Last Minute Cottages in Cartmel

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Sally - Verified booking

  Little Barn was very clean with everything we needed.

  Amazing views and very quiet, just the donkeys and alpacas for company and they only wandered into the neighbouring field a couple of times. It made the perfect spot for our mini break. Not quite warm enough to enjoy the outside seating areas but we imagine it would be a fabulous place to sit with a morning cuppa or an evening G & T. Lots to explore in the area - we did a lovely walk from the cottage up to the Hospice tower with 360 degree views and then down to Cartmel - a very pretty place with cafes and pubs and a Priory lovely food and extensive menus at the Mallard Tea Room. Took the steam train from Haverthwaite to Lakeside and did a lovely walk up to High Dam through woodland. The tea room at Haverthwaite station sell off their scones and pasties for £1 at the end of each day. Akhi Indian in GOS delivered our takeaway too. Also enjoyed exploring around Humprhey Head and had a lovely meal at Thyme Out in Grange Over Sands before heading home. We would like to return to take the train across the estuary to Silverdale - maybe next year... Thanks for sharing your property.

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• John - Verified booking

  The property LITTLE BARN was beautiful in every respect; both inside and out.

  We are aware in the advertising that pets can stay there but we feel it is definitely NOT pet friendly, by pets we assume that dogs will be most likely to stay there, As soon as we opened the door to Little Barn we were met with a notice basically saying that pets can only be allowed to sit on the lounge floor and go nowhere else in the property. There were actually two big notices saying the same thing and also stating we would incur a fine if not complied with, We always take covers for everything anyway and always have. My Husband did mention this notice to the owners whilst we were there. Never have we had this before and we have stayed in your cottages before. The last one being on Holy Island last year. We really cannot recommend Little Barn to any pet owners as being pet friendly as it clearly is not. It seems such a shame as the property is perfect in every other way and we would have loved to have stayed there again ,

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• Shirley - Verified booking

  It's a beautiful wee place, great location.

  Very comfortable beds, lovely high quality bedding and towels. The whole place was lovely and clean to a high standard. The keysafe is a bit of an issue, the rubber cover comes off completely and I was covered in black marks all over my top, the keysafe itself comes out completely and isn't on hinges, I found it difficult to use. The bathrooms have no extractor fans so we had to open the windows for ventilation. A lovely neighbour explained that we could use the parking spot at the side of the drive which was really helpful as we had come in 2 cars. When I saw the sign that said parking for number 42, I assumed that meant on the drive. Amanda left us milk, tea, coffee biscuits and some Rollo's, this was a lovely gesture and was appreciated. We loved the torch in the hallway as we definitely needed it to take Ziggy for a walk down the field at night. We would definitely return.

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• Jean - Verified booking

  Roll’s Retreat is a lovely comfortable home we enjoyed our stay (2 couples and dog).

  The enclosed garden is very safe for dogs even our greyhound I doubt could jump the fence panels. Grange Over Sands is a charming quiet old worldly type of place with plenty of green spaces to walk dogs and there is a field at the back of the property too. The promenade is also a lovely walk. The property’s kitchen was well equipped so we ate in most evenings also making use of the BBQ. Beds were very comfortable, bedding and towels were of lovely quality. Nothing not to like about taking a holiday here. We drove to Lake Windermere (30-40mins) and Grizedale Forest (40mins) so lots to see and do with good walks from the property too. It was lovely to have milk, treats for us and the dog, soap, cleaning materials and loo roll already at the property. We would not hesitate to go back to this lovely home from home.

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• David - Verified booking

  First time using Sykes and won’t be the last, for sure.

  I worked in the travel industry my whole working life and always take a negative view from start to finish of the booking procedure through to information given, how accurate is it, property condition, back up services etc etc and have say with my mind set I found nothing whatsoever to find. The Lodge was spotlessly clean, beautifully presented, information provided by Sykes was spot on, EXCELLENT in all phases. To explain I was a Partner/Director and travelled extensively around GB, Europe, North America and much more and beyond. Now retired my intention is to explore, see, sample more of our own HOMELANDS. No more Aircraft’, no more bland hotels, no more Airports! I started saying first time with Sykes and won’t be the last Please pass sincere thanks to your staff, owner and all others Thanks again

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