The Cavendish Arms is a 450 year old coaching inn set in the picturesque village of Cartmel. Located on the outskirts of the English Lake District, Morecambe Bay is just 11 minutes’ drive away.
Featuring a garden, restaurant, bar and free WiFi, Royal Oak is located in Cartmel, 13 miles from World of Beatrix Potter and 29 miles from Trough of Bowland. At the inn, each room comes with a desk.
Set on the banks of the River Leven. The hotel has 2 restaurants, The Riverside Restaurant and The Dolly Blue Bar & Grill. Access to Cascades Health and Fitness Club is included for all of our guests....
Delightful, friendly, well-equipped and pretty village.
Delightful, friendly, well-equipped and pretty village. Some local walks were recommended by locals and were gorgeous. The shops are perfect, great selection of stock and utterly charming. The pubs are really good, the Royal Oak serves huge portions of well cooked and flavourful, homemade food with a friendly welcome. Easy drive to seriously beautiful spots of Keswick, Coniston and Windermere. Went to Cumbria zoo which is lovely. Not to mention the next level spectacular that is L’Enclume in the village. Highly recommend.
Venetia
United Kingdom
10
Scored 10
Caramel is a beautiful, small village with many pubs and...
Caramel is a beautiful, small village with many pubs and restaurants and a few shops to browse. It’s peaceful and a lovely place to stop for a coffee or alcoholic beverage. There is a great cheese deli where you can choose from lots of different cheeses made locally and even try before you buy with a glass of wine or locally made ale. The famous mitchelin star restaurant L’Enclume is amazing and of course there is the famous sticky toffee pudding shop.
Sharon
United Kingdom
10
Scored 10
Lovely village. Friendly locals. Great views.
Lovely village. Friendly locals. Great views. Fabulous day at the races
Loved our meal at the kings arms and our bed and breakfast at priory hotel
Yummy sticky toffee pudding from the sticky toffee pudding shop
Julie
United Kingdom
6.0
Scored 6.0
Cartmel is a quaint picturesque village.
Cartmel is a quaint picturesque village. It is lovely to stroll around.
Quaint little antique and book shops, lovely little square with inns around it, the church, sheep and lambs in the fields. Lovely!
Our expectations were high when we saw it but...
There is almost no parking in the village except for 1hr or 2hr slots. Not much use for staying guests. The nearest overnight car parking was at the race course. £10 overnight charge. The card payment was not working. Coins only!!! We and others were searching for £10 in coins so that we could leave in the morning!
Cartmel is largely shut from Sunday to Wednesday (slight exaggeration but you get the drift). Eateries close early or are not open at all.
Cartmel has its own brewery. The brewery eatery only does Thurs, Fri, Sat!
Thanks goodness for the Pig and Whistle which is only a short walk from the centre. If you want good food, good drink all at reasonable prices then it is a life saver. There is also free parking nearby which you can use overnight. To be clear I have no affiliation to it but it did serve us well. We ate and drank there other than on our first night.
Ian
Isle of Man
8.0
Scored 8.0
Cartmel is a small village served by several pubs, cafes and...
Cartmel is a small village served by several pubs, cafes and restaurants. There is a reasonable car park that is just on the edge of the village adjacent to the racecourse, leaving a short walk to the shops and pubs. The place to stay on a visit to L’Enclume.
Chris
United Kingdom
10
Scored 10
Dear Sam, Ian
Dear Sam, Ian
It has been a wonderful enjoyable time for me and katharina in your
lovely home. We have really enjoyed the rest it was such a delighted for both of us to have found such a special property, easy to get around with a car, plenty eathersnearby. Cartmel is worth the visit.
Thank you so much for your kindness.
We stayed here for 1 night after having dinner at L'Enclume in Cartmel, no rooms were available in Cartmel.
The Inn is not really walking distance to Cartmel so we had to leave the car in the village and appreciated very much that on request we were collected from the restaurant with our bags and taken back to the Inn by a very friendly man.
The king size bed was super comfy, the bathroom was spacious and there was a lovely view down the valley.
The room was very clean and quiet. We could adjust the heating and the room was warm.
Fantastic bed and breakfast in the epicentre of lovely Cartmel. Communication with Rachel prior to arrival was perfect. The hotel is beautiful, both the public areas and the room in which we stayed. The room, recently re-decorated, is as comfortable as it is beautiful. Modern bathroom, super comfrotable bed, tea kettle/espresso machine - who needs more? Breakfast was stellar, be it the full English or the continental. We'll be delighted to come back and we thank Rachel for making our weekend in Cartmel special!
Room was comfortable but could do with brightening up. There is a radio but no T.V. Had a meal in the pub which was really nice and good value for money. The breakfast was at a different location in cartmel square, just across from the Royal Oak in the main square which was no inconvenience whatsoever and was really nice. Staff at both the Royal Oak and Cartmel Square were really helpful.
We stayed for one night before going to our daughters graduation ceremony at Lancaster, half an hour away. We have stayed in Cartmel before, but not at the Priory, and we were very impressed with the hotel and the very helpful staff. Our rooms were spacious, nicely decorated and spotlessly clean. The large beds were very comfortable, and the hotel has decent WiFi.
The village setting, and inn were lovely.
The staff were friendly, helpful and professional. The food(tea) and drink served before the fireplace was excellent, including my introduction to sticky toffee pudding.
Traditional English breakfast was a good start to our day.
Staff - attentive, regularly checking service, but not over the top. Great views with beautiful sunset if you're lucky. Traditional restaurant menu (not classic pub food) chicken and steak meals we ordered were delicious, hot and plentiful. Good choice of hotel
Lovely location. Very quiet and peaceful. Cosy, comfortable property. Very well-organised and well equipped. Good walks from the property. Good cafes in walking distance at Cartmel. A pub with very good food a short drive or longish walk away in Grange.
The location. The house is in a quiet part of the village. Lovely view from the kitchen window. . We ate out all the time and found some lovely pubs in the village. We will definitely return to Cartmel.
Hotel was in a fantastic location for Cartmel and the races. Very friendly staff who couldn’t be more helpful. Bedrooms were very clean and light with extremely comfortable beds. Breakfast was lovely.
Feels like home.luxury home.very nice cabin.2 floors.all new.hi quality furniture and kitchen appliances. Washing machine and dryer. Lovely. Highly recommended. Owner is very nice.one if the best!
Staff very welcoming and accommodating, breakfast basic but good, room lovely, location perfect - if you're going to Cartmel, you're not leaving it, so location is hard to get wrong!
We loved this property. It has everything we needed. Everything has been done to a very high standard. Fantastic views, fabulous location, walking distance to everything in Cartmel.
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