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"Excellent accommodation with very high quality facilities."
Our grandchildren loved the hot tub as did the adults.The garden area, with the stream made a relaxing backdrop for our holiday which we enjoyed despite the weather. Cottage was warm when we arrived and was very comfortable for our stay We would recommend Bracken Ground for families of all ages.
Hi Brian and family,
OMG, we are so utterly grateful for this incredible review of our property. We adored how you immersed yourself in nature surrounding Bracken, and were able to take time to switch off here. It’s so wonderful to know the tranquility and peaceful setting has been so valued.
We’re thrilled to bits the grandchildren (and the grown ups) got to enjoy the fabulous hot tub - it’s quite the experience and hopefully many happy memories made to cherish.
Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for choosing Bracken Ground for your holiday, we feel privileged to have played our part in your family’s precious time together.
We wish you the very best for the year ahead and we would absolutely love to welcome you all back soon. Thank you again
Karen, Mat and the Bracken Ground team :-)
Property Owner
Reviewed by Brian5.0★Jan 2026
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"Bracken Ground was perfect for our new year celebration with three generations of our family including a small baby, a toddler and a five year old."
The grounds were spectacular and the dogs absolutely loved exploring them. The hot tub and sauna were very popular too (not with the dogs!!). We couldn't fault anything. The decorations all around the outside and inside were so thoughtfully done and really added to the atmosphere. Thank you so much for providing such a great home from home. We hope to be back sometime.
Hi Bernie and family,
Wow, totally blown away by this absolutely incredible feedback. It means so much to us that you’ve had such a superb time at Bracken. I love that you shared with us how you’d been previously many years ago when your children were young. It’s our privilege and pleasure to have welcomed you back to bring in the new year.
We loved that everyone (humans and doggies) thoroughly enjoyed themselves, we truly couldn’t have wished for anything more.
And thank you so much for the kind words about the decorations, we wanted to add a touch more magic to this already spectacular place.
We cannot wait to welcome you all back soon. Thank you again for choosing to welcome in 2026 with us. Our very best wishes for a fabulous year ahead.
Bracken Ground team :-) ️✨
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Property Owner
Reviewed by Bernie5.0★Dec 2025
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"Lovely house in wooded grounds, Hot tub and sauna very popular."
We had a fabulous family 4 days, in beautiful surroundings.
The house , is very high spec, and caters for all needs. Kitchen is very well equipped.
Hi Mary and family.
Wow wow wow, thank you so so much taking the time to share such amazing feedback. We feel utterly privileged to share this spectacular setting with you all. We’re thrilled to pieces that you’ve managed to relax and enjoy the facilities and found there to be everything you needed for a special break.
This means so much, thank you for choosing Bracken Ground and we would absolutely love to welcome you all back again in the future.
With love Bracken Ground team x
Property Owner
Reviewed by Mary5.0★Oct 2025
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"We have stayed here many times."
Bracken Ground is set in really lovely surroundings, just outside of The Lake District national park. The property is well set out, clean, comfortable and well equipped.
We have dogs so it's a great holiday for them as well as us.
The outdoor sauna and hot tub are great, even in October weather!
The surrounding area has some good walks and is incredibly peaceful.
The owners messaged us to let us know some information and they had had starlink installed, which helped the previously patchy WiFi. They were very friendly and helpful.
Love it here and will be back next year.
Hi Sarah and family including your lovely doggies.
Thank you soooooooooo much for this amazing review. We are absolutely blown away by your incredibly kind feedback, it means the world to us. We want to continually improve Bracken Ground, and to hear how helpful our changes have been in adding to you stay is so wonderful.
We just love that you love this as much as we do, and see how truly unique its setting and facilities are. Thank you again for choosing Bracken Ground as your annual holiday, we simply cannot wait to welcome you back next year.
Our very best wishes Bracken Ground Team x
Property Owner
Reviewed by Sarah5.0★Sep 2025
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"This is an outstanding property!"
Absolutely gorgeous inside and out, finished to a very high standard with every detail thought of.
We are a family ranging from 4 -75 years and everyone thoroughly enjoyed our stay.Thank you.
Hi Sarah and family,
Absolutely over the moon to hear your incredible feedback. Thank you for taking the time to share your wonderful experience of how amazing Bracken Ground is. We hope you will have made many happy memories to cherish, and we couldn’t be happier to have shared in your special break in this spectacular part of the Lakes. It means so much, and we cannot wait to welcome you all again soon.
With love, Bracken Ground team :-) x
Property Owner
Reviewed by Sarah5.0★Aug 2025
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"We loved every minute."
Bracken Ground was just lovely, the house, the grounds are very well maintained and the both the hot tub and pizza oven got lots of use. The beds are extremely comfortable, and the bedding was blissful.
Our group was 9, a mix of adults, teens, and kids. Can recommend the paddleboarding lessons at The Swan hotel, Newby Bridge, we did lots of walking and lake activities and it was a joy to return to the solitude and comfort at Bracken Ground. Thanks.
HorburyJul 2025
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"The property was lovely, really nice."
In the words of my friend, better than the pictures, and the pictures were nice. The house was really well equipped with everything we could want. It was a very pleasant place to be for a week. Just 2 small points. First is that the directions could be clearer. The property is tricky to find and we spent ages getting there. We thought that it is easiest to get there by starting from the centre of Spark Bridge, over the river, 2nd little road on the left. Left at the next junction, through Colton, left at the sign and then follow the windy road uphill.
Second bit of feedback, was we had got up early for a last chill int he hot tub before departing. But the maintenance chap had emptied it and was refilling it with cold water. He shouldn't do that before check out time.
SpencerJun 2025
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"Bracken Ground is a very thoughtfully well put together holiday property in an absolutely stunning location."
We really enjoyed our stay, we adored the sauna and hot tub after exploring the beautiful grounds and even saw a deer run across the garden. Relaxing in the lounge in front of that glorious fire after a day of adventuring was such a treat.
Our only real issue with the property was the hot tub maintenance, it was cold (20 degrees) when we arrived at 4.30pm, not ideal when stood all excited in your bikini after a long drive up there. Then the maintenance van visited at least three times, at least twice pulling up to park right by the bedroom windows with the radio blaring out which seemed very disrespectful of the occupants, especially having paid for a relaxing and restful holiday - this happened at 7.30am on the Friday of our break. On the last day the guy came and started faffing with the hot tub at around 8.30, it was a little disruptive and gave a sense of 'off you go' on what was our last little bit of time there. Also as previous occupants have mentioned the knives are in desperate need of a sharpen.
Otherwise everything was perfect. We have fallen in love with the Lake District.
MarshApr 2025
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"Fanatic stay, would highly recommend, could benefit from different heating settings within the bathrooms as these were cold in the mornings
one of the showers was not working at all, but this didn’t really effect us as there was only me and my husband staying at the property."
Hot tub maintenance impressive with 3 checks within a 7day stay, sauna good, could potentially do with fenced in/ closed in area to stop any incidents with the pond, we used some outside patio chairs by the kitchen doors to prohibit the dogs going on the grass/ mud or the pond, To help keep the place clean.tv signal in the master bedroom did not work, but we did bring an Amazon tv stick which solved this.
We also bought 7 blankets, rugs and throws to keep floors and sofas clean.
Overwhelming food package on arrival, this was a lovely touch, could also not fault the amount of kitchen equipment available for everything you could possibly need for your stay.
Nice daily visit from the local sheep
RodwellFeb 2025
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