Wateredge Hotel, Ambleside

Advantages: Location, pool, nice rooms, excellent food, excellent service
Disadvantages: None that spring to mind

...distance of the many pubs and excellent resturaunts of Ambleside and many shops also. It has nice gardens to the front and rear and a good size private car park to the rear also. The downstairs at the front used to be a tent showroom but I believe this is now the pool and spa center, you enter through the front door which is actually to the right hand side as you look at the building. The Public Areas ******************* Our dog was not allowed in these except to go up to the room and back outside and had to stay in the room, but I think any hotel allowing dogs will specify this, and I think it is a good thing really as the last thing you want when on a weekend break is a load of dogs barking at each other. The main entrance is very traditional in decor and furnishing and is quite grand the main hall leads to the front desk, stairs... Read review

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Advantages: Good location, great rooms
Disadvantages: Bad parking facilities, smokey bar

...Even before you arrive at the hotel, you discover you can't fit down the steep alleyway to the 'car park', which has a severe lack of room and is virtually inaccessible by anything but a bicycle, even if you can squeeze through by folding the wing mirrors in, you have to inconvenience local traffic by having to turn several times to get in the gap. Upon entering the hotel (at the time of my trip, this was done by dodging scaffolding which was not at all used for the duration of my stay) you enter a disgustingly smokey pub, only to have to queue behind drinkers at the bar to be checked in, and you find yourself having to shout over the lager louts, loud music, and the football match on the large projector to be heard by the staff. There is no real check in area and payment for the room was made in the dining area, with no opportunity... Read review

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Advantages: Great rooms, lovely food
Disadvantages: Slightly stingey portions at dinner!

...My husband and I really needed a pre-Christmas break but we have a young baby so we knew finding the right place would be difficult. I'd seen the Waterhead Hotel when visiting Ambleside last Christmas and was reminded that I'd always wanted to stay there. My husband booked the hotel as a surprise so we could have a couple of days away. The hotel is gorgeous! It's in a great location overlooking the lake and it's a good size - it's a medium-sized hotel - so it has all the amenities you'd want to see but still feels small and friendly. The decor of our room was really lovely - it's one of the only times I've seen a photo of a hotel room on the website and actually thought the room itself was BETTER. The room had a (tasteful!) fake open fire, a huge bed, a lovely bathroom with a brilliant shower, lots of storage space, real coffee... Read review

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