Acorn Cottage

We arrived at the premises and the beds were not made up because they had been used by the previous tenants.

Despite numerous complaints by message (the only way to contact you), no response was received during our 10-day stay. This is unacceptable. I am currently in dispute with you in order to be compensated I do not recommend Sky Cottage despite a very beautiful house in a very good location.

This was our second stay at Acorn Cottage.

We love the location, the walks and the quiet of the place. Sitting outside accompanied by so much birdsong and watching deer from the bench was lovely, as was the walk up Holme Fell from the door without any need for the car. Such a great location for exploring from. We didn't expect to be testing the log burner in June (!) but it was lovely to have, as were all the comforts and equipment provided. Will happily return again.

Amazing time, thank you!

The property was tired, the shower was extremely mouldy, the beds were very hard, the pillows were flat and gave us neck ache.

The sofas were extremely uncomfortable. The towels were smelly and rough. We have stayed in other Sykes cottage’s & had milk & sugar etc on arrival & after a 9 hour journey that would have been welcome but there wasn’t any. It definitely looked better on the website and we were extremely unimpressed

A really lovely cottage in an excellent location ' lots of walks and rides straight from the door.

Only recommendation would be to have a few kitchen basics - oil, pepper etc. But would totally recommend this place.

We really enjoyed staying in your lovely property, with amazing walks from the front door.

Thank you!

A comfortable and warm cottage in a great location.

Lots of walks straight from the door into stunning countryside

Lovely cottage in a perfectly remote area, walks from the door, wildlife everywhere, and what a great bench at the bottom of the garden to view the night sky as the sun goes down.

This was our second time staying at Acorn Cottage and we loved our stay here as much as the first time.

Trails straight from the door, you could spend all week exploring without using the car. Ideal for walkers and mountain bikers.

Such a peaceful and special place to be enjoy the Lake District from.

Would love to return.

The ground floor windows are locked shut, which means all the insects which enter through the stable door cannot escape.

The latch on said door is faulty and it will nip the fingers if you’re not careful. The rear step has a loose triangle of sharp edged broken slate. The grass hadn’t been cut, a foot long! My service dog got a tick on both days we spent entirely in the garden. £45 per tick from the excellent vets in Ambleside. The garden is a haven for midges, it’s quite a marsh beyond the gate. Patio and garden are not private, having strangers mill around your back door is not relaxing or pleasant. The bath was hugely disappointing, the hot water is pond coloured and definitely not inviting a long relaxing soak. We all chose the electric shower instead! The laminated signage (of which there are many) don’t add anything to the overall ambience of rural cottage. Be aware that no washing powder nor dishwasher tablets are included in the price. Some cutlery had caked on foodstuffs. Despite previous comments (we read all before booking) still only the one pint glass. Kitchen is poorly lit, I’ll thought out and we all chuckled sitting at the table; with our elbows at shoulder level (Low chairs & high table)! Don’t inspect the mattress or bedding until the end of your stay would be my advice. Don’t expect any phone signal nor any useable Wi-Fi. The router blinks red 99% of the time. Don’t expect any help whatsoever if you’re stuck with no water. Water being essential for life; I’d not recommend this cottage. Excellent location but too many negatives. The very long black hair remains where I found it; on my sink, between the taps!

This was the perfect cottage in the most perfect area.

Beautiful countryside on the doorstep. If you want to get away from it all, then this really is the spot, without being too far from the nearest town of Ambleside. The cottage was very comfortable, everything we needed was there. Will definitely be booking again

The perfect cottage if you like the outdoors.

Walks and mountain biking from the door - high routes, medium routes and low routes. Little Langdale is up there with the best of Lakeland scenery and the Three Shires Inn serves decent food and beer. The cottage has everything we needed and I found the bed very comfy with a lovely thick duvet. The internet connection is less than optimal shall we say, but good excuse to turn the phones off and do something more interesting. I would certainly return.

A lovely cottage in a quiet, scenic location with easy access to multiple walks - whether you want flat or undulating walks, they are all nearby.

A lovely cottage in a great location - we thoroughly enjoyed our stay.

In the main facilities were all good and we felt very well provided for. Lots of handy hints in the information file and a good selection of guide books. Only one issue - very poor Wifi connection. This didn’t bother us at all and it was handy to have a land pay phone as we rarely got enough signal for mobile use. However this may be a concern to others and if it isn’t already- perhaps should be acknowledged in the listing to prevent disappointment

Acorn Cottage was a lovely place - comfy beds and a gorgeous view from the garden.

Fire was great, kitchen facilities were great (though peeler needs replacing), furniture was great (though could do with a rug in the living room). Our only issue with the place was the basically non-existent internet connection which wasn't sufficient for loading the most simple of webpages - it was quite literally unusable and it would be more accurate to say that this listing doesn't have WiFi. We did raise this with the property manager and were told there wasn't anything that could be done. Didn't ruin the trip, but it did have an impact and I would say that the listing is inaccurate as a result.

We had a wonderful stay at Acorn cottage, one week was not enough!

Walks right from the door. We loved exploring Cathedral caves and Holme close quarry, plus walks to Tarn Hows. Would stay again!

Enjoyed our stay at Acorn Cottage and would come back again.

Great selection of maps and local books to look through. Bin day is on a Thursday (and changover a Friday), but once we'd emptied the bin on the Wednesday evening we couldn't find any spare bin bags to replace it with, so had to use small plastic bags that we happened to have with us. A spare bin bag with a note in the cottage handbook on where to find it would sort this out. Headroom in the two topmost bedrooms is limited by the beam. Caught my head on it several times. Fine if kids staying in them, but may be an issue for tall adults.

This is a lovely cottage.

Ideally located between Windermere and Coniston and so peaceful in the back garden. There were also some lovely walks right from the door so don't always need to use the car. It is well equipped with everything you need, comfortable and clean, they even provided a stair gate. The row of cottages is supplied by a private water supply dependent on a stream, our stay was after a very unusual long hot, dry period and unfortunately the water had run dry. The owner did everything they could providing us with loads of fresh water for cooking, drinking, flushing the toilets etc. Then there was a storm our second night and water was back to normal the day after. The owner had warned Sykes this was a risk for our stay but Sykes hadn't let us know, they have now issued a partial refund for those days as we probably wouldn't have arrived with small kids if we'd known about the issue. It wouldn't stop me re-booking as I thought it was dealt with as best they could, and it's a lovely place but I'd bring more bottled water if it happened to be after such a hot dry spell again.

Had a wonderful stay in Acorn Cottage, it had every thing we needed, it was very peaceful.

There was a great range of reading material, as it was our first holiday in 18 years we didn't know what would be provided, pleasantly surprised. The bed on the second floor was very comfortable, my son didn't have any complaints on the top floor either. Thank you

The cottage is in a lovely location only three miles from Coniston.

Close to several fells and interesting quarries it is ideally placed for walking. The inside of the cottage does have some appeal but is tired in appearance, The kitchen is well appointed with implements but is short in some vital things such as a mixing bowl. The plaster above the cooker hood is loose and some fell into one of our cooking pots. The lounge would benefit from a rug on the cold slate floor and the log burner is missing a grate and we ended up almost servicing the vents. It was so log consuming and we felt a better supply of logs could have been provided having paid over £1k for the week rather than enough for one evening. Internet access is poor and if you need to 'work' it was not enough. We couldn't download a film in the evenings. In the main bathroom the bath side was constantly falling off and the towel rail was loose. The water supply was good and constantly warm. The bedrooms were cosy with two double beds, on the first floor the bed is placed such that in a morning you can lay in and enjoy a view of the woodlands opposite. Little notes were left all around the property which was annoying! The worst experience I had however was impaling my foot on a nail from a piece of wood that had been removed during renovations of the shed roof and left abandoned in the long grass next to where the recycling bag was. Fortunately it didn't pierce my foot but did my boot sole. Photographic evidence is available! Would I recommend the cottage? No, but the local area is beautiful. Did I get value for money? Certainly not. I know times are hard and fuel prices are rising but for this cottage I paid a lot more that I did for a better appointed premise last New Year which had a hot tub!

Loved this cottage.

Perfect rural location with walks from the doorstep and friendly Herdwick sheep next door. If you love Beatrix Potter, you’ll love staying here

Lovely quirky cottage in a tranquil setting, with walks from the doorstep it is an ideal peaceful retreat!

No mobile signal and whilst we were there the internet connection was faulty but the owner tried his best to rectify the situation. Odd bits of TLC required but its a 200 year old cottage so its understandable!! The drive up the lane appears daunting at first but well worth it when you arrive! (watch for the potholes disguised as puddles!!)

Had a good stay at Acorn cottage, the use of and the views from the garden were wonderful, the tv and video recorder were good, and would strongly recommend anyone staying at the cottage to watch the video (which is in the cupboard) Miss Potter, about Beatrice Potter who once owned the cottage.

It gives a good insight into how much she has done for the lake district. Our only down side is the worn out state of the crockery and some of the kitchen ware, towels and bedding, but would definitely recommend.

A lovely stay in a tastefully furnished cottage.

Location seems remote at first but we soon got used to the road up to the properties. Great walks and maps were provided which helped us to plan our stay. Garden with a dog was tricky as there was shared space and there wasn’t fencing, although we appreciate this as wouldn’t have been possible. Had to keep her in when the neighbours were sat out. There were only 2 of us and a dog which meant we had plenty of room but I can imagine the kitchen gets crowded with 5, as the table takes up a lot of the floor space. We would certainly recommend the cottage. Should we have received fresh milk as the welcome note said it would be in the fridge? There were sachets of UHT alongside the teabags and we had fresh milk that we’d bought, so it wasn’t a problem. We look forward to booking with Skye’s again.

We loved staying in the Acorn Cottage during our holiday in the Lake District.

Location of the property is amazing – just mountains, forests and streams. Very spectacular views and tranquility. Plenty of interesting local walks. The property is nicely presented, clean and had everything we needed during our stay. Definitely would consider visiting again.

Fantastic location, great walks, quite, nice cottage and well equipped.

This was a lovely cottage - well equipped and warm with all you'd need for a family holiday.

The location is quiet and gave great access to lower and high level walking.

Absolutely lovely cottage with so much to do right outside the door,

Location was great, the cottage is clean and tastefully furnished, the beds were comfortable.

However the shower over the bath is not fit for purpose, the video player doesn't work and for the amount of money charged we felt sufficient wood should have been left for the week as the woodburner is the only effective heat source. The bedrooms have no working heaters. We felt we were overcharged based on the facilities. After a day on the fells you want to come back to a decent shower and a warm cottage. If there had been 5 of us staying we'd have struggled.

Lovely little cottage.

It is very remote though - so if you're thinking of booking be aware it's 1.25 miles up a single track lane from the main road. Beds were comfortable. All crockery needs replacing in the kitchen - it's really scratched. One cracked drinking glass was in the cupboard on our arrival. Oven door needs a really good deep clean. It would be helpful to have a baking tray in the oven not just a grill rack. Good supply of cutlery though and all cleaning products had been supplied. Be warned that both showers have a very weak water flow, especially the one over the bath which was more of a trickle. Back garden was great for the dog and was fenced in. No sheep in the garden whilst we were there.

Cottage was in a beautiful setting and we had a wonderful stay.

Lane up to it has passing places but we were able to receive a supermarket delivery. Lots of walks straight from the door that are just stunning to Langdale, Tiberthwaite, Home Fell and Coniston. Cottage was well equipped- beds comfy, maybe could do with a few more glasses and tea mugs for when some are in the dishwasher. Garden is shared with next door but we had lovely neighbours during our week so all was fine. Would definitely stay again.

We thought the inside of the cottage was lovely and the surrounding area is stunning with walks straight from your door.

The listing doesn't mention that the back garden is shared, and the way the garden is angled means the next door bench table is so close to your back door privacy is an issue, we were lucky to have quiet neighbors although they did have a bbq on the patio one day.

Wonderful location away from it all.

It is a terraced cottage so might be noisy but in our case the neighbours were as quiet as mice so it couldn't have been better - especially our breakfasts on the bench at the bottom of the garden

The cottage was very pleasant, comfortable and well equipped.

The access road to the property was frustrating - very narrow with a popular beauty spot at the far end (Parrock Quarry) - frequent reversing back to passing places. Inadequate hot water supply.

Positives - great location.

Walks from the door. Good sized bedrooms. Negatives - a list The cottage photographs were misleading. Parking was an issue despite 2 allocated spaces. Shared garden with sheep & lambs. Beware if you have a dog. The second bathroom had a shower over the bath which pointed downwards and made it difficult to use. Often no hot water unless we put the system onto boost. When we arrived the shower screen was on the floor & radiator off the wall (Fixed very quickly). The sofas were ok for 2 but would be an issue for a larger family. No welcome pack. Complimentary coffee hard & sugar had stuck together too. We visit the lakes regularly & have booked to go back twice this year, but I am disappointed in this cottage and not up to Sykes high standards. I do understand it’s been a tough year for leisure & tourism, but if you want to retain customers that perhaps go abroad you need to try harder. A great holiday let down by the accommodation overall.

Just had another lovely week at Acorn Cottage despite the rain!

It was so comfortable and cosy so each day we could set off warm and dry for another beautiful walk with the amazing Autumn colours. This was our 4th visit and we have already booked for next year.

Wonderful holiday in a beautifully peaceful cottage .

No traffic noise, just the birds singing. A great place to chill and recharge. Lovely walking from the door. We didn't use the car at all. Great for social distancing. Will definitely book again next year.