White Cross Bay Ambleside Road, Windermere, Windermere, LA23 1LF, United Kingdom
#8 of 21 hotels in Windermere
Guests' ChoiceBased on 89 hotel reviews
8.9Cleanliness
9.2
Comfort
9.4
Location
9.2
Facilities
8.8
Staff
8.9
Value for money
8.4
Free WiFi
7.5
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End of dialog contentReviewed: 31 August 2025
Colin
United KingdomBalcony/terrace was a great space but could do with a bit of a touch up
The property was spacious for the 3 of us. Nice surroundings and had everything we needed. The clubhouse was great for the toddler in the evening.
Stayed in August 2025
Reviewed: 31 August 2025
Stephen
United KingdomThe property was such a cozy lodge
Very cozy location, clean & tidy lodge and a perfect location
Stayed in August 2025
Reviewed: 8 August 2025
Anita
United KingdomNothing
Very clean and had everything we needed
Stayed in August 2025
Reviewed: 18 July 2025
Julie
United KingdomDouble bed felt small
Excellent property, had everything you needed, lovely and clean
Stayed in July 2025
Reviewed: 9 July 2025
Arkadiusz
United KingdomWeak wifi, power cut, additional cost to use swimming pool with no spaces available
Location, property
Stayed in May 2025
Reviewed: 23 June 2025
Ellie
United KingdomNothing .
Home from home ,particularly liked the location of the lodge ,very private next to a babbling Brook. A lot of care and love has gone into the lodge to make it a Excellent stay . The owners have thought of everything for your stay would definitely stay again.
Stayed in June 2025
Reviewed: 5 June 2025
Patricia
United KingdomThe toaster-too small but a trivial thing The bathrooms were a little bit small The bed was too hard for me-but that's a preference thing-I have Osteo-arthritis at numerous points in my spine and I couldn't sleep in the bed-I ended up sleeping on the sofa and slept really well. I think beds are a preference thing anyway-some people like hard beds and some like soft.
The location-setback a bit from the road and with a small beck running alongside. The space in the living area The views from the windows The extremely comfortable sofa The table and chairs outside The manager of the property was responsive and helpful Showers were nice and hot and the water pressure was good The parking-being able to park just outside the chalet The staff on the site-really helpful and friendly-they opened the shop for us one evening when we had run out of peanut butter for our dachshund. Short distance to walk to the Lake
Stayed in May 2025
Reviewed: 14 May 2025
Kevin
AustraliaNothing
We’ll set up. Quiet
Stayed in May 2025
Reviewed: 5 May 2025
Christopher
United KingdomGot cold of an evening and you couldn’t use the fire or heating Heating was on for a short period of a morning only
Well furnished
Stayed in May 2025
Reviewed: 3 March 2025
Charlotte
United KingdomThe lodge was immaculately clean, beautiful bed linen and very comfortable beds. We liked that the second bedroom had two full sized single beds. The lodge was modern and beautifully decorated, very cosy and relaxing. It was very well equipped, especially the kitchen all matching crockery and cutlery and utensils. There was parking right next to the lodge for 2 cars. The location on the park was excellent, a 2 min walk to the marina in one direction and 2 min walk to reception and the pool in the other. So quick and easy for driving on and off the park. The beck flows right past the lodge, lots of ducks pottering around. We also saw squirrels, rabbits and deer wandering around on the park. The team provided excellent communication, nothing was too much trouble and they responded very quickly. Highly recommend this lodge, we can't wait to return.
Stayed in March 2025
Reviewed: 31 December 2024
Philip
United KingdomMaybe the owner could speak to the site reference having a fence but up between the lodges to stop people taking short cuts between the lodges or a sign up saying no access, as holidaymakers kept cutting through the gap between the lodges. That's only a personal thing.
Nice location, lovely lodge,
Stayed in December 2024
Reviewed: 30 December 2024
Elizabeth
United KingdomThe weather!
The location of the cabin and the layout Great team at reception and great little shop too even when it was out of season
Stayed in December 2024
Reviewed: 5 December 2024
Antony
United KingdomWell presented and comfortable
Stayed in November 2024
Reviewed: 25 October 2024
Kay
United KingdomThe check in time and check out times .. usual times are check in at 3pm and check out T 11am. We could pay additionally £25 per person? But I think this is unfair.
Loved how cosy and spacious it was and the beds were also very comfortable.
Stayed in October 2024
Reviewed: 5 October 2024
Connor
United KingdomPerfect location, had absolutely everything you need. 2 miles from bowness and 2 miles from Ambleside, beds were comfy and the lodge feels very homely will definitely stay again
Stayed in October 2024
Reviewed: 28 September 2024
Lewis
United KingdomFantastic location with lots to do. The facilities were clean and tidy. Staff were helpful and friendly. We loved our time here and would recommend to others.
Stayed in September 2024
Reviewed: 6 September 2024
Christopher
United KingdomNothing
Great location on site close to all the amenities. The lodge was well equipped and clean.
Stayed in September 2024
Reviewed: 16 August 2024
Tracey
United KingdomAll was perfect.
Highly recommend staying here with or without pets. Well equipped beautiful lodge right near the water and main building. Everything you need is on the lodge such as iron, ironing board, hoover, hairdryer, etc etc plus there is an on-site laundrette. Owner provided handwash, fly spray, washing up liquid, dishwasher tablets etc etc plus a lovely welcome bottle of rose with a little welcome note which was a lovely touch. Definitely worth seeing what is in the lodge before buying any toiletries when doing your initial shop. Our boys spent most mornings in the indoor pool. Everything you need in the lodge, on-site or a short work away. Easy access to different areas on foot, by car or by bus. Asda shop delivery facility was a lovely surprise which saved us a lot of time. Owners of our lodge were really helpful and friendly as was their Housekeeper who we met when we arrived on-site early and had a walk around the site. She was the one who told us about Asda delivering 😊. We didn’t go to the evening entertainment but there was bingo, singers and comedy acts. Probably more than that but we chose to be out and about during the day and to rest/fall asleep watching TV in the evening. Lots of family games provided in the lodge as well as Wi-Fi. Staff onsite were all really friendly and helpful. Thank you for a fab week. 😊
Stayed in August 2024
Reviewed: 11 August 2024
Neil
United KingdomPeople cutting through past car and property disturbing our dogs, could do with fence and signage no way through
Stayed in July 2024
Reviewed: 10 August 2024
Peter
United KingdomGreat location, Friendly staff.
Stayed in August 2024
Reviewed: 16 June 2024
Carol
United KingdomNothing
Everything. The location is perfect, the lodge is beautifully maintained, comfortable, exceptionally clean and very well equipped with lovely homely touches. The owners have thought of everything down to the finest detail. Highly recommended
Stayed in June 2024
Reviewed: 8 June 2024
Emma
United KingdomNothing at all.
Absolutely gorgeous, clean, spacious lodge. Best holiday we've been on as a family. The lodge was spotless, setting is Absolutely beautiful in windemere, right on the lake. Were lucky enough to see the northern lights during our stay. Will definitely return :)
Stayed in May 2024
Reviewed: 2 May 2024
Scott
United KingdomIf you need reliable interent this is probably the major downside. Max speed is about 10Mbps but this seems to be a shared connection so in the evening speeds plummet to new dial up levels (100-500kbps). This unfortunately meant we couldn't really take advantage of the smart TV in the evenings which was a real shame as we had planned on watching some films on Netflix. Phone signal is also spotty on both mine and my partners networks (Vodafone and EE). If this is not something you need in a stay then please ignore but for us it definitely knocked a point or so off the experience.
Location is great. Easy access to Ambleside and Windermere. Parking right out front of the lodge. The holiday park has a shop and other facilities on site. The living area is very nice and the kitchen is has pretty much everything you need. Communication with the owner was very good and the security deposit was returned promptly after the stay.
Stayed in April 2024
Reviewed: 1 April 2024
Kate
United KingdomLovely cosy lodge with excellent equipment. We loved the board games!
Stayed in March 2024
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