1869 - Room Only Boutique Townhouse

Lovely and central, shops and restaurants on the doorstep. Nicely decorated with some quirky decor. The beds are very comfortable. Dog friendly. Checking in process very easy. Great communications before and during our stay. Was able to leave our luggage in the hallway on the day of departure and return for it later.

There is no parking on site. Have to park on busy main road to offload luggage. Info on this only given a couple of days before our travel. Steep drive to then walk up with luggage. All guestrooms are on the 1st or 2nd floor. No lift. Other minor issues: There is a free parking permit, which is great, but we had to keep driving around Ambleside (30-40 mins) before we found a space. Complementary toiletries in our room did not smell nice at all. Other reviews have mentioned complementary dressing gowns and slippers, but these were not provided in Wansfell or Langdale Rooms.

All great apart from cold air hairdryer what was impossible to use

The location was fantastic. And having free parking was a bonus.

I was message twice in error to say I was going to dined because I hadn’t returned the parking permit which was stressful. Luckily it was just a mix up

Very central location

Very hard to spot 1869 in window to know where to stay: even locals weren’t sure. Ghastly drive to turn into to get bags out by path to house.

Closeness to the town

Couple of misshaps but dealt with very professionally and fast thank you

Noise from road