Coniston Holiday Cottages

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Lynn - Verified booking

  Lovely location and surrounding area.

  Beautiful view from the garden/sitting out area. Everywhere accessible by car - we think it may have been a long walk into Coniston itself and we weren't sure how to get there so we only drove in. We had three lovely cruises on the lakes but particularly enjoyed the "Gondola" on Coniston Water, we drove through the three passes including Kirkstone and Wrynose, visited "Hill Top" the former home of Beatrix Potter (go early, it is timed admittance and gets very busy!), the Lakeland Motor Museum, Hawkshead (very pretty pedestrianised village) and enjoyed some lovely walks (Esthwaite Water and Tarn Hows). Also can thoroughly recommend the "Bluebird Café" (beautifully clean and the cakes are awesome) overlooking Coniston Water and the supermarket "Booths" in Windermere, lots of choice and fresh produce. All in all a lovely, relaxing holiday with a comfortable cottage to come home to each day. A vacuum cleaner at the property would have been handy as we had muddy shoes some days!

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• Delia - Verified booking

  The cottage was perfect for two, very well equipped and nicely decorated.

  The bed was extremely comfortable - a delight after a day of walking! Best of all, the view over Coniston lake and the Old Man of Coniston and the owner’s gardens are gorgeous and the secluded location a dream. There is also a private outdoor area with incredible views where we relaxed with a drink. Conscious others have noted the lack on Internet but the amazing location beats internet access (and in any case it works enough to check emails or do some quick research at the top of the stairs). Also very helpful to have off road parking. Location is very good, very near Coniston Lake and easy driving access to the best areas in the Lakes. Overall really exceeded my expectations and hope to visit again.

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• Grace - Verified booking

  A few negatives about The property that prospective guests should be alerted to: 1.

  The bedroom is overlooked and not at all private (unless the curtains are closed). 2. No microwave, limited crockery (esp glasses) and no basics available (not even a teabag). 3. Not able to control temperature in property (radiators fixed) and was way too hot. 4. Constant annoying dripping from gutter onto skylight 5. Loose part on bath which kept coming off (spa filter) and hurt your fingers if you weren't careful. 6. Very cramped in kitchen and not practical carrying meals upstairs. 7. One of the most expensive cottages we've stayed in (in view of the size) and weve stayed in lots! Definitely rates one of our least favourite. 8. One plus - the bed was comfortable.

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• Nicole - Verified booking

  We enjoyed a wonderful stay over the New Year.

  The cottage has a lovely view east towards the lake and it's only a 5-10 minute walk to the local shops, cafes and restaurants. We parked at Old Station Car Park as the roads were icy and narrow. The fire kept us cosy during the evenings, though we had to stock up on a lot of wood as it burns through it quickly. The bedrooms were comfortable, and the shower perfectly hot and powerful. We opted to take our recycling home with us as everything has to go in 1 bin to be sorted at the waste depot, and we felt more comfortable ensuring it was handled separately. We'd certainly come back to the cottage and to Coniston on a future holiday.

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• Keith - Verified booking

  It was our 50th wedding Anniversary and the cottage was beautiful the owners ...

  It was our 50th wedding Anniversary and the cottage was beautiful the owners were so lovely and left us a gift and card for our anniversary which we did not expect it was such a lovely surprise they could not do enough for us the cottage and the views were unbelievable we have never seen anything like it before it's the first time ever that we have been to the Lake District and we are definitely going back next year hopefully to the same cottage we are so pleased we picked Gable End we recommend it to anyone who wants a romantic and special place to visit and stall it's the best one we have ever stayed in

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