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The Windermere Hotel

3.5 star property

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Bar (on property)
Exterior
Garden
Boating
Interior

Reviews

7.4 out of 10
Good

Popular amenities

  • Pet-friendly
  • Free Wi-Fi
  • Restaurant
  • Business services
  • Bar

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Lake District National Park, Kendal Rd, Windermere, England, LA23 1AL
  • Place, Orrest Head
    ‪11 min walk‬
  • Place, Lake Windermere
    ‪15 min walk‬
  • Place, World of Beatrix Potter
    ‪2 min drive‬

Room options

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Desk, iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Classic Double Room with Scenic View

7.4 out of 10
Good
(3 reviews)
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Family Triple Room

Family Triple Room

7.6 out of 10
Good
(5 reviews)
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed OR 1 Single Bed

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Desk, iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Standard Double Room

7.4 out of 10
Good
(39 reviews)
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Desk, iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Standard Twin Room

8.4 out of 10
Very good
(23 reviews)
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Single Beds

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Superior Double Room

Superior Double Room

8.0 out of 10
Very good
(7 reviews)
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Superior Twin Room

Superior Twin Room

8.0 out of 10
Very good
(1 review)
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Single Beds

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Standard Single Room

Standard Single Room

8.0 out of 10
Very good
(17 reviews)
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Single Bed

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Classic Twin Room with Scenic View

Classic Twin Room with Scenic View

7.4 out of 10
Good
(3 reviews)
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Single Beds

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Basic Double Room

Basic Double Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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About the area

Windermere

With a stay at The Windermere Hotel in Windermere, you'll be in a national park, within a 5-minute drive of Lake Windermere and Orrest Head. .This hotel is 14.7 mi (23.7 km) from Yorkshire Dales National Park and 13.2 mi (21.2 km) from Ullswater.

What's nearby

  • Orrest Head - 11 min walk - 0.8 km
  • Lake Windermere - 15 min walk - 1.3 km
  • Windermere Jetty Museum of Boats, Steam and Stories - 2 min drive - 2.0 km
  • World of Beatrix Potter - 2 min drive - 2.0 km
  • Bowness Pier - 3 min drive - 2.3 km

Getting around

  • Windermere Station - 1 min drive
  • Durham (MME-Teesside Intl.) - 114 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Homeground - ‬6 min walk
  • ‪The Westmorland Inn - ‬3 min drive
  • ‪Toast - ‬4 min walk
  • ‪The Crafty Baa - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪The Tilly Bar & Kitchen - ‬5 min walk

About this property

The Windermere Hotel

Hotel with a restaurant, near Lake Windermere
The Windermere Hotel offers 70 accommodations with coffee/tea makers and hair dryers. Cable television is provided. Bathrooms include bathtubs or showers.

Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks and phones. Housekeeping is offered on request and irons/ironing boards can be requested.

Make yourself at home in one of the 70 guestrooms. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Bathrooms have bathtubs or showers and hair dryers. Conveniences include phones, as well as desks and coffee/tea makers.
Make use of convenient amenities, which include complimentary wireless internet access and a banquet hall.
You can enjoy a meal at the restaurant serving the guests of The Windermere Hotel, or stop in at the snack bar/deli. Wrap up your day with a drink at the bar/lounge. Full breakfasts are available daily from 8:30 AM to 10 AM for a fee.
Featured amenities include a 24-hour front desk and luggage storage.
Full breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 8:30 AM and 10 AM.
Onsite venue - This restaurant serves breakfast and dinner.

Property amenities

Internet

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

Parking and transport

  • No on-site parking available

Food and drink

  • Daily full breakfast available 8:30 AM to 10 AM for a fee: GBP 14.95 per person
  • A bar/lounge
  • A restaurant
  • Snack bar/deli

Family friendly

  • Snack bar/deli

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Luggage storage

Guest services

  • Housekeeping on request

Business services

  • Meeting room

Outdoors

  • In a national park

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Assistive listening devices
  • Upper floors accessible by stairs only
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)

More

  • Banquet hall
  • Designated smoking areas

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Bathtub or shower
  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • TV with cable channels

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Electric kettle

More

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

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3 PM; Check-in end time: 10:00 PM
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 10 AM

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Renovations and closures

This property is closed from November 1 2025 to May 1 2026 (dates subject to change).

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets allowed for an extra charge of GBP 20.00 per pet, per day
Service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees
Welcoming dogs only
2 total pets
Pets cannot be left unattended
Specific rooms only, restrictions apply; pet-friendly rooms can be requested by contacting the property at the number on the booking confirmation

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are available for GBP 5.0 per day

Payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Fee for full breakfast: approximately GBP 14.95 per person
  • Pet fee: GBP 20.00 per pet, per day
  • Service animals are exempt from fees
  • Crib (infant bed) fee: GBP 5.0 per day

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; cash is not accepted

We should mention

This property does not have elevators

Property is also known as

The Hotel Windermere
Windermere Hotel Windermere
Windermere The Hotel
The Windermere Hotel Hotel
The Windermere Hotel Windermere
The Windermere Hotel Hotel Windermere

The Windermere Hotel Reviews

Reviews

7.4

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 235 out of 814 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 251 out of 814 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 176 out of 814 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 97 out of 814 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 55 out of 814 reviews

7.6/10

Cleanliness

7.8/10

Staff & service

7.2/10

Amenities

6.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

6/10 Okay

Allan

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Nice Hotel. In desperate need of a re-furb, which I believe starts in Oct 2025. Should be first class when done. Surrounding area nice. Quick access for town. Binoculars needed for lake view.
Prominent position in town. Good access to station
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025

8/10 Good

Raymond

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
We liked that the hotel was close to buses and town making it easy to get to around etc.Catering staff etc were very friendly and helpful and the food was excellent.The lift broke on our 3rd day of 7 night stay and remained out of order for rest of our stay. which was a bit of a problem as my wife had to hobble upstairs with her walking stick.Although the room was clean and tidy it was not as good as we were expecting it to be.The online brochure showed a very nice room but was not the same as the one we were given.Rooms like the one we had should have been shown in the brochure so we knew what room we were paying for. It was a very basic room and we expected more.We were very dissappointed with that as with my wifes mobility problems ,she struggled to step in and out of the bath.We also did not know about the £6 a night car parking charge until after we had booked and paid.We decided to travel by train because of this extra charge because we thought this was very wrong.Guests only should be allowed to park free of charge by taking registration of your vehicle like other hotels do..There was a bar and extra facilities but they were shut so we did not have the chance to see what that was like.On our last night dog was barking most of the evening in an nearby room,which kept us awake most of the night.We feel guests with dogs should be in a separate part of the hotel for health,hygiene and noise reasons.
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2025

6/10 Okay

Claire

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Clean room & comfy beds but quite noisy, can hear other guests in the corridor & pipes banging were noisy.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

4/10 Poor

Eric

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

allan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
All the staff were welcoming and friendly and the breakfast was run so well we enjoyed our stay
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025

6/10 Okay

Brian

Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2025

8/10 Good

Madelaine

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

8/10 Good

Brian

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
We had a nice stay
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2025

6/10 Okay

GORD

Liked: Cleanliness
Room and building a little tired.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

8/10 Good

Ian

Travelled with pets
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was an ok cheap break but then having to pay £20 per night for the dog (I get it to a point but nothing extra for them)but I didn’t know I had to pay for parking at the hotel, £6 per night but if you ate a meal at the bar that was closed it was free. So a cheap two night get away really wasn’t.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025

4/10 Poor

Lauren

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Bed had springs that were broken, big cracks up the walls, didn’t seem clean really at all
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

4/10 Poor

Julia

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Unwelcoming staff, room smelt damp possibly a room where they allow dogs to stay, bathroom door didnt shut properly mould on curtains, pictures of rooms very deceiving looks nice but was not worth the money. I am sure they have nice rooms, on good note Hotel in prime location to walk to shops and restaurants.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025

6/10 Okay

Christine

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities

Okay. The hotel room is very worn

Large building with age, great position and character. Staff were very pleasant. The small single room has clean fresh towels & bedding, shower was good. But, the carpet was dirty and is worn bare in parts. I Didn’t want to walk on it in bare feet. The radiator control knob was filthy with matted dirt. The heated towel rail had loose wires coming out & a burned discolour so I was frightened to use it. The bathroom door was bashed & paint off in parts. The wallpaper is starting to come away. For the price, the room should be in better condition. The carpet is too dirty to let out the room.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025

6/10 Okay

Paula

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Dissatisfied, door in the room badly fitted, bathroom door didn't shut properly, the vent in shower room was not very clean. Room says delux but I'd say it was far from that. Badly needs a refurbish.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2025

8/10 Good

George M

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
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Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2025

8/10 Good

John

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The hotel provided the facilities that we required for our stay. On the negative side, we felt the interior could do with some refurbishment, although we noticed that some work was in progress.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

6/10 Okay

Paul

Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Anwar

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Great location.value for money Staff is polite.Food is good.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Suzanne

Liked: Cleanliness
A charming hotel!
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025

8/10 Good

Jacqueline

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
All good but it would be nice to have a closed room or cupboard to store bags before check in. The loos in main reception were a bit smelly. The bedroom was lovely nicely decorated.. very basic but clean and nice bathroom. Great breakfast
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

2/10 Terrible

Ellis

Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Dated property, beds are hard and lumpy and rooms are small. Floorboards creak loudly so you hear upstairs guests till late at night, didn’t sleep for two days and wouldn’t have stayed the second night, no soap in room, no cups for tea coffee that was supplied, lift only worked less than half he time and was really small, location good to the train station is the only positive.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

4/10 Poor

Kevin

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I did not like the staff on booking in I found them abrupt and condescending, The breakfast was fairly good but not appetising. Overall the hotel looked like it needed a good clean and decorating.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025

6/10 Okay

Cheryl

Travelled with partner, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
The property is in a good location, the rooms are very tired
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025

4/10 Poor

Joshua

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Best price.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

8/10 Good

Amit kumar

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025