Bongate House

Our second visit and it wont be our last! Anne is a lovely host and very attuned to the needs of her visitors. Our room was amazing, with its own balcony, perfect to relax on in the sun with a glass of wine or two. An excellent selection of breakfast items, including porridge.Packed lunches also a host of goodies. Bondgate is located just a couple of minutes walk from the centre of the town.

Stop over on way back from Scotland. Lovely big, clean room overlooking garden and field of sheep. Lovely cooked breakfast. Short walk to Royal Oak for good food or into vilage itself which is very pretty. Would stay again as lots of walks nearby.

Absolutely highly recommended a stay at Bongate House. Anne makes your stay so special, nothing is too much trouble she goes above and beyond for her guests xx Beautiful rooms, amazing breakfast, gorgeous views. A great base to explore the beautiful countryside and lakes. X

Only stayed at this B&B for one night and we were made really welcome. Anne, the owner, was very helpful with local knowledge and picking my sister up from the station. The room was large, clean, well furnished with wonderful views over the town. Wifi worked well. There was plenty of parking. Breakfast was plentiful, excellent and hot. There was a very good pub within walking distance for an evening meal which Anne booked for us. The town centre is in walking distance. Ideal centre for touring the area. We will certainly stay again if we are in the area.

A fantastic 3 day break. A most welcoming place, old historic hall in the shadow of Appleby Castle. The owner was most welcoming and nothing was a bother. Our bedroom was cosy and felt like home from home. We had a balcony which overlooked the vast impressive well planted garden to the rear of the property. If visibility had been good at night we might have seen a meteor shower at night. Breakfast was cooked to order and beautifully presented. Can't wait to return in better weather.

We stayed here in September after the hotel we were booked into had to close due to flooding. What a fortunate accident for us! Anne was so welcoming and warm and we thoroughly enjoyed our stay with her. Her daughter-in-law was so friendly as well! Our room was lovely and clean, bed comfy and the cooked to order breakfast was wonderful. We came from Canada to meet with cousins and she enabled us the time and space to get to know one another. Would recommend to anyone looking for the perfect B & B!

My wife and I stayed at Bongate House in the delightful town of Appleby in Westoreland for two nights to break our journey further north. We had a really pleasant stay in a good sized room with a newly fitted en suite and extremely comfortable double bed. Breakfast was excellent with wide choice of cereals, fruit, juices etc followed by well cooked breakfast with quality ingredients. But the star of the show was our host, Anne, for whom nothing was too much trouble. She really made us welcome and we felt very much at home throughout our stay. Bongate house is a 7 minute walk to the centre of the town (we are in our late 70s so younger visitiors can probably knock 2 minutes off this). Cannot praise our landlady and her excellent B&B enough and will definitely choose Bongate House again if visiting this part of the world again. Thank you Maurice & Irene Quinn

Had a really comfortable stay while hiking the Pennine Way. Excellent spacious room, and slept soundly -- as most everywhere on my trip. Ann is a friendly and accommodating host, and provides an excellent breakfast to get started in the morning. The hill up from the centre is worth noting for some people, but just an easy 10-minute walk.

I booked Bongate house as I was training locally. Ann was lovely from the beginning. Because of the location my partner and son (2yr old) joined so they could explore, it's only a few minutes walk to Appleby town centre. However, unfortunately, I got confused and booked the wrong place (I thought I'd booked a whole cottage, not a room) :( Ann was lovely, really accommodating and understood I'd made a mistake and went out of her way to help us. We stayed one night instead of seven. Everything was clean and comfortable. Ann went out of her way to help us out! The breakfast was great, and again Ann was wonderful with our son, really accommodating. I would definitely stay here again when I'm next up training!