About Ashness

Situated in a peaceful lane in the traditional Lakeland town of Ambleside this pretty, two-bedroom mews style cottage is set in the popular Kirkland Foot area. A short walk down Peggy Hill will place you in the very heart of town where you will find a variety of specialist shops and an excellent choice of places to eat and drink. You will find many excellent cafes, restaurants and pubs. There are also two modern, independent cinemas for you to visit. If you feel adventurous set out from your doorstep to explore the majestic fells. Go up nearby Wansfell Pike to gaze at the beautiful Western fells or take the steep, short walk up Luxury 3-Bedroom Cottage Sleeping 6 in Ambleside to enjoy wonderful views down the length of Lake Windermere. Walk fifteen-minutes from the town centre to Waterhead and hire a boat to search out it’s secluded bays or take a lovely cruise to see panoramic scenery and shoreline walks waiting for you to explore. Enter through your front entrance into a little hallway with useful hanging space for your outside wear. Step into your lovely, spacious and welcoming open-plan living area, the perfect place for the family to come together. The inviting kitchen area lies at the end of this attractive room ensuring that the cooks can join in with the rest of the family when the day’s events are being recalled or when making tomorrow’s plans. Head upstairs to your comfortably furnished bedrooms, a delightful double and a bright twin. You will also find the modern family bathroom on this level. Venture outside to experience the bright, sunny aspect that Ashness enjoys. Sit out on the garden furniture provided in your store, before heading out for your adventure.

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Need To Know

✓Gas central heating
✓Electric oven, electric hob, microwave, fridge, washer/dryer, tv with freeview/freesat, dvd, cd player, wi-fi
✓Travel cot and highchair not available at this property
✓One small pet accepted
✓No smoking
✓Small outside area
✓Garden furniture in store
✓Parking for one car

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Ashness Attractions & Days Out

Explore the wonderful attractions and activities surrounding Ashness during your stay. Find the best places to visit and things to do in the local area, all conveniently organised by distance and type. Charming villages to lively and exciting attractions - there's something for everyone to enjoy. Browse through our categories including attractions, walks & outdoor activities, shopping destinations and handy tips on getting around. Plan your perfect day out. Whether you're looking for family fun, romantic experiences, or pet-friendly adventures, this cottage provides an ideal base to explore Cumbria's fantastic days out. Click on any attraction for more detailed information including address, opening times and visitor tips.

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Ashness Reviews

Accommodation was fine and well situated in Ambleside. My only comment is that it would be nice before choosing a property to contact directly a local Sykes branch office for recommendations. From what I could see I could only ring the Chester office

We have spent many holidays on this accommodation love the location and the ... We have spent many holidays on this accommodation love the location and the property itself is fine for us , the only thing I would say is that it needs updating and simple things like paint needs refreshing and bathroom could do with a new suite

Great holiday accommodation. They restrict to one animal dog but allowed a second after a phone call. All you could need for a great holiday. Good selection od books, games, TV etc if stuck inside. It is a little way up a hill but as a Lake District holiday is about hills not an issue.

Fantastic property, great wifi, location, Parking right outside the house and very comfortable bed but, downstairs could really do with new furniture sofa arms and dinning table chairs very stained. Kitchen equipment knives, grater etc could also do with being replaced. All in all we enjoyed our stay very much and would definitely rebook.

Denise

A lovely clean holiday home. Pleasantly surprised after reading other comments. Very spacious and had everything we needed. Soft but comfy beds and shower over the bath worked well. Nice view from kitchen window. Within 5 min walk to the centre of Ambleside. An incline to come back up to the house but this didnt trouble us. Lovely and quiet when we stopped. No condiments or welcome pack but we always take our own saltpepper, milk etc plus toiletkitchen rolls so this wasnt a problem for us. Dryer on washing machine doesnt dry clothes but managed to get clothes dried on the radiator. Would definitely stop again and highly recommend this holiday cottage.

We had a lovely long weekend break at this comfortable cottage. The location is great, in the centre of Ambleside with the bonus of a parking space. The bathroom is looking a little tired, but it's fully functional with a great shower. The accommodation was very clean, but was let down by the 'clean' sheet on the bed which had some longstanding stains that hadn't come out in the wash, which was slightly off putting to find as you get into bed. That must have been noticed as the cleaning staff were making up the bed and they should be removing the item from circulation not leaving it on the bed. Otherwise I would recommend this accommodation without hesitation.

Robert

Propert now looking tired, lots of black mould in the bathroom, double bed matress tired as well as the easy chairs down stairs. Dining table chars were very grubby. Such a shame for a lovely property, parking and location

Caroline

Very comfortable accommodation in a great location.

Darryl

Our second time at Ashness. 2 adults plus dog. Excellent location very close to town. Very comfortable property had everything we needed. Really good powerfully shower. Easy booking process and Excellent info and communication from Sykes

Andrew

Very nice property well located 5 minutes from the town centre and local pubs etc. Property was warm and welcoming and comfortable, and matched the description well. Lots of good walks close to the property so car could be left in the parking space allocated Happy to revisit again in the future

Well positioned for walking to the centre of Ambleside and also the surrounding fells. Parking was convenient. The house was well equipped. The beds were a bit tired and didn't offer much support for stiff backs. Overall the house needed a proper clean the furniture had not been moved to clean underneath for some time. We probably would book this property again.

Michael

That needs only one word Perfect!

Catherine

This property definitely suited our needs for our short stay in Ambleside. The location was excellent, as it's only a short walk into Ambleside and beat of all, has it's own car park space. Having seen other people arrive in holiday cottages with no or little car park spaces, we realised how important this car park space is! The inside is nice enough, and the beds ar extremely comfortable. The shower was surprisingly excellent! It has no garden sadly, but that didn't matter. The interior isn't huge or fancy, but it suited our needs for a short stay

Roisin

Sykes impossible to contact to discuss the lack of garden as advertised, refused full refund and did not want to accommodate elsewhere. Tried to message to let someone know we arrived and checked out. Despite this the property itself was very pleasant and comfortable. Close to the town centre and in a lovely quiet area. Basic necessities like kitchen roll, toilet roll, condiments and complimentary coffee tea and milk on arrival would have been a bonus after travelling for so long before needing to go out to buy everything needed. Dishwasher tablets in the cleaning kit would be useful if there was a dishwasher.

Chun Kong

Great location, 7 minutes walk to the town center ,up on a slope quiet clean and fully equipped

Carolynn

We had a great stay again at Ashness, an excellent base for exploring The Lakes and very convenient for Ambleside. A fair price for the facilities on offer.

Lounge carpet was stained and not that clean for a carpet that was new two years ago. oven could do with a clean as the smell is evident when you enter the property. Double bed mattress is very soft and not great for the back. Location great, this was our third year in this property, first time without a dog.

Property in need of some TLC, in a lovely location

Robert

Yanlin

Very nice and comfortable house, and the location is perfect. However, during our stay, we found some inconveniences due to the lack of basic supplies such as shampoo, shower gel, and a hair dryer in the bathroom, as well as dishwashing liquid and kitchen paper in the kitchen. Aside from that, everything was amazingwe really enjoyed our stay and would definitely recommend the house.

Philip

Everything was perfectly as described, excellent standard of cleanliness throughout and great proximity to centre of Ambleside. Some more general info at the cottage itself would have been helpful such as wherewhen to put the refuse out and location of wifi code virtually hidden in visitors book. Other than that, all superb.

A cracking little house in a terrific location. Everything about it was spoton we had a great stay and will definitely return to this property. The only tiniest of niggle was the location of the wifi info it could do with greater prominence. It's written in the corner of a page of the visitor book in such small writing that I managed to completely cover it with my not particularly large thumb while leafing through the book in search of it. Took me an age to eventually spot it. Maybe a small notice on the dresser would be helpful.

Shannon

Could not find a WiFi code. Could not work out the heating which came on during the evening and was very hot. Other than that, good location.

Lovely cottage however said there was an outside space and dog friendly, which I mistook for an outside fenced garden. We didnt find any instructions about what to do with the bedding or where to put the rubbish out? Lovely lady in office opposite advised us. Beautiful place to visit so close to Lake Windermere, ideally situated.

Location was fantastic by car you have Keswick 30 minutes away, Windermere & Grasmere 10 minutes away. Then you can park outside holiday cottage and walk into Ambleside within 10 minutes. Holiday cottage was spacious in all rooms and really lovely. I would say it does need a full redecoration, it is very yellow and the sofa chair in dining room are not comfy at all. Also, no garden as it does state, so if you do take a dog you'll be walking round the grass round the corner. But for the price paid, parking and comfort of the cottage I would 1000 book again.

Would have liked clearer instructions regarding the heating. Dishwasher would have been more useful than a washing machine. Generally a lovely cottage and very comfortable stay. Thank you

Rachael

Very disappointing would not revisit this property without reassurance that the leak problem has been rectified. We visited this property in Feb 24, & having read the review by Eric dated Sept 2023, we assumed the leak issue had been sorted. However, we experienced exactly the same issue & water poured through the kitchen ceiling, causing the electric to cut out. We had to wait in for a Maintenance visit. We were offered a move to an alternative property, but with only 2 nights remaining, it wasnt worth the hassle. This is a known issue & we were not informed by Sykes or the owner beforehand to be given other options to cancel or rebook. Very little Welcome Information provided about the house we eventually found a small full guestbook, but felt there was a real lack of attention to detail. We had to make 2 calls to Sykes requesting information that should have been readily available. Such a shame, this house is in a perfect location and has such potential, but we will not be returning.

DVD player can't be connected to TV, player is a scart connection, TV is a HDMI connection, other than that comfortable stay.

This was our 2nd visit to Ashness and our last. On Sunday evening water came rushing through the kitchen ceiling for about 10 mins. Lakelovers were called but clearly this was an issue they were already aware of, putting it down to ingress from an adjacent property. Telling us that the property owner needs to resolve this with the adjacent property does not help with our holiday. We were worried it could happen again anytime and also about the safety of the house electrics. We booked this cottage last year and paid our balance in August. As this was a known problem we should have been offered other options to cancel or rebook elsewhere before we came. We paid Lakelovers in good faith for something they knew was faulty.

Lovely property with splendid views and walks near by. Well equipped kitchen, comfortable bed and the shower was excellent. We only had one small issue. There needs to be a welcome book folder with all the dos and donts, we spent quite awhile looking for the WiFi password to then find it in the guestbook guestbook is full so we was unable to leave a comment

Richard

The only issue was that some of the doors were difficult to close. Apart from that everything was fine and we had a lovely holiday.

We were very pleasantly surprised with the property. It is a delightful two bedroom cottage style property. The kitchen and all the carpets were new and of great quality, the beds very comfortable. The white bed linen and soft towels added a touch of luxury. The position of the property was excellent just 2 minute walk from the high st, restaurants and pubs. Having a table and chairs outside was wonderful as the weather was glorious we were able to eat outside. I would highly recommend the property and hope to return soon.

New carpets fitted, doors including bathroom would not open or close properly.

Robert

New carpets fitted, doors including bathroom would not open or close properly.

Thomas

This was a return visit to Ashness and one criticism we made previously concerned curtains in the spare room. No linings and curtains are thin so very light from very early morning making sleep poor. Blackout linings required. Only other issue this time would be lack of hair dryer. Other than these points we were very happy with accommodation. Visitors book was full so could not leave comments.

Great location Ambleside has everything u want pubs & restaurants for eating out and central location for all the lakes, parking outside front door, clean & comfortable cottage. Walk up the hill from town centre may be difficult for some.

Do not let negative and picky reviews put you off , Ashness is a little gem, warm and homely , its own parking space a real Bonus on Windermere , clean and neat with stunning views behind it . Its also a perfect distance from the main Ambleside thoroughfare , so nice and quiet but within touching distance . Nice big rooms, a fantastic shower , nice refreshed kitchen and excellent heating . Please think twice when being nasty in reviews, these properties are peoples livelihoods and people have feelings . The staff at Heart of The Lakes are fantastic also , we really enjoyed our stay , was too short and wont hesitate to return . Thank you to all involved .

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