Rossendale Holiday Cottages

Guests praise the varied breakfast options, prompt service, and friendly staff. They also appreciate the comfortable, clean rooms and the beautiful, accessible location. Some amenities include a games room and hot tubs.

If you are a group of cyclists or motorbikers, maybe this is the place for you, but, for a business traveller, no way. I was on a very low budget as they do not pay me for accommodation, so I searched the cheapest and closest place to where I had to be, this AGODA site is VERY misleading because the Holiday Village called me to say that the £24 that I have paid is only for a Caravan Site, and they were asking me what size Caravan I have got .... there was no mentioning in the AGODA booking about a caravan or a clear explanation of what am I paying £24 for, that was the first strike. Second is when I had to pay £40 extra for an upgrade which, in all honesty, I would have been better off sleeping in my car. They booked me into a hut, a wooden cabin shaped like a tent, with a huge bed but with a gap line right in the middle of it, which is REALLY felt. The checking in is really simple, they give you a code for the gates, they give you a code for the key box, and voilà, staff sounds really friendly over the emails and correspondence over Whatsapp, and the couple of maintenance guys I came in contact with, asking them about where the hut is, and where am I allowed to park were pretty helpful and pleasant, but, this is where the good stuff ends apart from the location, but we get to that later ..... I was given a Wi-Fi network and a password to join the "free Wi-Fi" they so proudly advertise, one of the reasons I booked was this, because I thought being in the middle of nowhere, no chance I will have mobile connectivity up there, I mean we are talking about England here, a country that's still in the pre-stoneage regarding connectivity, only to be told when I was in the room that "the huts are not connected to any wi-fi router ......" how convenient eh? Luck had it that my unlimited mobile internet worked fine, and I was able to do the things I needed doing, but, why advertise something that you can't live up to, when required? There is a kettle in the room, and a fridge, but, this is pretty much where the facilities end up, no running water, no toilet, you have to walk about 30 meters in the freezing cold (yes it was a very cold frosty night and windy) to use the toilet, get water for the kettle, or to have a shower ..... I already mentioned that the night was really cold, could have done with a heater that worked for more than 3 minutes at a time, well, this one didn't, it was starting, then stopping and not starting again unless you tweaked it, I slept in freezing cold, without even a proper quilt to cover myself with, just a thin blanket and the sheets ..... SO, SO BAD, what if I had someone old, who can't regulate their body temperature like I do, with me? Tv in the room, but the remote batteries, the ones that you can check how much "juice" is in them, completely drained, had to find a certain position in which to hold the remote so it gets direct line, to have a small chance to actually work, I repeat, maintenance guys around the site ....

The cottage was not like the photos online . Oven dirty and greasy with left over chips . Stained cushions . You could write your name in the dust on the hob and on the top of the leather chair . The place is run down and tired . Worn floor and evidence of damp . Basic cheap bedding . Cutlery in drawer greasy . Absolutely nothing to like ! Needs modernising and a new cleaner