Located in Keswick, The Borrowdale Hotel is in a national park, within a 15-minute walk of Derwentwater and Lodore Falls. .This eco-certified hotel is 19.5 mi (31.3 km) from Ullswater and 20.8 mi (33.4 km) from Lake Windermere.
What's nearby
Derwentwater - 13 min walk
Lodore Falls - 13 min walk
Catbells Lakeland Walk - 8 min drive
Theatre By The Lake - 9 min drive
Honister Slate Mine - 35 min drive
Getting around
Penrith Station - 29 min drive
Manchester Airport (MAN) - 128 min drive
Restaurants
Theatre by the Lake - 8 min drive
The Keswickian Restaurant - 9 min drive
The Wainwright - 9 min drive
Cafe Hope - 8 min drive
Dog & Gun - 9 min drive
About this property
The Borrowdale Hotel
Eco-certified hotel with free breakfast and a 24-hour front desk
The Borrowdale Hotel offers 40 accommodations with designer toiletries and hair dryers. Rooms open to patios. Flat-screen televisions are featured in guestrooms.
Bathrooms include shower/tub combinations. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Housekeeping is provided once per stay.
Stay in one of 40 guestrooms featuring flat-screen televisions. Rooms have private patios. Complimentary wireless internet access is available to keep you connected. Private bathrooms with shower/tub combinations feature designer toiletries and hair dryers.
Take in the views from a terrace and a garden and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access.
Satisfy your appetite for lunch or dinner at the hotel's restaurant, The AA Rosette Restaurant, or stay in and take advantage of the 24-hour room service. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at the bar/lounge. A complimentary full breakfast is served daily from 7:30 AM to 9:30 AM.
Featured amenities include a 24-hour front desk, laundry facilities, and an elevator. Free self parking is available onsite.
A complimentary full breakfast is served each morning between 7:30 AM and 9:30 AM.
The AA Rosette Restaurant - This fine-dining restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
24-hour room service is available.
Awards and affiliations
Eco-Certified Property
This property participates in Green Tourism Program, a program that measures the property's impact on one or more of the following: environment, community, cultural-heritage, the local economy.
Languages
English, French, Spanish
Property amenities
Internet
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Parking and public transport
Free self-parking on site
Food and drink
Free full breakfast available daily 7:30 AM–9:30 AM
1 restaurant
1 bar
24-hour room service
Restaurants on site
The AA Rosette Restaurant
Lounge and Conservatory
Family friendly
Laundry facilities
Conveniences
Lift
Guest services
24-hour front desk
Housekeeping (once per stay)
Laundry facilities
Business services
Meeting rooms
Outdoors
Garden
Terrace
Accessibility
If you have any requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
Lift
Wheelchair-accessible concierge desk
Wheelchair-accessible path to lift
Wheelchair-accessible registration desk
Wheelchair-accessible (may have limits)
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Smoke-free property
Room amenities
Bathroom
Designer toiletries
Hairdryer
Private bathroom
Shower/bath combination
Entertainment
Flat-screen TV
Food and drink
Electric kettle
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Phone
Policies
Check-in
Check-in start time: 3 PM; Check-in end time: midnight
Late check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age: 18
Check-out
Check-out before 11 AM
Contactless check-out available
Special check-in instructions
Guests must contact the property in advance for check-in instructions; front desk staff will greet guests on arrival
To make arrangements for check-in please contact the property at least 24 hours before arrival using the information on the booking confirmation
Access methods
Staffed front desk
Pets
Pets allowed for an extra charge of GBP 10 per pet, per night
Service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees
Welcoming dogs only
Restrictions apply; for more information contact the property at the number on the booking confirmation
Food and water bowls are available
Children and extra beds
Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are available for GBP 15.0 per night
Cribs (infant beds) are available for GBP 7.5 per night
Payment types
Important information
Optional extras
Pet fee: GBP 10 per pet, per night
Service animals are exempt from fees
Crib (infant bed) fee: GBP 7.5 per night
Rollaway bed fee: GBP 15.0 per night
The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
Guests must contact this property in advance to reserve cribs/infant beds and rollaway/extra beds
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted
Property is also known as
Borrowdale Hotel Keswick
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Borrowdale Keswick
The Borrowdale Hotel Hotel
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The Borrowdale Hotel Reviews
Reviews
8.4
Very good
All reviews shown are from real guest experiences. Only travellers who have booked a stay with us can submit a review. We verify reviews according to our guidelines and publish all reviews, positive or negative.
Interior could do with refreshing. Service mixed, depending on staff could be quick or slow and they didn’t seem engaged. WiFi in rooms poor. Felt like it’s relying on its location not the overall experience.
Location is a major positive. Hotel is very clean well maintained general areas open to all look well presented but sound travels easily from the corridors into rooms and to a lesser extent room to room.
Our room was very small, it is difficult to remember the last time I stayed in such a compact room going between bed and arm chairs almost sideways if you of larger frame.
Service - is not a strength, reception was fine but waiting staff did mot seem local (but more like contract Eastern European often found in large cities) they were slow to work out arrivals to seating areas. Waiting times outside and for some in the bar appeared longer than I’d have expected.
Generally not as good as I had expected if I were returning to the area I would try one of the nearby hotels instead.
Thoroughly enjoyed our stay only one slight criticism was that restaurant/conservatory meal service was too slow. The staff were working extremely hard but I felt that more staff were needed. The conservatory menu didn’t change during our stay and staff seemed unsure as to wether we could choose a single course from the restaurant menu. The food on the whole was enjoyable but not exciting.
We stayed one night and wished we could have stayed longer. We had dinner and breakfast at the hotel and the food and service were both amazing. Delicious food, with very quick and attentive service from polite and helpful staff. We were accommodated with vegan options which were lovely (and even vegan biscuits in our room!) we had coffee in the bar after dinner which is very cosy and relaxing. Our room was comfortable, we stayed in the standard room size which was perfect for a couple, we would probably stay in a bigger room if we had brought our dog! Very dog friendly hotel and all in all a very pleasant, relaxing stay. We will be back!
Hotel was lovely but I found the bedroom was quite hot no air very stuffy in the bedroom part from that very thing was excellent and food and staff
I would definitely come back x
stayed many times before and have always had a front of hotel room, we went for our wedding anniversary and thought we would treat ourselves to a more expensive room. although the room was lovely it was tucked away at the back of the hotel down many small corridors with only an average view... we were a little disappointed. however we will be back again for our annual wedding anniversary stay next year.
Really enjoyed our stay. Very pet friendly, when the weather was wet and windy it was lovely to sit in front of a roaring fire chatting with other guests. We ate in the hotel both nights and was very good. Although breakfast on the 2nd day could have been better. We booked a standard after being told that was the only room available that could take a dog but they are on small size. Next time would try and book a prestige room.
Stopped here for two nights. The cleanliness was excellent and bed comfy. The food was good in the hotel restaurant. My only issue was how hot the room was even without heating on. It was bearable by having both windows fully open without the curtains closed. We were in room 3 on the back of the hotel. I would go back with our dog but only if the dog friendly rooms were cooler.
Julie
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2019
6/10 Okay
Verified traveller
22 Sept 2019
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Verified traveller
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2019
8/10 Good
Gerard
1 Sept 2019
Liked: Staff & service
Room with a view !!
The room allocated was not as described in your correspondence to me namely a twin room with a seating area. The staff arranged another room after we had unpacked and had to repack to move. I am 80 years old and do not need to carry luggage up four flights of stairs. The food, the staff, the service, was very good, room allocation not so. I'm not sure where the responsibility lies for such problems but sort it out, please.
Rather more luxurious a hotel than I usually stay at and rather enjoyed it, I'm afraid! Difficult to too accurately assess as I was only there one night, but I think I may return!