Dog Friendly North West Holiday Cottages

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Kevin - Verified booking

  Neither property or Alston suitable for us I'm afraid, we decided to cut our holiday short and come home after 4 days.

  We're seniors (50s/60s) with the aches, pains and mobility issues which comes with older age so the sofas were out of bounds as you are practically sitting on the floor, we ended up moving the little table into the middle of the room and sitting on dining chairs. The kitchen pictures show shelving on the walls but they aren't there anymore, crockery and glassware tucked away in a bottom cupboard hard to bend down to. The shower isn't powerful and the outside space is not inviting, a tiny concrete square between buildings at the back which means a 360 view of brick walls. Similarly, the view from the living room is also of a large brick wall and the upstairs tenants car which is parked a foot away from the living room window when he's in. Alston has several independent shops, a post office, a Co-op and a handful of pubs/eateries. Recommend Alston House, food & drink was great. Don't recommend the 'take-away' pizza was awful. Drove to Penrith one afternoon, travel time 30-40 minutes over the hills with wonderful views. We wanted to be much closer to the Lakes/larger town/decent views but the blame for not getting that in Alston is all ours as we didn't carry out the appropriate amount of research needed to source it. Cathy & Kevin, June 2023

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• Hester - Verified booking

  Absolutely gorgeous cottage.

  Modern showeroom, lots of towels and toilet tissue. First impression walking in was how warm and well kept the cottage was. Fully equipped with modern kitchen fitting the cottage feel and dishwasher. There is a washing machine at the property too! We didn't take advantage of either. But great little extras. We lit the log burner for a cosy evening and we logged into our netflix to watch a film. WiFi was excellent. We were so grateful we could take our dogs. The dogs were welcome. We brought with us their towels and beds and food bowls. A lovely little gated area we were allowed to use for the dogs. We were out all day exploring so the dogs got well walked over the couple of days. Lots of things to do nearby if you like history, as we do. We regret the vulcan museum is only open on a Saturday so we'll have to come back for that! The Scottish border is near. Where we visited Gretna green. Going back to Tight Lyne...a big superking bed. Quiet location. Lots of wildlife to see and a very friendly owner David who came to check we were OK. Departure day we met Pip the border collie who you might see when David is working... just a real wholesome break for us overall. Thank you

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• Catherine - Verified booking

  Bedroom very comfortable bed and bedding.

  Bathroom,kitchen perfect for our needs. lounge settees to low and drab,curtains defeat the object of long radiator by blocking out heat (far to long) and dead plant not a inviting look. The noise from upstairs is ofputting we appreciate they are a young family but a peaceful holiday it was not. As a couple in our eighties the Parking was an issue.within a few hour of arrival we were blocked in. it took my grandson 15 min to reverse out of parking spot. when we returned it was impossible to re park our car. ,luckily a local resident came to our help and asked the person from Gilmore house to move his car. This he did he also stated that the place were he parked came as a private parking space with the property he was renting.This issue needs sorting out. He was very concerned that as my husband is disabled he kindly offered to park on the high st for the rest of his stay,he also called the next day to say he was sorry for inconvenience he had caused .

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• Mrs Atkin - Verified booking

  Great place for our Family to celebrate our son’s 40th Birthday, we came well equipped to cook for ourselves for the week as it is a good way from a shop, However the swimming pool & Games room were fab for us All, With timed slots which worked really well, for sharing with the other cottages. Very spacious accommodation that was well equipped. But bring own loo roll as we nearly ran out as didn’t realise we needed to provide our own. Never had to do this in other cottages we have stayed at, but understand & we sorted it but had to travel quite a way to a shop. The outside space was lovely too, including the football field. We were not bored at all . The bathrooms are a little dated but it is all very clean on the whole. We found the beds were not that comfortable but realise that is sometimes personal preference. The water had a strange smell so take some bottled water. we would however stay again as it was Great for our needs.

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• Mr Healy - Verified booking

  Good value, rooms were small but functional. Dated but clean and well kept. Games rooms inculding pool, table football, table tennis, snooker and darts was a very good addition. Its shared with 3 cottages on 2 hour slots. We got full use as 1 cottage seemed to not be booked. We were unsure if the other was but they didnt seem to use the slots on the Sunday we used it. Basically if its a busy time of the year you would get less time than we had. The swimming pool was brilliant, changing rooms were functional. Heated pool, few float aids and well kept. Best bit of the trip for us. Kitchen was well equiped.

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