Ambleside Central - Guest House

Location is great and the room was spotless.

Myself and my partner stumbled upon this place on booking.com and noticed that it was cheaper than many of the surrounding hotels. I appreciate that at present the cost of staying in the lakes is through the roof, however I don’t would encourage everyone to pay the additional money to stay elsewhere. The entire apartment block is in a poor state, the entrance and rooms are dirty, the smell throughout can only be described as that similar to a care home. It is very rare that I complain, and I’m definitely not a snob, I’ve stayed in my fair share of hostels during my younger days and I would rather stay there than revisit this place

Ambleside Central is situated on the main street through the middle of the town. It's a clean and comfortable place to stay to and explore the local area. We stayed in the large family room for which there was four of us. The room came with a large external bathroom which was across the hall way and not ensuite. The mortice lock was difficult to operate and younger members of the group required assistance. The shower ran out of hot water a few times and unfortunately there was nowhere to dry the towels if you wanted to use them again, the towels rails never came on, probably not suitable for families with young children especially when you bump into other guests in the corridor. There was a bit of outside noise in the evening but being situated over a take away and bar it was to be expected. The rest of our family group who were in three other rooms had no problems and were all ensuite. The main entrance door and the door to each room have an electric key lock, at first they can be puzzling to operate but once you've got the hang of it they're quite simple.