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• Confirmed Guest - Verified booking

  This is the most fabulous place I know. The cottage itself is very comfortable and welcoming - I feel that I've come home as soon as I walk through the door. The welcome hamper left by Fiona and Steve was excellent and had everything we needed to get through the first evening - in case we'd not brought anything. The location is superb - the high view over the sea is wonderful and I spent time just watching that - watching the sea change colour, watching the little boats in the distance, watching the sky, watching the birds. Completely mesmerising. The walk down to the enclosed beach is exciting and worth the effort - you need to pick your times with the tides so as not to get cut off. If you're nimble enough to climb the gate to the path then the rest of the route should be ok for you. It is an effort but the reward is a beach that no one else uses. There are plenty of places to go to - if you want to walk there's plenty of that or there are fabulous beaches to drive to. And of course there is the lighthouse itself. Nothing quite like being lulled to sleep by watching the three beams of light crossing the sky... I tried so hard to stay awake to watch them but they sent me to sleep like nothing I've ever known. There is something very special in being there, way beyond the obvious. This was our third visit and we were exceptionally lucky with the weather. If I have any complaints they're petty and annoying and I'm ashamed of myself for mentioning them... ... the curtains in the bedroom need a thicker blackout lining, otherwise you are woken by the sun rise, which was around 4.30. ... if you like to cook you will need to bring your own knives, as the ones there are very blunt! I loved it and can't wati to go back.

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• Confirmed Guest - Verified booking

  This is the most fabulous place I know. The cottage itself is very comfortable and welcoming - I feel that I've come home as soon as I walk through the door. The welcome hamper left by Fiona and Steve was excellent and had everything we needed to get through the first evening - in case we'd not brought anything.The location is superb - the high view over the sea is wonderful and I spent time just watching that - watching the sea change colour, watching the little boats in the distance, watching the sky, watching the birds. Completely mesmerising.The walk down to the enclosed beach is exciting and worth the effort - you need to pick your times with the tides so as not to get cut off. If you're nimble enough to climb the gate to the path then the rest of the route should be ok for you. It is an effort but the reward is a beach that no one else uses.There are plenty of places to go to - if you want to walk there's plenty of that or there are fabulous beaches to drive to.And of course there is the lighthouse itself. Nothing quite like being lulled to sleep by watching the three beams of light crossing the sky... I tried so hard to stay awake to watch them but they sent me to sleep like nothing I've ever known. There is something very special in being there, way beyond the obvious.This was our third visit and we were exceptionally lucky with the weather. If I have any complaints they're petty and annoying and I'm ashamed of myself for mentioning them...... the curtains in the bedroom need a thicker blackout lining, otherwise you are woken by the sun rise, which was around 4.30. ... if you like to cook you will need to bring your own knives, as the ones there are very blunt!I loved it and can't wati to go back.

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• Arun - Verified booking

  A quick couple of points: 1.

  Location is great. 2. One of the best decorated properties of it's category that I've come across. 3. Property is mostly well maintained but some things have been a let down that could be improved: - One of the most uncomfortable mattresses I've ever come across. Despite there being a heavy topper, could feel most coil springs against my back the whole night making for a very uncomfortable sleep. - Cobwebs in a number of places within the property such as behind curtains, top of kitchen units etc and a thick coat of dust accumulated over time under the bed frame with a pill lying down there - whatever it was for. - No separate key to the one bedroom suite/Flat on the first floor - the only lockable door being the main entrance door on ground floor. This made it feel rather insecure for us - it's like being able to lock the one external door but not the door to the flat itself as there were no keys provided for it. Further, there's a curtain on the outside of the flat door to allow someone outside the flat to view into the flat rather than having that curtain on the inner side of the flat to let residents close it for privacy or to open and look out if needed. It may serve some purpose but not one I could understand as it was external to the first floor flat allowing a view in. - It gets very dark outside shortly after 4pm in the winter months - the lighting that's outside the property but within the lodge area is very dim and insufficient - most people end up having to walk around within the property grounds with a torch when they need to. Better/brighter street lighting in the gated area would be much appreciated by most tenants I'm sure.

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• Confirmed Guest - Verified booking

  I love Start Point Lighthouse and Landward Cottage. This was our fourth visit I've already booked to go there again in a few weeks. What do I love? The remote location - that there's nothing there but a lighthouse and two cottages - the house itself is beautiful and has everything you need but with no emotional attachment - the way the house seems to welcome you in, is comfortable and relaxing - the high vista over the sea - being able to look down to see seabirds flying - the clean air - the way after a couple of days you find yourself running up the stairs and charging up hills - the lack of 100,000 telephone signals going through your head - the beaches and the sea - watching the weather coming and going - sitting at the stone table watching the boats - that food tastes better there - that everything is kept so clean and everything works - that there is a basket of really lovely things awaiting you when you arrive. That doesn't happen on its own and Steve and Fiona do a fantastic job in keeping the place in such a lovely welcoming state. Best of all I love laying in bed watching the beams from the lighthouse swirling around in the sky above - I try valiantly to stay awake but one, two, three - I've gone. I sleep so soundly there. Landward cottage is much smaller than Beacon cottage but I prefer it - it feels more like home to me and going into Beacon feels like going up to "the big house". It might not be your thing - you might not feel the same delight in the place that I do - but there is every possibility you would be in for a treat.

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• Jane - Verified booking

  The Gallery is a wonderful romantic bolthole.

  Everything was spotlessly clean on arrival. The open plan room is large enough to have living, kitchen, dining and bed zones without any sense of being cramped and there is plenty of storage. The kitchen is equipped with everything that most cooks would need, but the location is within easy distance by car or bus if you prefer to eat out. There is a small patio with table and chairs and use of the lovely communal gardens, thronging with wildlife. Thoughtful touches such as a rug and folding chairs if you want to go out on a picnic, plus books, games, DVDs and CDs galore on those days you might want or need to snuggle down. Just over 100m off the main Windermere to Ambleside road, there is only a faint hum from the traffic. There is a bus stop at the turn off and currently fares all over the Lake District are pegged to £2 - a really cheap trip up to Keswick, for example, with no fuel or parking costs. Brockhole Visitor Centre is only a 5 minute walk away. Three things prevented it being perfect: 1. The listing photos imply there is a view of the lake, which is not so and I was extremely disappointed about this. 2. The hot tap for the bath and shower is rather temperamental. 3. I note from another post that one of the window's double glazing had blown and this has not yet been fixed. Despite these niggles, I would recommend The Gallery as a lovely place to stay.

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