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Merewood Country House

4.0 star property

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Exterior
Flat-screen TV
Business centre
Reception
Front of property

Reviews

9.2 out of 10
Wonderful

Popular amenities

  • Pet-friendly
  • Parking included
  • Free Wi-Fi
  • Business services

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Ambleside Road, Windermere, England, LA23 1LH
  • Place, Treetop Trek
    ‪1 min walk‬
  • Place, Brockhole - the Lake District Visitor Centre
    ‪1 min walk‬
  • Place, Lake Windermere
    ‪4 min walk‬

Room options

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Classic Double or Twin Room

Classic Double or Twin Room

9.0 out of 10
Wonderful
(9 reviews)
  • 20 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed OR 2 Single Beds

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In-room safe, desk, iron/ironing board, free WiFi

Double Room, Lake View

9.4 out of 10
Exceptional
(3 reviews)
  • 20 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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In-room safe, desk, iron/ironing board, free WiFi

Superior Double Room, Lake View

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(1 review)
  • 45 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed

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In-room safe, desk, iron/ironing board, free WiFi

Double Room (4 Poster)

7.0 out of 10
Good
(2 reviews)
  • 20 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed

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In-room safe, desk, iron/ironing board, free WiFi

Double Room (4 Poster) Single Occupancy

  • 30 sq m
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Double Bed

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In-room safe, desk, iron/ironing board, free WiFi

Double Room, Lake View (Single Occupancy)

  • 20 sq m
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Double Bed

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In-room safe, desk, iron/ironing board, free WiFi

Superior Double Room, Lake View (single Occupancy)

  • 45 sq m
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Double Bed

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In-room safe, desk, iron/ironing board, free WiFi

Family Suite

  • 46 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds OR 2 Single Beds and 1 Double Bed

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About the area

Windermere

When you stay at Merewood Country House in Windermere, you'll be in a national park, within a 10-minute walk of Lake Windermere and Treetop Trek. .This hotel is 11.6 mi (18.6 km) from Ullswater and 0.1 mi (0.2 km) from Brockhole - the Lake District Visitor Centre.

What's nearby

  • Treetop Trek - 1 min walk - 0.0 km
  • Brockhole - the Lake District Visitor Centre - 1 min walk - 0.2 km
  • Lake Windermere - 4 min walk - 0.4 km
  • Townend - 3 min drive - 3.3 km
  • Wray Castle - 12 min drive - 10.2 km

Getting around

  • Windermere Station - 4 min drive
  • Manchester Airport (MAN) - 92 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Homeground - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪Freshers’ Cafe - ‬5 min drive
  • ‪Wateredge Inn - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪Rothay Manor Hotel - ‬5 min drive
  • ‪Waterhead Hotel - ‬3 min drive

About this property

Merewood Country House

Merewood Country House offers 20 accommodations with safes and coffee/tea makers. Flat-screen televisions are featured in guestrooms. Bathrooms include bathtubs or showers with deep soaking bathtubs and complimentary toiletries.

This Windermere hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks and phones. Housekeeping is offered daily and irons/ironing boards can be requested.

Stay in one of 20 guestrooms featuring flat-screen televisions. Complimentary wireless internet access is available to keep you connected. Private bathrooms have deep soaking bathtubs and complimentary toiletries. Conveniences include phones, as well as safes and desks.
Take in the views from a terrace and a garden and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access.
Grab a bite at one of the hotel's 2 restaurants, or stay in and take advantage of the room service (during limited hours). Need to unwind? Take a break with a tasty beverage at one of the 4 bars/lounges. Cooked-to-order breakfasts are available daily from 8 AM to 10 AM for a fee.
Featured amenities include complimentary newspapers in the lobby, dry cleaning/laundry services, and luggage storage. This hotel has 4 meeting rooms available for events. Free self parking is available onsite.
Cooked-to-order breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 8 AM and 10 AM.
Onsite venue - This restaurant serves breakfast and dinner. Reservations are required.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • Free self parking on site
  • Limited on-site self parking

Food and drink

  • Daily cooked-to-order breakfast available 8 AM to 10 AM for a fee: GBP 15 for adults and GBP 15 for children
  • 2 restaurants
  • 4 bars/lounges

Things to do

  • Library

Family friendly

  • Laundry facilities

Conveniences

  • Free newspapers in lobby
  • Laundry facilities
  • Limited-hour front desk
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk

Guest services

  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Housekeeping (daily)

Business services

  • 4 meeting rooms

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • In a national park
  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • No lift
  • Wheelchair-accessible path of travel

More

  • 3 floors
  • Banquet hall
  • Built in 1812
  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Bathtub or shower
  • Deep soaking bathtub
  • Free toiletries
  • Private bathroom
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • Flat-screen TV

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Electric kettle
  • Limited room service

More

  • Desk
  • Heating
  • Iron/ironing board on request
  • Phone
  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: 11:30 PM
Contactless check-in available
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM
Contactless check-out available

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from 7:00 AM - midnight
Front desk staffed during limited hours
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

Pets allowed for an extra charge of GBP 25 per pet, per stay
Service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome

Payment types

Important information

Fees

You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property. Fees may include applicable taxes:

  • Deposit: GBP 50 per accommodation, per night

We have included all charges provided to us by the property.

The listed general deposit applies to bookings of 3 guestrooms or more.

Optional extras

  • Fee for cooked-to-order breakfast: approximately GBP 15 for adults and GBP 15 for children
  • Pet fee: GBP 25 per pet, per stay
  • Service animals are exempt from fees

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards, and cash
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher and a smoke detector
Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property; the policies listed are provided by the property

We should mention

This property does not have elevators

Property is also known as

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Merewood Country House Reviews

Reviews

9.2

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 157 out of 227 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 49 out of 227 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 13 out of 227 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 4 out of 227 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 4 out of 227 reviews

9.4/10

Cleanliness

9.2/10

Staff & service

8.8/10

Amenities

9.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Sarah

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2025

10/10 Excellent

Ian

Great place
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2025

10/10 Excellent

S

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Merewood is a beautiful country house hotel. We had a perfect stay. The staff were extremely helpful and friendly, the hotel and its grounds are just lovely. We ate in the Arboreal restaurant and, wow, what a treat that was. Really couldn't have been better
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2025

10/10 Excellent

Lara

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Absolutely wonderful staff, front of house host was lovely and very welcoming. Beautiful cosy atmosphere in the three social areas we visited (bar,lounge and library). Lovely hotel overall, will need to try the restaurant next time as we arrived later in the evening. Very welcoming to our dogs which was much appreciated! Lovely rooms. Will definitely return!
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2025

10/10 Excellent

Heather

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Very friendly and helpful staff, the hotel itself was just beautiful! I was hoping for a slightly better room after paying slightly more, but everything else made up for it.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2025

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Exquisite hotel in a fantastic location, amazing staff made us feel so welcome. From the receptionist, barman, to the restaurant staff all super friendly and welcoming. Food at the restaurant was some of the best we have ever had. Room was super comfy and clean, great views over Windermere, will definitely be going back.
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Starters
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2025

10/10 Excellent

Susan

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Loved hotel loved service few problems withtv bulb not working in bedside lamp didn't spoil our stay loved the people and hotel thank you amazing dog friendly hotel best I've encoutered
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

6/10 Okay

Jill

Travelled with partner
Stunning view, bedroom dated, bed too small for current market. Dinner adequate, breakfast, eggs Benedict Hollandaise split, just ate bacon egg and muffin.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

6/10 Okay

Jeff

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Very Disappointing Dining

We booked this hotel for our wedding anniversary and as we love fine dining this hotel seemed a great choice as it has a restaurant with 2 AA rosettes. We received an email confirmation of our booking for the one night with the email saying we had a table booked in the fine dining restaurant at 7pm the Arboreal. When we arrived we were told we would now be dining in the grill bar as the Arboreal restaurant was closed on Sunday. The menu in the grill bar was awful and so was our food. We were very disappointed as this marred a special evening .
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Enjoyed the stay

Lovely experience, very friendly staff.
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

8/10 Good

Baray

Travelled with partner
Liked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
We arrived very late, staff were very nice and contacted us in advance to let us know how to get in and what to do. Breakfast was very tasty and staff very hospitable and kind.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

WILLIAM

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Stunning - a beautiful place.

The Tennyson Room (Room 5) was beautiful. The view was stunning, there were no irritations (wonky toilet seats, blown light bulbs, badly scratched paintwork etc.) at all. The receptionist was a great guy - good for a laugh and engaging. Breakfast excellent. Believe me - we are coming back it was superb. I have no connections with this place at all. It was so much better than the top of the range place we stayed at in Anglesey 2 weeks ago and cost £70 less. Thank you.
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

8/10 Good

Merlin, North Shields

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Andrew

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Lake Windermere

Great location for Windermere, our room was big with tall ceilings and amazing views.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Neil

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Excellent

Dog friendly Hotel that made us all feel very welcome. Ate at the Grill restaurant and the food was great. Breakfast was really good too. Would definitely return.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Jane

Travelled with pets, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stunning property, and super dog friendly, exceptional service all round.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Melissa A

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

4/10 Poor

Doreen

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service

How to spoil a wedding anniversary stay

Nice hotel Food awful service non existent 6 dishes on menu 4 containing cheese so options were burger without cheese or fish and chips.tried to book a meal at 5.30 to be told 7.45 was the earliest they could serve as they were busy. IE 2 couples in a restaurant that holds approx 24 tables tried to order a sandwich but was told they finished a 6 pm no bar staff had to press buzzer and wait until some one eventually turned up Breakfast a joke 1 sausage 1 small portion of scrambled eggs, and half a potatoes cake £15 ??? If you require anything you have to go around rooms and restaurant to find any staff for assistance My food order came with the wrong food at 7.45 my wife ate hers while it was still warm and eventually my food arrived burger warm with triple x tripke cooked chips hot but had been re cooked so many times they were like crsps
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Jane

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Birthday retreat

We stayed for my husband’s 60 and found it very enjoyable. The staff were very friendly and helpful
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Ivy

Travelled with pets, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff were really attentive, without being too much. A little time in getting drinks, but to be honest this just made us relax into the chilled atmosphere more. The location was superb and we went for a dog walk straight from the hotel. Great historic old, hotel to be able to take a dog to. Can loose yourself in the view over Windermere
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice friendly hotel. Excellent breakfast
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Laura

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Really enjoyed my stay! The hotel and workers were lovely. Would definitely recommend for a relaxing break away by the lake!
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

richard

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A beautiful comfortable period propert, with classy surroundings and Fantastic Staff The bar area is something else, I visited recently and before that 30years ago. It was great and with service and superb friendly staff
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

8/10 Good

Laura

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024