Dog Friendly Lodges & Log Cabins in Bowness On Windermere

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Sarah - Verified booking

  I will start with the positives which is the cabin is modern and the bathrooms were clean, but that is it.

  The lodge is very dark and in a cramped area on the park. There were lots of issues, the bathroom had an awful damp smell, so much so we couldn't use it. The windows inside and out were filthy, so couldn't open the blinds and look at the awful windows. The blinds in the main bedroom don't work, one fell off the wall and one won't open, a blind in the hall wouldn't open too. The fridge kept randomly making a very loud humming noise. One of the windows in the kitchen constantly had condensation (the window needs replacing) all the soft furnishings smelt dirty and of wet dogs. To top it all off the cleanliness was absolutely shocking!! The beds had not been changed but made and pretended to have been. The kitchen floor had only been hoovered and mopped in the middle, round the edges were dirty, so I had to sweep up. There were food splatters on the cupboard doors and various crockery dirty. The blind in the kitchen kept dropping out various black bits of dirt. The outside area is also very grubby and not a nice space to sit out in. I did contact the local office about the beds and they did come and change them and bring clean towels too, I didn't mention anything else at the time as I didn't want cleaners around in the evening of check in and they were just going to make excuses. I did have a phone call on the Sunday from the company and explained everything but as yet, I have heard nothing back(which is what I expected) I would not recommend this lodge unless it has a massive deep clean and all issues fixed.

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• Sonia - Verified booking

  This is a lovely lodge which is well-maintained, clean and spacious.

  It’s suitably equipped for a holiday lodge (though no bath sheets which would be useful). We had a lovely holiday overall but the Parkdean clubhouse (which has a restaurant/bar, swimming pool, small shop) really let things down. We have been to White Cross Bay 3 times before but we felt standards had dropped this year. The service in the restaurant was appalling with longs delays, missing items and a limited menu. Meals have to be ordered via an App and downloading and using it was really difficult given that the Wi-Fi is useless and it’s difficult using even 3G/4G on site. On one occasion, we sat in the restaurant for 15 minutes trying to get the app to work and eventually gave up, and went to the bar to try and order. When we got there, we were told that all meals were sold out and there is absolutely no food available. This was at 7pm! On another occasion, the bar closed at 10pm because staff wanted an early finish despite there being customers still present. I’d have no hesitation in recommending this lodge, but I don’t think I’d recommend White Cross Bay again. By the way, the Lee really is no Wi-Fi availability so bear this in mind if you need to do any work.

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• Stephen - Verified booking

  Real issues with cleanliness in the lodge.

  Really disappointing to see a similar review in the last month that mirrors our experience. We moved the small sofa so not to get a bad neck due to the height of the TV. All sorts of rubbish and dog hair under there, same behind the large sofa - had to use the hoover ourselves to clean up. The windows in the living room are covered in cobwebs on the inside. The oven wasn't clean, very obvious to see how dirty the glass was when the light came on. The blinds in the main bedroom do not work, so are permanently down. The bathroom with the bath in, regularly smells of drains, particularly when it rains. We did experience the 'fridge rattle' - looks like lots of previous occupants have tried to fix the issue with kitchen roll stuffed in the frame, we've added our contribution. A real shame other people have commented on these issues but it would appear no action has been taken to fix the issues. Could be a nice lodge if these issues are resolved, but currently many nicer options on this site (we've tried many over the last 10 years)

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• Carol - Verified booking

  We had the most wonderful time here at Lakeland Veiw Lodge.

  The lodge was clean and fresh, very welcoming, gorgeous comfortable sofas and beds, the main shower was amazing, so powerful a joy to use after a day out. The lodge had everything you could possibly need or want, kitchen was so well equipped, the fabulous bifold doors in the lounge were wonderful to open and take in the views, bringing the outside in, perfect.The hot tub was a great bonus, so lovely to relax in after a busy day or whenever, it is positioned so well, nice and private and again with stunning views. We have stayed here at Limefit Park on many occasions as it suits us so well with our two dogs, we love the Park and have both agreed this Lodge has definitely been the best and most comfortable out of all the others we have stayed in, it ticked all the boxes and more. We will definitely be booking this lodge again and can't wait. Thank you for a fabulous stay.

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• Hayley - Verified booking

  We had a fantastic week stay in black dog lodge for our honeymoon.

  The lodge was spotless and has everything you need. The beds and new sofas were super comfortable. It was like a home from home. We were left a lovely gift for us and the dog too. My only recommendations would be to upgrade the hot tub as the jets were very weak, when I reported this to the hot tub man that visited daily he advised it’s because it’s an old tub so won’t be powerful anymore. Also it would be nice to have a guest book/information pack, I like to read these for recommendations of places to visit. It would also be nice if you could pay for early check in, we got married in a near by hotel prior to our stay and we asked if we could pay for early check in and this wasn’t an option. We would love to come back again, the lodge is in a nice location very close to the lake! We were very sad to be leaving yesterday.

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