Group Accommodation Lodges & Log Cabins In The Lake District

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Sandra - Verified booking

  We go to the Lakes a lot, and always around bonfire night to get our dogs away from all the madness.

  We have always stayed in cottages, so this was our first time in a lodge. I have to say this is the best accommodation we've ever stayed at, and I'd always look fo book a lodge first in future. It really did feel like a home from home and because there are only a small number of lodges it feels really private. The beds and bedding are top hotel quality, absolutely gorgeous. Everything worked like a dream and it was equipped to the best standard, you really couldn't ask for more. Really cosy and the wood burner was really efficient and we didn't use as much wood as we do back home. It's really spacious and the pictures just don't do it justice, we absolutely loved everything about this lodge. Some kind of bucket or something would be helpful to clean muddy paws, but we cobbled something together to make it work. Definitely get a supermarket delivery if you can, there were a number of deliveries around us while we were there. Access is really easy. I wouldn't hesitate in recommending this gorgeous lodge to anyone and we'd definitely come again. Thank you for letting us stay in your gorgeous home from home.

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• Rebecca - Verified booking

  This was our second stay in this lodge which, while dated, is very suitable for a family to use as a base.

  We were enjoying our stay until Monday at 8am when builders arrived at the lodge next door to demolish their outside balcony and construct another. They had numerous vehicles, 5 or 6 workers and lots of equipment rendering using the outside area of our lodge unusable and the inside very noisy! This was unexpected and quite a big deal for us so we asked Sykes for help. They suggested we send photos (not easy to do with patchy wifi) which we did, only to have them refer us to the terms and conditions suggesting that this was to be expected on a functioning holiday park! We spent the rest of the holiday avoiding time spent in the lodge which means we spent much longer days out followed by early evenings in the club. A bit of customer empathy and consideration wouldn't have gone amiss. Perhaps identifying who the work was being done for and finding out when the work would be completed/expected working hours? Perhaps intervening and asking the company not to set up a saw right under our lodges bedroom window? This lack of care means we are highly unlikely to book through LDLH or Sykes again.

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• Denise - Verified booking

  The lodge is in a fantastic location and that is what you pay for.

  The view of the lake from the lodge must be one of the best. However, the lodge needs a few additions included to improve the holiday experience, the main one is the availability of WiFi. The lodge totally depends on the parks wifi which is currently not available across the park. The use of the smart tv is only via mobile phone data so in my view this should be made clear in the lodge details before you book!! This impacted our holiday as my daughter and son-in-law were on holiday from Australia and needed WiFi to keep in touch with family back home. The hot tub needs some TLC as it’s definitely showing wear and tear. My husband kept hitting his head on the extractor fan but I am only 5 foot and my problem was the fridge was too high! There were lots of spiders and spider webs around when we arrived so had to remove those with the hoover. We didn’t use the park entertainment facilities as you have to pay extra and we preferred to go out. The location of the lodge is definitely its main asset but next time I would consider spending my money on a good hotel with a lake view.

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• Richard - Verified booking

  Lovely accommodation.

  Facilities were good and the beds were comfortable. We took our own electric kettle with us as we had read about the slowness of the gas hob kettle. The oven and grill are a bit dated but they do work if you hold the buttons down. Television lacked many channels and was not HD, but we managed to watch the football fine. Can be a little noisy location backing onto the road to the park complex and the main road to the barrier. Overall we enjoyed our stay immensely and would have liked to have stayed longer. The only downside was the very poor Wi-fi. I know the description says its only suitable for page browsing/email but its not even fit for that. Most of the time we had no signal. The lodge could do with its own private hub as Grasmere 2 has. Owners need to look at this as in this day and age wi-fi is essential for booking activities and checking directions and weather.

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• Lyndsey - Verified booking

  We visited the same lodge last year.

  This year it was evident that it needed a bit of maintenance and upgrading. The coffee table had been replaced by a more than cheap and flimsy plastic MDF one which stained within a minute of putting a glass of wine on it. The oven nob on the cooker did not work, and the dial shows the oven is on when it is off. - this is dangerous, if I had turned the nob to 0 'off' then it would have been pumping gas out. The carpet is now thread bare and fraying in different areas, and the kitchen worktop is taped up with cello tape. The lodge is comfortable and clean, and I appreciate being able to bring a dog, especially to the lake District with so many lovely walks, however I think I would book a different lodge in future as this one is now getting to the point it's not worth the money paid unless some cash is spent on it to improve these things.

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