What a fantastic, beautiful place. The scenery is exquisite, a fabulous place to get away to. Nick…read morewho is in charge at the lodge is faultless, accommodating your every need. I felt so comfortable and enjoyed every single minute. The rooms are very spacious with en-suite facilities in all, I highly recommend a stay here!

Nice country hotel but it was freezing cold no heating on food was very goodread more

Came for a Day Spa at The Garage, The Morritt recently. The place was lovely, surroundings were…read moregorgeous. As it was a week day it was really quiet. The Spa was very quaint, different to others I have been but very well thought out. Robes, towels and slippers provided along with a tour of all the facilities. Outdoor sauna and Jacuzzi, plenty of seats to chill in the sunshine. Indoors there were 3 treatment rooms, steam room, salt room and 3 tubs to soak in. Treatments vary: I had a sea salt scrub which lasted 25 mins and later in the day a full body massage which lasted 50 mins. All very relaxing. Included in the £109 price was a 2 course meal in the restaurant. Delicious, well prepared and presented food. The staff were exceptionally helpful and pleasant, nothing was too much trouble, which made the whole experience a delight. I really can't fault my experience and will be returning.

For upmarket accomodation in the Teesdale area The Rose & Crown is probably the best available…read moreexcellent setting overlooking a very pretty village green and within a few hundred yards of both the Teesdale Way walk and the Teesdale cycle track. But first off, it's cold up here: so, to take advantage of either of these two excellent options to explore the stunningly beautiful foothills of the Pennines you need to visit it in the summer months. Not much you can do about the weather but to me, it also came out as pretty expensive. £200 for a fairly small but very well equipped two room suite in the main building is, in any out of London location, top end. Add on the £60 per couple for the perfectly enjoyable four course evening menu and £25 for a bottle of wine plus coffees etc. and you're into close to £300 for the night - £250 (with food etc.) if you choose to stay in the high quality but rather motel-like rooms behind the main hotel/pub. And, the guest facilities are limited: apart from a small but well furnished private lounge the only other option is the often very busy bar. Too much? Yes but apart from The Rose & Crown there aren't many alternatives in the area. Would I go back? Difficult the weather is a big factor in Teesdale. Get it right and you'll have a wonderful stay in an idyllic setting get it wrong, and you'll be paying a lot for a cold, rain-soaked time in what's a well appointed but pricy country pub.

Bloody Brilliant! Stumbled in to the Rose & Crown after a beautiful and awe inspiring day touring…read morethe Yorkshire Dales. Hotel, Inn and Bungalows built in a grouping go centuries old stone buildings in the ancient village of Romaldkirk, adjacent the Norman era church and the village green. Spanking spotless rooms, with luxurious marble baths, an awesome friendly staff in a perfectly quiet setting in the shire. Your choice of casual, bistro style dining or a fancy (but not too formal) dining room -- and more AA "Rosette" plates for superior cuisine than you can count. An unbelievable hidden treasure, superbly British, romantic and sexy!

A old-fashioned AA 4* hotel on the edge of town with a good view over Appleby and the Lake…read moreDistrict. There is plenty of parking, and the gardens are well kept. The hotel is recently re-decorated and the room I had was comfortable and a good size. Rooms are are quite variable, so with the hotel to see what they have available. The restaurant was surprisingly busy for a mid-week and the menu was extensive. I had an individual game pie for starters, venison steak with rosti for main and an excellent selection of english cheese and biscuits to finish. The food was to a very high standard, with a price tag to match: over £36 for the three courses. The wine list has a good selection and there is a huge selection of over 100 Malt Whiskys. The hotel is surprisingly child-friendly with family rooms, pool table, table tennis table and playground facilities. There is also a small pool, jacuzzi, infa-red sauna, turkish steam room and solarium. The hotel has some useful folders giving information on local attractions, walks and other things to do locally. Well worth a visit.

This hotel is good for private functions aswell as having a few days break, the food is of high…read morequality, nicely presented by warm friendly staff. The resturant in the conservatory looks over Appleby with great views of the hills and surrounding area. The gardens of the hotel are well kept and tidy. The hotel has a gym and pool these being small so not for anyone wanting to do loads of swimming. The rooms are clean and pleasent. From the hotel you can walk easily down into the town and have a wander round the river which is really nice. This hotel is really good value for money and well worth a try if looking to stay in the area.

Asked for a quiet comfortable room with a good bed and mattress and they delivered. Very good value…read morefor money and great views to boot from my room on what turned out to be an exceptionally warm May day.

Whenever I book a country hotel or b&b, I get all hopeful that I've managed to find a place with…read morethat special something. Most places manage to miss the mark in some way or another, but the Roundthorn did not disappoint in the least. A warm welcome, cozy fireplaces, stylish rooms... I felt like I was on a proper vacation from the moment we arrived.

The walk to these falls is lovely - not long, around 500 metres I'd say, through lush bush. It's a…read morepowerful waterfall and worth the stroll. It's very busy too. At first I thought it was weird to charge people to see a waterfall, but it makes sense as the track to the falls is well used so it needs to be maintained. The ticket price is minimal anyway (1.5 pounds). The car parking will cost you more. There's toilets, a cafe, ice cream shop and pub at the car park. The road to the falls is a nice drive.

A couple of friends took us to this local beauty spot and we were very impressed. Apparently it's…read morethe biggest waterfall in England; whilst it's big, it's not huge, but nonetheless it's certainly worth a visit. We went on a hot summer's day and it proved to be a great place for the kids to explore -- there's plenty of rocks to scramble over etc. Having said that, it's not a place without risk: the rocks can get slippy because of the vast amount of moisture in the air, and of course ther's a fairly big drop by the waterfall itself. There's a well-marked path down to the waterfall and the place is well cared for. All in all, a good place for a walk with the kids on a warm day. I notice Qype lists this place as a hotel; there may have been a hotel on the other side of the road, but if there was I'm afraid we didn't use it. Inevitably, perhaps, there was a place that sold ice-creams though!

I stayed here for a night on business recently. I arrived late (thanks to a delayed Virgin train)…read moreon a cold, wet and windy night. It's a slightly strange experience: it describes itself as a boutique hotel, though I'm not sure I'd go that far. It certainly is not like an ordinary hotel, as you collect your keys from the bar and in the morning the reception, such as it is, is in the breakfast room. I'm not even sure any staff were on site during the night - there are no phones in the room - and an ironing-board used by another guests stood outside his room until morning. Anyway, the plus points: a cheerful member of staff, who showed me to the room rather than just give me the key: the room was clean and the bed reasonably comfortable. Wifi access was particularly fast. The shower had plenty of hot water and lots of fluffy towels. The breakfast the following morning was freshly cooked to order and came quickly (though they were pretty quiet). It has off-street parking. The decor is such that each wall was a different deep pastel, although it is now beginning to show its age a little (it opened in 2009). My room was pretty small, as well, for a double, with limited hanging space. Fine for one, but a bit of a squash if there were two of you. One wall in my room had the tell-tale streaks of a shower flood in the room above. The main downside was that the heating in my room was off when I arrived late in the evening, and it took a while to heat up. (The bathroom was OK.) That's an odd thing to do in winter, and it meant turning in on arrival wasn't very comfortable. My room faced the main town street and, although double-glazed, you could hear traffic noise and passers by talking, I have no doubt on a weekend would be noisy. I could sleep through it, but if you needed the window open in summer, it might be a bit of challenge (so ask for a room at the rear if that is an issue). So, a slightly mixed experience - very nice staff, but a bit of upgrading in the rooms would not go amiss.

Discovering the Lounge Hotel & Bar on King Street in Penrith is a little like stumbling across Brad…read morePitt and Angelina Jolie ordering sausage rolls in Greggs the Bakers: unexpected. The Lounge is sleek and sassy but unpretentious. During my visit during Saturday lunch time last week end there were plenty of families in evidence and the uniformly pleasant and helpful staff dealt with adults and children alike with a professional and polite approach. The décor is minimalist chic, Outkast and Nellie,among others, are heavily rotated on the plasma screens, and stripped wood panelling features heavily. The menu makes a couple of nods in the direction of local tastes (fish finger sandwich; Cumberland sausage in a baguette) but is otherwise wide-ranging and straightforward including Cajun chicken strips, poached salmon Nicoise and meat balls with spaghetti. Prices range from £3 to £9.00. There's a strong selection of beers both on draught (including Amstell) and bottled (including Budvar) and a surprisingly eclectic wine list. The hotel section is due to open in the next few weeks. The Lounge is destined to become the bar of choice for North Cumbria's PoshnBecks set, but don't let that put you off.