The King's Head ★★★

"I have grave misgivings about hotels in the busiest parts of the Lake District, especially at holiday times. Obviously they will be relentlessly overcrowded, with harassed and unfriendly staff. I’ve wanted to go back to the Proper Lake District for a while though so took a risk on the King’s Head. It’s easy to find on the ear popping main road up from Grasmere, just beyond the impressive hulk of Steel Fell, close to Thirlemere. Parking anywhere in the Lakes is hideous and expensive. Not here. Relaxed and plenty of room. It’s a long building with a pleasant bar restaurant area and beer garden. I found a rather pleasant residents lounge where a lady called Jo checked me in and made me feel welcome. It does get busy with passing trade but the staff look after their residents. They flogged me decent real ale and Jura whisky (the proper stuff). Breakfast is briskly table served from a menu and is well presented. I didn’t eat otherwise there but the food is popular and well priced. The road outside is busy and a bit of a racetrack, and the occasional fighter jet roars between the mountains on low altitude practice, but the relentless bleating of the sheep opposite soon returns things to normal. I was a little sorry to depart, but the manager said he hoped I would come again. I believe I will, and will even bring my wife."

Armathwaite Hall Hotel & Spa ★★★★

"This is a historic building that dates back to 1548 and has gone through 11 owners. Today it is a spa hotel The hotel sits on a large piece of land, with herds of cattle and sheep in front of the door. The restaurant on the other side has a great view of the lake and a large meadow. Rabbits and squirrels often jump around in the meadow and forest. You can reach the lake through a path, or you can hike in the forest. From the elevator, you can feel that the hotel has a sense of age. The spa has a constant-temperature swimming pool, a cold pool, a hot pool, and an outdoor hot pool, facing a large area of ​​grass and woods, which is really pleasant. The only thing to note is: if you check out at 11 o'clock, you must go to the spa before checking out. After 11 o'clock, there will be an additional charge of 20 pounds per person."

The Edwardene ★★★★

"It's a beautiful little villa. I booked a single room. Although the room is small, it's enough for one night. The living room on the second floor is very British, I like it. The breakfast is a traditional English breakfast, and there is so much that you can't finish it all. The landlord, Lucy, is very amiable. The only drawback is that the heating is intermittent and it is quite cold at night. I put my down jacket on top of the quilt to keep warm. Maybe the bed is too close to the window. It is really cold. In addition, the electric towel rack in the bathroom also provides intermittent heating. It's a little far from the center of town, and there are still garbage from the previous guest in my room. It's really environmentally friendly. Overall it's good"

The Horse and Farrier Inn and the Salutation Inn Threlkeld Keswick ★★★

"The stove is old and need to wait for long time to heat and the kitchen range hood doesn’t work normally. We do not suggest to cook in the house. But the master bed room is big and the house is warm. And the location is good for the guest who want to be quiet."

Craglands Guest House ★★★★

"I have written just over 100 reviews on this site, and in that time have very very rarely logged a 1* , however this experience was awful. Please read if you are considering booking here. I booked to stay through a popular website (not this one). Then noticed the payment appearing twice on my bank account. Rang and politely asked about this. What followed was scarcely believable. "You're talking b****s" was said to me within the first 30 seconds. He continued to rant and swear at me, I continued to talk in a normal conversational tone throughout. "You've got two options" he continued after a bit "do nothing or cancel" I asked him why he was speaking to me like this (this prompted a suggestion from him that I should search f**ng Google to sort out my query) In response to his option of cancelling I said that a couple of minutes earlier I had absolutely no intention of cancelling, but would now like to given how he was speaking. "Can I do that?" I asked. "Do whatever the f* you like" was the reply and he hung up. Following that call it turned out we couldn't cancel without the guesthouse approving it, which of course they didn't (they didn't even respond to my communication after that). We lost a significant amount of money by then choosing not to stay, but it was an easy decision to make. There was no way we were going there after that. I really would recommend not staying here. But if you are considering it then at very least do your research. I don't write a bad review lightly, but this experience was notably awful and completely unprofessional."

Fellpack House ★★★★

"An absolute pleasure the room was so nice you wanted to stay there... Breakfast 1st class set you up for the day a lovely base for a few days away."

YHA Keswick ★★

"The services and facilities were okay. There was a slight smell on the bed, but there was room for improvement."

Ravenstone Manor ★★★★

"Good services and nice room. Food is also nice and the environment was just beautiful. Can see liitle bit of lake from the windows of our room. Highly recommended."

Glaramara Hotel ★★★