The Waterhead Inn- The Inn Collection Group

4.1 / 5.0

Excellent(1,427 Ratings)

Inn in Ambleside

1 full bed

Reasons to book

Great for petsBring all your friends and family, even the furry ones

Includes essentialsGarden, Pets allowed, Internet / Wifi and more

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About this inn

Next to Lake Windermere, the stylish Waterhead Inn offers an onsite restaurant/bar and comfortable rooms, many of which have lake views. Ambleside is just a 10-minute walk away.

Amenities

Pets allowed

Internet / Wifi

Parking

Balcony or Patio

Garden

Map of Ambleside

Nearby attractions

Ingleton Waterfalls Trail

43.3 mi

Whinlatter Forest Park

27.2 mi

Williamson Park

43.3 mi

Eric Morecambe Statue

39.1 mi

Available Rooms

Double Room

1 Double • 247 ft²

Sleeps 2

You'll be directed to Booking.com for availability & pricing

Classic Double or Twin Room with View

1 Queen or 2 Single • 279 ft²

Sleeps 2

You'll be directed to Booking.com for availability & pricing

Superior Double or Twin Room with View

1 Queen or 2 Single • 301 ft²

Sleeps 2

You'll be directed to Booking.com for availability & pricing

Classic Double or Twin Room

1 Double or 2 Single • 279 ft²

Sleeps 2

You'll be directed to Booking.com for availability & pricing

Family Room

1 Sofa • 279 ft²

Sleeps 4

You'll be directed to Booking.com for availability & pricing

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The Waterhead Inn- The Inn Collection Group

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4.1 / 5.0

Excellent(1,427 Ratings)

Inn in Ambleside

1 full bed

Reasons to book

Great for petsBring all your friends and family, even the furry ones

Includes essentialsGarden, Pets allowed, Internet / Wifi and more

Book with confidenceWe partner with the top travel sites so you know you're getting a great deal on the perfect rental

About this inn

Next to Lake Windermere, the stylish Waterhead Inn offers an onsite restaurant/bar and comfortable rooms, many of which have lake views. Ambleside is just a 10-minute walk away.

Amenities

Pets allowed

Internet / Wifi

Parking

Balcony or Patio

Garden

Map of Ambleside

Nearby attractions

Ingleton Waterfalls Trail

43.3 mi

Whinlatter Forest Park

27.2 mi

Williamson Park

43.3 mi

Eric Morecambe Statue

39.1 mi

Available Rooms

Double Room

1 Double • 247 ft²

Sleeps 2

You'll be directed to Booking.com for availability & pricing

Classic Double or Twin Room with View

1 Queen or 2 Single • 279 ft²

Sleeps 2

You'll be directed to Booking.com for availability & pricing

Superior Double or Twin Room with View

1 Queen or 2 Single • 301 ft²

Sleeps 2

You'll be directed to Booking.com for availability & pricing

Classic Double or Twin Room

1 Double or 2 Single • 279 ft²

Sleeps 2

You'll be directed to Booking.com for availability & pricing

Family Room

1 Sofa • 279 ft²

Sleeps 4

You'll be directed to Booking.com for availability & pricing

Ratings and reviews

4.1 / 5.0

Excellent(1,427 Ratings)

100% verified reviews

5.0 / 5.0

Dec 2024

Fabulous hotel in a wonderful location with a super pet friendly town.

Fantastic hotel in a wonderful location, you are literally on the lakes edge. Room was large and clean and comfortable, everything you’d need for a couple of nights away. The staff were amazing, super helpful and friendly and the food was excellent. Breakfast was brilliant, so much prefer breakfast being served to the buffet style, look forward to visiting again soon.

Absolutely nothing..if you wanted me to be picky the parking was a bit limited and a bit tight but really that is me nit picking.

4.5 / 5.0

Sep 2024

ساكرر الزيارة حتما

مكان جميل جدا على النهر الغرف ذات الاطلالة جميلة وموقف الباصات للوصول للقرى الاخرى يقع خلف الفندق مباشرة توجد مطاعم ومرسى السفن امام الفندق مباشرة- الوصول للغرف سهل من الباب الخلفي- الفطور لذيذ جدا الاطباق الحارة من المنيو والمخبوزات والاجبان والفواكه وغيرها من البوفيه

لايوجد استقبال رسمي انما يتم عنل تسجيل الدخنل والخروج من المطعم في الفندق وهو مايكون محرجا بعض الشي مع وجود عدد من الشنط الكبيرة - تعامل بعض الموظفين خصوصا عندما طلبنا بشكل ودي المساعدة في رفع بعض الشنط لعدد من السلالم لتخزينها حتى وقت تسجيل الدخول

1.5 / 5.0

Sep 2024

ubicación

habitacion con polvo en los muebles. no hay recepción. El check in se hace en el restaurante donde se desayuna y que hay que salir al exterior no tiene ascensor y nadie ayuda con las valijas

5.0 / 5.0

Aug 2024

Great staff, brilliant venue, perfect spot can’t complain would recommend

Very nice property in a perfect location overlooking the lake

Nothing it was perfect

4.5 / 5.0

Aug 2024

A nice, scenic, quiet Lake District getaway.

The hotel is situated with an unobstructed view of the lake from the indoor and outdoor bar/dining areas- moored sailboats bobbing. The bed was super comfy, the bathroom was updated with heated floors, the young summer staff were super friendly and eager to please.

Some of the staff were, let's say, set in their ways. Most were patient and friendly. Some, not so much. The food here was good-to-very-good. Much better than at a couple of other "Inn Collection" meals we've had elsewhere.

4.0 / 5.0

Jul 2024

Lovely hotel helpful friendly staff good car park

Location

Only gave us one room Card

4.5 / 5.0

Jul 2024

What a super relaxing place to stay along the lake shore

This hotel was so much nicer than what we expected it to be! The staff is super friendly and helpful. The enormous lounge/restaurant/cafe etc is something I wish every hotel in the world would have, so relaxing. Room was nice, not very modern but that’s hard to find anyway. Parking on site. The lake just across the road is beautiful. Make sure yiur booking is for the Waterhead, there is a seperate building on the hill.

For people that don’t like dogs, you will be seated in a vey warm corner of the restaurant.

5.0 / 5.0

Jul 2024

Good walking great food and polite and welcoming staff

View from room. Staff excellent. Food good. Location

Very little

2.5 / 5.0

Jun 2024

Nor worth £200 a night

Location overlooking the lake

No lift , not good quality coffee for breakfast

4.5 / 5.0

May 2024

A lovely relaxing time with our two dogs.

Wonderful location, we opted for the classic lake view room. Amazing staff, all of them.

5.0 / 5.0

May 2024

Splendid

Lovely hotel, great value for money compared to others in the Lake District.

4.0 / 5.0

May 2024

The pub performs well as a team

All very good- very helpful in giving us a quiet room- thought evening food a little expensive for what it was- seafood burger not much in it!- breakfast very good- staff very good

Seafood burger not great not much in it - expensive Better evening meals elswhere

2.5 / 5.0

May 2024

Clean , pleasant, staff behind bar very friendly, food c**p.

Good location

Evening meal was awful (albeit paid for separately). Took an age to come ; soup was like like warm watery gruel with a metric tonne on pepper with two lank - cold - pieces of toast; vegetables with main must have started cooking when man first discovered fire; the pie was warm (just) and the potatoes in it were not cooked; then the cheese was, frankly, rubbish - grapes shrivelled and 3 pieces of very average cheap cheese. TBH it would have been fair enough at a Toby Carvery but the menu ain’t exactly budget at the Waterhead.

5.0 / 5.0

Mar 2024

Welcoming, friendly, clean, excellent 🤩

First impressions last, the check in was excellent and we were even shown to our room. The staff were helpful, friendly and attentive. And our room was excellent, huge thank you to the hotel beauticians that make the rooms so beautiful for our arrival. We will definitely be back.

There was nothing we didn't like.

4.5 / 5.0

Feb 2024

Lovely weekend in Ambleside.

Lovely location on the edge of lake Windermere and only 15 minutes walk into Ambleside. Excellent facilities with friendly and helpful staff and on-site parking . The breakfast was very good with a good selection of hot and cold choices. Our room was very comfortable and had good views across the lake . We didn’t eat in on an evening and found a good selection of restaurants and bars in the nearby town.

There was no lift available and it was quite a trek to our room with bags. I think this could prove difficult for anyone elderly or with disabilities. It didn’t particularly cause us any problems and we certainly enjoyed our stay.

3.0 / 5.0

Aug 2023

Hotel lovely location spot on need to look at issues

Room excellent if been a lift and not so far from main facilities breakfast tables not cleared lack of essentials no sausages no eggs no brans? Dinner food quality good except ordered at 7 pm two items not available on the menu all the above issues need

All the issues in last question

3.5 / 5.0

Aug 2023

An enjoyable stay in a nice hotel. As the service settles down after the reopening, hopefully tweaks to service will mak

The location by the lake is wonderful and very peaceful. The hotel is recently refurbished and is modern and clean.

The breakfast service was very disorganised and we were kept waiting for items on the buffet that had run out. The lift was not installed and we had to carry heavy bags up 2 flights of stairs. Fortunately staff were available to help.

4.0 / 5.0

Aug 2023

Enjoyed it

Hot food was brilliant on the first morning, not so hot on the next two days. First day there was no fresh fruit, but some on the others mornings

Stairs, lift out of action. Lack of light and small window in the room, didn’t open the window as it was next to an extraction tube, room got a bit warm at night.

5.0 / 5.0

Aug 2023

Short but sweet

Staff and the hotel were lovely

Nothing, I thought everything was great in our short stay

4.0 / 5.0

Oct 2022

Very good

very good

a lot of stairs

1.5 / 5.0

Oct 2022

Could be excellent, wouldn't return, definitely overpriced

Young barman/waiter (Thomas) held the place together. He's wasted here, could work at any 5 star hotel, such an asset to any business. Dealt with customer complaints (which there seemed to be a few of at dinner) efficiently & discreetly, without making anyone feel uncomfortable. Breakfast was excellent. Beds were comfy. Location of the hotel goes without saying, prime position.

Dinner was awful (2 nights running) chips seem to be cooked in dirty oil. Menu description didn't match the food served, eg Thai red curry, we were served chicken in what seems to be a tinned tomato sauce. The cook really needs to get a recipe book this is such an easy dish to make! The Chicken & Chorizo pie was like a brick, the filling was like a curry sauce (maybe it was confused with the Thai curry?), the side of relish was odd. My desert was lovely but apart from that we wouldn't eat there again, we only ate the 2nd night as we'd been visiting relatives and were tired. We paid over £400 for a lake view, which was superb & the room was pleasant (if you ignored the gutters pouring outside, but the restaurant standard needs huge improvement when there's so much competition in the area for great restaurants.

5.0 / 5.0

Oct 2022

Exceptional

Breakfast was very good. The views were stunning. Really enjoyed our stay

5.0 / 5.0

Oct 2022

Exceptional

Fabulous location, pleasant helpful staff, room spotlessly clean with excellent facilities & sundries

4.0 / 5.0

Oct 2022

Super location, good room.

Nice room, with balcony and lake view. Cafetière in room. Steak dinner.

Limited car parking. Limited dinner menu choices.

5.0 / 5.0

Sep 2022

Overall very pleased. Would stay again and recommend

Breakfast was very nice great selection

The cleaners room was opposite our room and they made a lot of noise on a morning when we were trying to lay in.

4.0 / 5.0

Sep 2022

very comfortable, relaxed hotel in a beautiful location. had a great time but didn’t like self service breakfast

location and comfortable bed and a little view of the lake

the room was noisy early morning as room over the car park and early morning deliveries woke us. used to be table service but had to help our self to tea, coffee and make on toast and by the time you are up and down your breakfast or tea is cold. was disappointed about this for the price.

4.0 / 5.0

Sep 2022

Over all we enjoyed our stay.

The facility was in a good location, clean and the floor staff were friendly.

The dinner was over priced. The manager(s) were less then friendly and quite frankly seemed indifferent to communicating with guests.

5.0 / 5.0

Sep 2022

We would definitely return as overall we really enjoyed our stay.

Our room was lovely and clean and we had a perfect view over the lake, breakfast was delicious with both full English and veggie option too! All staff were very friendly and helpful.

My evening meal of seabass salad was disappointing, the rocket leaves were drenched in balsamic vinegar rather than a glaze so spoilt it and the seabass was rather small for the price of £17.

4.5 / 5.0

Sep 2022

Great location, dearer rooms will probably give you a better sleep. Great staff and really nice breakfasts

Great location right next to the lake, good size rooms.

King size bed had a large dip down the middle of the mattress. Our room had no view of the lake and seemed to back on to the top road. Not the best sleep.

4.0 / 5.0

Sep 2022

A very enjoyable stay!

The location of the hotel is excellent, right by the water and with a lovely view. The staff were first class, very friendly, helpful and extremely hard working and efficient. The hotel was very clean, both the room and public areas. We enjoyed a tasty breakfast.

Parts of the hotel were a bit tired and needed updating but as it is due to be refurbished this is understandable. Our bed was a bit lumpy but again I’m sure they will be replaced as part of the improvements. We felt that although our cooked breakfasts were excellent there could have been some better cereals or granola on offer with dried fruit as we’ve had in other hotels. Also perhaps grapefruit segments with natural yoghurt would have been welcomed.

4.0 / 5.0

Sep 2022

Very good

Style and decor. Rooms well equipped. Food good

Poor parking facilities

4.0 / 5.0

Sep 2022

Enjoyed our stay good food, helpful staff and clean tidy room.

Breakfast was fine with plenty of choice and accommodated my husband’s desire for 2 boiled eggs! Location good people came and went. Lovely first thing in n the morning and evening.

All the stairs within hotel as my husband has some mobility issues. Car parking lack of as we arrived in the evening.

4.5 / 5.0

Sep 2022

Superb

Worth the price

cant say a very good place to live for those who dont own a car

FAQs

How much does this inn cost compared to others in Ambleside?

The average price for a rental in Ambleside is £98 per night. This rental is £1 above the average.

Is parking included with this inn?

Yes, parking is listed as an amenity at The Waterhead Inn- The Inn Collection Group. For more information, we encourage you to contact the property about where to park.

Is there a pool at this inn?

We didn’t find pool listed as an amenity for this inn. It may be worth double checking if a pool is important for your stay.

Is The Waterhead Inn- The Inn Collection Group pet friendly?

Yes! This inn is pet-friendly. For more information, we recommend contacting the booking provider about animal policies.

What amenities are available at The Waterhead Inn- The Inn Collection Group?

We found 6 amenities for this rental. This includes pets allowed, internet / wifi, parking, balcony or patio, and tv.

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Inn in Ambleside

Reasons to book

About this inn

Amenities

Map of Ambleside

Nearby attractions

Available Rooms

Double Room

Classic Double or Twin Room with View

Superior Double or Twin Room with View

Classic Double or Twin Room

Family Room

The Waterhead Inn- The Inn Collection Group

Inn in Ambleside

Reasons to book

About this inn

Amenities

Map of Ambleside

Nearby attractions

Available Rooms

Double Room

Classic Double or Twin Room with View

Superior Double or Twin Room with View

Classic Double or Twin Room

Family Room

Ratings and reviews

FAQs

How much does this inn cost compared to others in Ambleside?

Is parking included with this inn?

Is there a pool at this inn?

Is The Waterhead Inn- The Inn Collection Group pet friendly?

What amenities are available at The Waterhead Inn- The Inn Collection Group?

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