes. Gas, electricity, wifi, bed linen, towels and cleaning are all in the price.

What if the job runs over?

Tell us as early as you can. If the dates are free, we extend the booking.

How far is it from Sellafield?

Springholm is in Bootle, 16 miles south of Sellafield: about 30 minutes by road. Seascale and Drigg are about 25 minutes, and Millom about 20.

Is a house cheaper than hotel rooms near Sellafield?

For a crew of six the whole house works out at about £22 a head a night, all in, with a kitchen to cook in. Put that next to the hotel quotes you have.

Can the crew get the train?

Bootle has its own station on the Cumbrian Coast line, which also stops at Seascale and Sellafield. Check the Northern timetable against your shift times.

Contractor accommodation near Sellafield

Whole-house stays for contractors and work crews in West Cumbria, booked for a week, a month or the length of the job. One team under one roof, one price for the house, and a same-day quote.

About £22a head per night for a crew of six, all in. The whole house from £131 a night on monthly stays.

Get a crew quote Call 01271 447054

Kitchen with a butcher-block island, pale blue units and a chequered floor

Attic bedroom under oak beams, with a mustard throw and a sofa

Lounge with two navy sofas around a round rug, the kitchen through the arch

The back of the terrace with the fells behind

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Sleeps: 10
Bedrooms: 4
Bathrooms: 2
To Sellafield: 30 min drive
Vans: Room for every van

Where can a contractor crew stay near Sellafield?

Springholm Cottage in Bootle, West Cumbria, is a whole 4-bedroom house for one contractor crew, 16 miles south of Sellafield (about 30 minutes by road). It sleeps up to 10 with 2 bathrooms, a full kitchen and room for the vans, and costs about £22 a head a night for a crew of six, all in.

We invoice your company and ring back the same day with a price. Checked 27 October 2026.

How far Bootle is from the sites
To	Miles	By road
Eskmeals	2	about 10 min
Millom	9	about 20 min
Drigg	12	about 25 min
Seascale	13	about 25 min
Sellafield	16	about 30 min
Egremont	19	about 35 min
Whitehaven	24	about 40 min
Barrow-in-Furness	30	about 50 min

Typical drive times from Bootle. Allow extra at the site gates around shift change.

Take a look round

Springholm Cottage, Bootle, Cumbria. Every room, as your crew will find it.

Kitchen

Kitchen with the range cooker, island and window over the sink

Kitchen island, looking through the arch to the lounge

Fresh bread and flowers on the kitchen island

Kitchen corner with the kettle, toaster and coffee machine

Coffee machine and kettle on the worktop

Living and dining

Open-plan lounge with navy sofas and a period fireplace

Lounge from the stairs, with the front door and fireplace

Open-plan living and dining space with the kitchen beyond

Dining table with pink banquette seats under the stairs

Lounge window with a model tall ship on the sill

Cast-iron fireplace with a pine surround and carved chest

Oil painting of a tall ship at sea above the sofa

Cumbria Life magazine on the glass coffee table

Bedrooms

Attic bedroom with skylights and a second bed at the far end

Attic bedroom from the top of the stairs

Attic bedroom with an armchair, coffee table and double bed

Attic double bed with bedside tables under the beams

Attic bedroom with beams, skylights and a palm

Laptop on the coffee table in the attic bedroom

Double bedroom with a velvet headboard and pink quilt

Double bedroom with a teal headboard and pink quilt

Double bedroom with a clothes rail and a tall plant

Bedside table and lamp beside the pink double

Double bedroom with striped armchairs and a green throw

Double bed with a red velvet headboard and lamps either side

Red headboard reflected in a long mirror

Double bedroom with a blue floral quilt by the window

Double bed with a blue floral quilt under a sloping ceiling

Bedroom under the eaves with a blue floral quilt

Bathrooms

Bathroom with a freestanding bath and metro tiles

Freestanding roll-top bath under botanical prints

Bathroom with the bath, heated towel rail and vanity

Bathroom with a heated towel rail, vanity and patterned floor

Shower room with a glass enclosure and vanity unit

Shower and vanity through the bathroom door

Hall and stairs

Entrance hall with a reclaimed-wood boot bench

Stable door, coat hooks and washing machine in the hall

Framed newspaper front pages on the landing

Framed newspaper front page by the stairs

Antique map of Cumberland in a gilt frame

Outside and the village

Springholm Cottage from the street, a white terrace with blue window frames

Front of the house with a ship’s wheel above the door

Road signs to Bootle station, Eskmeals and the beach

Booking it for your crew

One price covers

Gas and electricity
Wifi
Bed linen and towels
Cleaning
A parking bay for one van

A house or hotel rooms

	Springholm Cottage	Hotel rooms	Pub or B&B rooms
Rooms	Four bedrooms in one house	A room each, booked separately	A room each, if there are enough
Evenings	A big kitchen-living room to eat together	The bar or your room	The bar or your room
Food	Cook what you like, with a dishwasher	Restaurant or takeaway	Breakfast, then eat out
Bills	One price for the house, all in	Per room, per night	Per room, per night
Vans	One at the house, the rest in a big car park round the corner	The hotel car park	Depends on the pub

Who stays here

Outage and shutdown crews: Take the whole house for the length of the outage, and extend if the work runs over.
Construction and civils teams: A proper kitchen to cook a real meal and a lounge to switch off in after a long shift.
Engineers working away: Somewhere that feels like home on a long job, with the village shop and café a minute’s walk away.

Tell us your dates

We'll check the calendar and ring you back with a price. Prefer to talk now? Call 01271 447054.

Questions people ask

Can you invoice our company?: Yes. Choose “My company” on the form and we’ll invoice you directly.
How quickly will we hear back?: We ring back the same day with a price for your dates.
Where do the vans go?: One van parks in the house’s own bay opposite, and there’s a big car park just around the corner with room for as many vans as you bring.
Is the price really all in?: Yes. Gas, electricity, wifi, bed linen, towels and cleaning are all in the price.
What if the job runs over?: Tell us as early as you can. If the dates are free, we extend the booking.
How far is it from Sellafield?: Springholm is in Bootle, 16 miles south of Sellafield: about 30 minutes by road. Seascale and Drigg are about 25 minutes, and Millom about 20.
Is a house cheaper than hotel rooms near Sellafield?: For a crew of six the whole house works out at about £22 a head a night, all in, with a kitchen to cook in. Put that next to the hotel quotes you have.
Can the crew get the train?: Bootle has its own station on the Cumbrian Coast line, which also stops at Seascale and Sellafield. Check the Northern timetable against your shift times.

Booking a family holiday instead? See Springholm Cottage.