Dog Friendly Cottages In Cumbria

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Nick - Verified booking

  We had a great time here!

  We planned to use the hot tub, but then didn't as we were too busy! There is plenty of space near the cottage for dog walking. If I'd had more time I would have worked out a route from the cottage to Coniston and back again. The log burner is great and heats the cottage nicely (our dog loved it). There is plenty of parking space too. We struggled with the electric cooker at the cottage, but that was mostly because we've only ever used gas and didn't manage the heat properly. I think a few other people have mentioned the lack of Internet connectivity as a problem. It mostly makes planning your days out a bit harder as you need either an abundance of written material or you need to plan in advance. More local information in the cottage would be great. There do appear to be phone sockets in the cottage, so maybe the lack of connectivity is either a choice or the cottage is too far from the local exchange for ADSL. My recommendation to others is to go down to one of the local pubs and do your planning there. It's not as good as the comfort as the cottage, but it's okay. Overall, a great short break!

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• Jodie - Verified booking

  The house is lovely, has a really homely feeling and is more spacious than the photos suggest.

  The bathrooms bedrooms and living room are all comfortable and well maintained, although the beds are extremely soft which gave a couple of us back ache after a few nights. The kitchen is clean and easy to use but could do with a few more knives, just a bread knife and large carving knife available. A couple of other dishes and serving bowls would be useful but there was enough to make do. The swimming pool was great and much warmer than previews reviews suggested but there was a sort of petrol smell in there near the door. The catering building next door was not an issue at all, barely even knew it was there. There were a few issues with the boiler initially but the owners quickly sorted it and we were toasty warm the whole stay. There's plenty of parking and a small outdoor eating space, a bit of grass but on an incline so not suitable for small children really. The views are lovely and on a cold winter afternoon with the fire on and a good book it was just what we needed. All in all it was a great space to relax and we would happily recommend and/or book again.

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• Lorna - Verified booking

  House, gardens and pool are great.

  Nice and warm in most of the house, poolhouse ok, even when very cold outside. All the rooms in the house are huge and well furnished. There were a few issues: the ensuite was freezing and totally unusable, (but the toasty bathroom made up for it) Lacking a few bits in the kitchen, only three knives for food prep, one big chopping knife which we didn't use, 1 rather blunt bread knife and a small wobbly-handled knife. Tin opener useless, no large bowls for meals or making salad in, only little cereal bowls. Cooker extractor door would not stay open. Communication great during the stay, but it took a month to get an answer a question asked at the time of booking. I'd asked how deep the pool was because I am both short and a poor swimmer and was told it was six feet deep all across the pool, no shallow end. Having bought a swim vest and swim ring, turned out that information was completely wrong, it has a shallow end and even the deep end wasn't six foot! Having said all that, we enjoyed our stay and would definitely book again.

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• Kimberley - Verified booking

  This is our second stay.

  Love the house and the location. Beds lovely and comfortable. Found the slow cooker really helpful. The kids enjoyed the swimming pool, it was well used. We will hopefully book again as we all really enjoyed the holiday. Found the house and swimming area a little cold at times. The heating was controlled remotely and locked so we could not change the schedule. We would much have preferred to have been in control of the times and temperatures. The central heating is noisy when it comes on in the morning, no chance of a sleep in. Disappointed the beautiful fireplace now has a fan heater in front of it. We did need to use the fan heater as at times cold it was cold. The master bedroom toilet is freezing. Would be great if there were more plates available so the dishwasher didn’t have to be on as often. I hope this does not sound to negative, but more as positive feedback for improvements, as the house is beautiful.

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• Amanda - Verified booking

  We had an extremely relaxing, quiet 4 night stay here in early Sept.

  Mum dad and me with the labrador. We loved the walks straight from the cottage and the hot tub was amazing. What a perfect location for it - views of the hills all around. You cant predict the weather but the cottage was great. I would have liked updated washing machine and dishwasher as they were a little tired and no instructions so you had to guess what programme to put them on. Sky TV was great and the new addition of wifi was unexpected but much needed as you can then sit at home and plan your day. We did Blencathra and the local Coniston water lake walk. We also went to Stavelely and visited the artisan bakery, amazing Wheelbase bike shop and Hawkshead brewery. We tried the local pub the Wilsons Arms and had fish and chips outside in the garden with the dog. Would have stayed much longer had it not been for my work. I'd go again in a heartbeat.

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