"Lovely property, everything you need in the kitchen."
Warm and comfortable place to stay.
Near the pubs and Grasmere lovely to walk round. Will try and return if we can.
Reviewed by Sandra4.4★ Mar 2024
"Another lovely holiday at Lanterns with the family."
This is the 4th time staying and it is like returning home! Very well equipped and comfortable bungalow. Excellent location with walks from the door and easy access to Grasmere village.
Reviewed by Nicola5.0★ Feb 2024
"It has been our 2nd visit to Lanterns and we love it."
Lovely house and great location. The welcome bottle of wine was much appreciated. We have been coming to The Lakes for years and have always loved Grasmere.
The only disappointment is we tried to book again for 2024 and the house is full.
Reviewed by Jayne5.0★ Dec 2023
"The cottage was lovely but it could do with some new cushions in the main room but it was really nice otherwise"
Reviewed by Janet4.7★ Nov 2023
"The Lanterns is the perfect spot to enjoy a nice relaxing time in the Lake District."
All the facilities are first rate. Great location. Stunning property. Very warm and cosy and comfortable. Highly recommend to couple or families alike.
Reviewed by Jacqueline5.0★ Oct 2023
"A great place."
Fantastic size. Great heating system, soon had the house warm and toasty. All we needed for a lovely week away.
Reviewed by Lorraine5.0★ Oct 2023
"We had a small issue with the heating in the conservatory/dinning area which we reported to Lake Lovers just before 5pm they sent someone out the next day so great service."
The Property was excellent in great location we have booked again for October 2024.
Reviewed by Kenneth5.0★ Oct 2023
"Our 3rd visit to Lanterns and a 4th booked."
This review will be the same as our last one from the June visit. Overall, the property is superb and is the best of the many we have used over a 35 year period. Lanterns has a great sense of space and design. The location is just a short walk from the glorious and charming village of Grasmere in the heart of the surrounding fells, offering walks in all directions. We have rated cleanliness at 3 - not the maximum 4. If we could split this rating we would have offered 3.8, given that all the main areas of the property were clean. The slightly lower rating is unchanged from our last visit, reflecting the issue of the need to clean in the corners and around/behind furniture. If this were achieved, it would be a maximum score all round ! Once again, we are grateful to the owners for making Lanterns available and only make the point about cleanliness as a detail. What a great place !
Thank you for your feedback.
We are so pleased that you enjoyed your stay with us at Lanterns.
We will pass on your comments about the cleaning to the housekeeping team, it is very important to us that our standards are as high as possible.
We look forward to welcoming you to Lanterns again.
The owners relations team - Lakelovers
Property Owner
Reviewed by Jeffrey4.7★ Sep 2023
"Great place to stay , spacious house , great location ."
I would highly recommend it so much so we have booked again for next year
Reviewed by Richard5.0★ Aug 2023
"Our second visit to Lanterns with a further two bookings made."
This is a lovely property to stay in - Lanterns is spacious, stylish and offers great facilities. The position is lovely, just outside the village. The owners clearly take on board recommendations from those that stay and the overall feel of the property is one of quality. These views are set against many years of staying in self-catering both on Grasmere [3 properties excluding Lanterns] and many in other areas. Very highly recommended and thank you to the owners for making this lovely home available to book. The rating on cleanliness does feel a little mean and is simply down to the odd corner needed a clean.
Thank you for your lovely feedback.
We are delighted you enjoyed your stay with us.
We are very sorry that on this occasion the cleanliness was not up to your standards, this is something we take very seriously and will definitely look into.
We look forward to welcoming you again soon.
The owner relations team - Lakelovers
Property Owner
Reviewed by Jeffrey4.7★ Jun 2023
"Very nice cottage,
the extra seating /tv in dining room is good as it allows you to spread out if you all want different things in evening, relax or TV etc."
Did not realise listing said it has sky tv and did not find it, but probably just as well as would have been a distraction.
Did not think we would use it but did actually find the washing machine useful.
hoping to book again
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Thank you for your kind comments, we are pleased to hear that you enjoyed your stay.
We take all comments on board, and we hope to welcome you back
The Lakelovers Owner Relations Team
Property Owner
Reviewed by Ron5.0★ May 2023
"A really comfortable house in a lovely setting."
Close to both the town and the countryside. We had a wonderful holiday and enjoyed the many walks we could do from our doorstep. Thank you.
Thank you for your kind comments, we are so pleased to hear that you enjoyed your stay.
We hope to welcome you back.
Property Owner
Reviewed by Ginny5.0★ Apr 2023
"Really lovely cottage."
Spent the week with our son and family we all really enjoyed it. Views spectacular, walk into Grasmere 10min. Lots to do for all of the family. Walks from the cottage. One of the best cottages we’ve Stayed in. Thank you.
Thank you for your kind comments. We are so pleased to hear that you enjoyed your stay, and the view!
We hope to welcome you back.
Property Owner
Reviewed by Moira4.1★ Apr 2023
"Our second stay at 'The Lanterns' we had a great stay in a lovely comfortable, well equipped house."
Reviewed by Julie5.0★ Dec 2022
"Thank you for providing such a lovely holiday home."
We had a fantastic stay, and hope to return again next year. Lanterns is by far the nicest we have stayed in at Grasmere.
Reviewed by Susan4.7★ Dec 2022
"This was a very nice accommodation very clean and a really lovely location ..."
This was a very nice accommodation very clean and a really lovely location
Conservatory was too cold to use on our week as we had frosts every day
Difficulty getting hot water in the morning for showers eventually found timer switch in cupboard
Reviewed by Steve4.1★ Dec 2022
"The cottage was great in general."
I must echo others in sayings that it was let down by the plumbing, the showers often had no water supply. Also some cooking implements were dangerous. IE frying pan with handle that falls off! Broken knife handles. We hope to return and see that these problems rectified. Overall the cottage is very nice.
Reviewed by Geoffrey4.4★ Nov 2022
"Enjoyed a week with our adult sons and their partners."
More logs would have been nice .Not enough bins outside for rubbish.The dates in the info file worked out as the next week so we missed the bin collection.Overall gad a lovely week.Have stayed before
Reviewed by Jacqueline4.1★ Nov 2022
"This is the second time we have stayed at lanterns."
Set in a lovely quiet position, on the edge of grasmere but only a short walk to the shops and restaurants.
The bungalow it self is spacious, comfortable and equips with everything you need, it’s absolutely beautiful inside and out and so far one of our favourites in the lakes. Highly recommend!
Reviewed by Donna5.0★ Oct 2022
"Excellent all round thank you."
We hope to return
Reviewed by Simon5.0★ Oct 2022
"Comfortable, warm and perfectly located."
Once you adapt to the idiosyncrasies of the plumbing, a five star stay!
Reviewed by Paul5.0★ Oct 2022
"There was much to like about Lanterns: well positioned, spacious and comfortable."
If it was a cottage for four we would have been able to award four, or even five, stars. Our issues were with the third bedroom. As others have commented, the shower is hopeless: we learnt to turn it on a minimum of ten minutes before showering, to allow the hot water to come through, but even then the flow was very poor. Surely an electric shower is needed. We would add that the bed is a lot less comfortable than the other two. And we were woken up in the early hours by the TV standby light flashing red and green.
Reviewed by Kim4.1★ Sep 2022
"In general, Lanterns is a highly desirable holiday property with numerous positives."
[we are already booked for next year]. A couple of things worth a mention, but not as a complaint ! Although generally clean, there were a number of dusty corners visible and the freezer needed a light clean. The extractor in the last bedroom on the right was not working. The hot water is extremely slow to flow in the kitchen and linked to this, the shower in the bedroom on the left [not near the entrance] is very sluggish and a good 5 minute wait needed for hot water to come through. We love many aspects of this property however and would not wish to sound unduly negative. The above comments are made in order to provide the owners with helpful feedback. A final comment - the kitchen saucepans are looking the worse for wear and some utility knives are damaged [handle separating]. As stated however, this property is superb, in both location, design and overall facilities.
Reviewed by Jeffrey5.0★ Sep 2022
"This a pertains to the far bedroom en- suite ."
Bottom of toilet bowl was dirty brown stained - had to clean with bleach. Rubber shower mat - blackened with age and dirt on the back of it.; so wasn’t used. Also didn’t use the far shower because of it. Extractor fan in the far bedroom suite didn’t work.
Otherwise, all else was ok.
Julie Longson.
Reviewed by Julie3.8★ Sep 2022
"We had a lovely stay at lanterns and the cottage was very comfortable."
However it would have been nice to have some soap in the bathrooms and maybe a pint of milk and some other necessities when we arrived. We had had a 7 hour journey to get there and couldn’t even make a cup of tea/coffee as there were none of those either. I minor gripe but it would’ve been welcome to have a few of these supplies to get us going.
Reviewed by Anita3.4★ Aug 2022
"Perfect location."
We chose this property as we wanted drive way parking rather than roadside. On the edge of the village we were only a 10 min walk across the fields on good path to the village centre. The property itself was beautifully equipped and furnished. It was spotlessly clean. When you pay a premium price you hope your selection will meet expectations, we were very happy with our choice. We enjoyed a wonderful week, thank you.
Reviewed by Alan5.0★ Jul 2022
"Lanterns was very comfortable."
We did have issues with the hot water in the main bedroom and also felt a tremendous amount of water was wasted while waiting for hot water to come through. Some areas needs a bit of TLC .We found some broken drinking glass , which we left on the side in kitchen. The bedrooms at the from could do with black out blinds as the early mornings were waking some of up
Reviewed by Susan4.4★ Jul 2022
"This property was exceptional and we absolutely loved it."
The owners have done a brilliant job. It was beautifully presented and had everything we needed for our stay. We certainly won't hesitate to come back. The area is so peaceful and just a short walk into Grasmere. We had such a relaxing break.
Reviewed by Mary5.0★ Jun 2022
"Absolutely stunning accommodation, lovely location and very quiet and peaceful."
Already booked to come back!
Reviewed by Donna5.0★ Apr 2022
"Beautiful property in a fantastic location, shame it’s not instant hot water, takes a very long time to come through."
No issues with showers.
Reviewed by Jacqueline5.0★ Nov 2021
"Beautiful cottage, clean, comfortable and well equipped."
Great location for many walks from the doorstep or using buses. Loved it!! Top class cottage.
Reviewed by Marcela5.0★ Sep 2021
"Wonderful stay - we were a group of four and luckily we met the owner on site who told us one of the showers wasn't working great - but it didn't affect us or our stay."
Lovely and comfortable with everything we needed including comfy beds - a must after a walk.
Things we would have liked added
Bath mats - we ended us using hand towels to stand on which isn't ideal
Reviewed by William5.0★ Sep 2021
"One of the best we have stayed in very clean and spacious and plenty of equipment, in a beautiful area"
Reviewed by Alan5.0★ Sep 2021
"The shower in the double front bedroom still doesn't have enough power to use."
This has been the case for 3years, even though some water pressure work has been undertaken. The family shower has improved in pressure but sadly not the above. The master en suite water pressure has always been ok.
Reviewed by Karen4.7★ Aug 2021
"Third trip to the Lanterns."
Just love this cottage. Spacious, clean and well furnished. Sad to leave after a fantastic week.
Reviewed by Julia5.0★ Jul 2021
"Great cottage, great location."
Very well equipped for family entertainment after daily adventures. Would love to return.
Reviewed by Andrea5.0★ Jul 2021
"On arrival we found that the house had not been cleaned."
The key pad numbers given to us had not been changed from previous holiday makers or we would not have been able to get the key. The outside area had not been maintained as leaves all over and a rotting bird which had been there a while. However the inside once cleaned was excellent. On returning home we took our issues up with Sykes cottages and failed to get the customer care that we used to receive from lakelovers. They said they had contacted the owners who apologised but said it was not there responsibility. Sykes cottages just said case is now closed. No one seemed to take responsibility for our concerns.
Reviewed by Christine3.1★ Jul 2021
"This is our 3rd stay in this property, and finally the showers have a pump and the central hot water system works reliably."
This is a very comfortable property with good beds and plenty of space, close enough to Grasmere but without the issues of being in the centre.
The property was spotless on arrival and once again contributed to a great 2 week stay, even though postponed from 12 months ago due to covid.
Reviewed by Simon5.0★ Jul 2021
"Lovely home."
Well equipped with everything you need for a great holiday. Lovely and clean with Carex hand wash and gel in every bathroom and the kitchen.
Would not hesitate to book The Lanterns again 10 out of 10
Reviewed by Kim5.0★ Jun 2021
"Awesome cottage according to our grandchildren- they were right."
The cottage is in a great quiet location on the outskirts of Grasmere with all fixtures and fittings top quality. A great time was had by all.
Mr CartwrightAug 2019
"This is our second stay at this cottage, and the condition and standard was excellent."
This cottage is only a short walk from many walks for both the adventurous, or those looking for a lower lever amble. Minor issue with hot water controls and a wasp nest was quickly dealt with by maintenance team.
Mr FranksJul 2019
"Excellent house with 5 star facilities."
Mrs J Van BochovenApr 2019
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