Once a fishing village, transformed by the advent of the Furness Railway into a fashionable Victorian and Edwardian resort, Grange over Sands today is a relaxing oasis in the English Lakes, featuring shops selling local produce, a long traffic-free promenade, ornamental gardens, a duck pond, golf courses, brass band concerts and vantage points for bird watching. Cartmel village with its medieval Priory and picturesque National Hunt racecourse, the Lakeland Miniature Village, Ducky's Park Farm and Arnside Knott (N.T.) are among the myriad attractions within a few miles of the town.

Rockdene accesses the village via a private road at the top of the cliff whilst the foot of the property accesses the promenade and public ornamental water gardens. Tea rooms, a pub serving food and a selection of shops are about 700 yards away, and golf is available nearby.