Is Ambleside Central pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

How much does it cost to stay at Ambleside Central?

As of Oct 11, 2025, prices found for a 1-night stay for 2 adults at Ambleside Central on Oct 12, 2025 start from ₩133,644, excluding taxes and fees. This price is based on the lowest nightly price found in the last 24 hours for stays in the next 30 days. Prices are subject to change. Choose your dates for more accurate prices.

What time is check-in at Ambleside Central?

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: midnight.

Where is Ambleside Central located?

Situated in a national park, this hotel is within a 15-minute walk of White Platts Recreation Ground and Lake Windermere. Ambleside Climbing Wall and Armitt Museum and Library are also within 10 minutes.

Ambleside Central Reviews, Deals & Photos 2025

6/10 Okay

Mike

Jun 27, 2025

Convenient location, but terrible beds!

Place was in a great location. It was clean, but the bed was terrible. This place needs new beds!

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

8/10 Good

Linda

May 29, 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service

Good location. Car parking was a long way from accommodation.

Stayed 2 nights in May 2025

8/10 Good

Alison

Aug 28, 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Self check instructions were clear. Room was serviced while we were out. Help via the phone was immediate when we needed it. Room clean and spacious. All very good. Only downside was that car park was a good 5-8 minute walk away… but at least there was parking as opposed to there being none. Needed window open as warm weather but that lead to noise disturbance. Of course that was due to fabulous central location - I realise you can’t have central and quiet! I’d stay again, thank you.

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Rebecca

Feb 4, 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Lovely little hotel, super clean, super comfy beds and in the perfect location.

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

8/10 Good

Michelle

Apr 19, 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities

👍

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

8/10 Good

Daniel

Aug 4, 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities

Great location, easy check in. Parking approx 5 min walk away.

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

6/10 Okay

Michael

Aug 18, 2024

Liked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities

Nice room but very noisy both nights

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

6/10 Okay

CHEUK KEE

Jul 30, 2024

Liked: Cleanliness

The Lilly Bar Manager is very helpful

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Lynsey

Sep 8, 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Lovely building and lovely room. 2 adults 1 child in bedroom 2. Large room with small ensuite shower, toilet and sink. Situated in a lovely street, can be a bit noisy at night with the pub but not enough to annoy us. Will definitely stay again.

Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2024

8/10 Good

christine

Aug 12, 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Nice stay

Nice family room with separate spacious bathroom, located on one way system so some background noise

Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Mark

Mar 28, 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Helpful staff

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

4/10 Poor

Mebs

Jul 18, 2024

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Just not an enjoyable experience for my wife and I. Car park too far away, too many stairs to climb for elderly couple like us, entrance hallway very dirty. How can this be 4 star property?

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

4/10 Poor

Jonny

Dec 1, 2024

Liked: Staff & service

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities

Was simple accomadation. Whole building has a weird smell. Our chests were hurting after waking up. Facilities were standard. There was damp on the ceiling of the shower. Parking was a 7 min walk away which was inconvenient when having luggage to carry.

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

6/10 Okay

Stephen

Feb 27, 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Great accommodation, noisy location

The accommodation itself is great. Unfortunately one of the hotels greatest strengths is also a major drawback, at least if you’re a family staying there. There is a very noisy (but good) bar below the hotel. So it was difficult for us and the children to sleep with the music and shouting until the early of hours of the morning.

Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2023

4/10 Poor

WEICHIH

Aug 23, 2023

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Small room

Small room and rooms lock is broken. At central but not easy to find.

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

4/10 Poor

Francesca

May 12, 2025

Liked: Cleanliness

Disliked: Staff & service

Do not stay here if you actually want to sleep. Given the location on the main road, I was expecting some traffic noise but I was not aware of the noise that would come from the pub. A live band ended up playing when we were there so we didn’t get any sleep until well after midnight. The single bed was uncomfortable - you could feel the springs in the mattress. The toilet flush was noisy and randomly went off in the middle of the night even if no one was in the bathroom. The room hadn’t had a thorough clean - I found rubbish from the previous guests in the room. The management was unresponsive - I sent a message before our stay questioning the validity of the parking permit provided as it said it was valid for March. We ended up just parking in a nearby street which was disc controlled which was much closer than the parking provided.

Stayed 1 night in May 2025

6/10 Okay

Jane

Jul 1, 2024

Liked: Cleanliness

Location excellent, staff very friendly and helpfu

The payment method offered rejected every card that we tried and we finally paid at the Lily bar on the day that we arrived. We were very grateful to the bartender who carried our bag upstairs as we were on the top floor. The room was very dark and there were insufficient electrical sockets for the table lights and kettle. The room was clean, but the plumbing was very noisy - sounded like a jet taking off when flushing the toilet. Location was excellent.

Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2024

6/10 Okay

Harriet

Oct 10, 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort

Good value for a cheap place to rest your head.

Absolutely fine for a cheaper place to stay as location is good just on a weekend it was very loud. Heard a lot of shouting outside and the hall way didn’t look very inviting. Was clean and we literally just wanted somewhere to sleep as wernt spending any time there.

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

May 15, 2025

Liked: Room comfort

Great value for money :-)

Make sure your phone number is up-to-date on your account as they will try to text/Whatsapp the entry codes to you. I didn’t realise that, so had to call them and pop by the bar next door to get said codes, defeating the point of a self-serve accommodation which is what we wanted. Still, it was a quick fix, but something that seemed avoidable if I knew to check the details Hotels.com hold for me (or if Ambleside Central email you instead? My messages from them, via email, were coming through fine). The car park is about an 8 minute walk away from the accommodation so be prepared for that. The room itself was great for what we needed - clean and comfy. The fan didn’t work and it was too late at night to contact anyone when we realised, so it’d be fab to just check those sort of things regularly (eg the kettles) if possible, so guests can continue to enjoy the self-serve accommodation :-) Excellent location, brilliant value for money, and although a few minor comments above, I’m simply hoping to help future guests and I’m in no way whinging; we would happily stay again!

Stayed 1 night in May 2025

2/10 Terrible

Sabbir

Aug 17, 2024

Disliked: Cleanliness

Horrible experience

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

2/10 Terrible

Paul

Aug 1, 2023

Liked: Cleanliness

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Cudnt get in , every time we went out we had to call into lily's to get the young girl who was so helpful to get us into the place . If u have mobility issues fhis place is not for u . U have to park your car on a football pitch which is a good 15mins walk . Rooms are really small too . Love Ambleside but would stay here again

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Aug 3, 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Bad Parking

Whilst the room was pleasant, the hotel itself was a nightmare to find, its literally a doorway on a high street. We didn't receive the said text message with entry codes to entre the building or further instructions how to find it. Parking was off site, 15 minutes walk away, we had to travel back to the car twice to collect our belongings, not ideal.

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

2/10 Terrible

Michelle

Aug 18, 2024

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Left a day early.

Terrible experience. Wish i had read reviews before booking. Stayed in room 2 which was over the bar. Noise from people outside went on until 3am. We had booked for two nights but after one to avoid another sleepless night. Room was dark and felt like a haunted house. Strange red mark left in toilet. Won't be returning.

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

2/10 Terrible

Gareth

Aug 2, 2024

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities

At first look seems OK but is a bit grotty. It was very noisy, too hot, cooler/fan did not work and shower did not work properly. Could hear every slightest noise from within the building and some kind of boiler kept buzzing very loudly all night. We literally didnt sleep despite trying and checked out at 7AM. I quite franky want a refund and we will never returm again.

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

4/10 Poor

Francesca

Oct 27, 2024

Extremely loud basic room

It’s a shame as the room (2) was fine; basic with very small en-suite (needed the tap fixing and the extractor fan before the mould properly sets in, but none issues really!) The actual issue was the noise on a night, it wasn’t that bad on the Friday - there was a live singer which ended at midnight ish. But OMG we thought it would be similar sat night, but after the musician the thumping hard core club music started and went on until 3am. We came away to catch up on sleep and had a lot less than we would with our little ones. Unless you want to join the party avoid!

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2024

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