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Thorney How

3.0 star property

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Terrace/patio
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Room
Dining

Reviews

7.6 out of 10
Good

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Housekeeping
  • Parking included
  • Free WiFi
  • Restaurant
  • Business services

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Room

Standard Double Room, Garden View

Highlights

Soundproofed
Heating
Free cots/infant beds
Hypo-allergenic bedding
Renovated in 2017
Private bathroom
Electric kettle
In-room safe
  • 12 sq m
  • Mountain view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Room

Standard Twin Room, Mountain View

Highlights

Soundproofed
Heating
Free cots/infant beds
Hypo-allergenic bedding
Renovated in 2017
Private bathroom
Electric kettle
In-room safe
  • 15 sq m
  • Mountain view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

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Room

Double Room, Ensuite

Highlights

Soundproofed
Heating
Free cots/infant beds
Hypo-allergenic bedding
Private bathroom
Electric kettle
In-room safe
Daily housekeeping
  • 15 sq m
  • Mountain view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Room

Family Room, Ensuite (3 Bunk Beds)

Highlights

Soundproofed
Heating
Free cots/infant beds
Hypo-allergenic bedding
Renovated in 2017
Cots/infant beds
Private bathroom
Electric kettle
  • 15 sq m
  • Mountain view
  • Sleeps 6
  • 3 Twin Bunk Beds
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About the area

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Thorney How, Grasmere, Ambleside, England, LA22 9QW

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • Free self parking on site
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking available

Food and drink

  • A bar/lounge
  • A coffee shop/cafe
  • A restaurant
  • Snack bar/deli

Things to do

  • Library
  • TV in common areas

Family friendly

  • Free cot
  • Snack bar/deli
  • Soundproofed rooms

Conveniences

  • Limited-hour front desk
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)

Business services

  • Meeting rooms

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • In a national park
  • Picnic area
  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible path of travel

More

  • 2 buildings
  • 2 floors
  • Built in 1600
  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided
  • Free cot
  • Hypo-allergenic bedding

Bathroom

  • Private bathroom
  • Shower

More

  • Heating (climate-controlled)
  • Safe
  • Soundproofed rooms

Policies

Special check-in instructions

This property is closed to guests 10:30 AM-3:30 PM.

Payment types at the property

Important information

Property is also known as

Thorney How Hotel Grasmere
Thorney How Hotel
Thorney How Grasmere
Thorney How Hostel Ambleside
Thorney How Hostel
Thorney How Ambleside
Thorney How Hostel/Backpacker
Thorney How Ambleside
Thorney How Hostel/Backpacker accommodation
Thorney How Hostel/Backpacker accommodation Ambleside

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Thorney How Reviews

Reviews

7.6

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 5 out of 15 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 5 out of 15 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 2 out of 15 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 2 out of 15 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 15 reviews

9.0/10

Cleanliness

7.8/10

Staff & service

10/10

Amenities

7.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Rob

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Quiet, peaceful , lovely room and great shower. Food excellent
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

10/10 Excellent

Christine, Mississippi

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Thoroughly enjoyed every minute! The owners and staff couldn’t have been more accommodating and kind. Highly recommend Thorney How!
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

10/10 Excellent

Eileen

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

Rustic Charm

Fabulous place to stay with lots of character
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

6/10 Okay

George, Australia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service

Grasmere B&B

The B&B is in a wonderful location, within easy walking distance of Grasmere village. Management and staff were certainly friendly. However we found our double room was cramped and the ensuite bathroom particularly so. We had difficulty in finding a place for our 2 suitcases without tripping over the cases in the night. We were very surprised to read a note asking us to strip the bed of the bed linen after our 2 night stay. Although breakfast was certainly included in the B&B price, we discovered that only a very basic breakfast was actually included in the quoted price nd we were rather irritated that a proper continental breakfast attracted a higher charge and a cooked breakfast an even higher charge. This left a sour taste after an otherwise pleasant stay. Taking the small room and complicated and highly priced full breakfast arrangements into account, we found this B&B to be expensive and would probably not recommend it to others.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2018

4/10 Poor

John

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Very cramped double room. Guests instructed to remove linen from bed on checkout. Beautiful location and close to Grasmere village.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

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

Not so Thorney

Really enjoyed it
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2017

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2017

10/10 Excellent

RAMI

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2017

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service

Rather unpleasant stay

There were 4 of us staying at Thorney How. Nice place overall, decent food, clean rooms, quiet area. However, the service is absolutely awful. Aside from the fact that after you've paid for your accommodation you are required to leave the property between 10.30am and 3pm, our stay within the allowed hours was rather unpleasant. There are certain hidden and tricky rules. The first one that we have encountered was with the "flask service". When we asked for our flasks to be filled with water, we were notified about £3 charge per flask plus £1 per tea bag (it was the next day that we've found out about a kitchen with an absolutely free kettle to use for all guests). The second "favour" was when we sat in the lounge after the bar closure with our own bottled drinks. The owner has rather rudely instructed us to leave the premises to consume our alcohol outside (we nearly finished our single and only beer bottle per person), so we sat outside in the dark on the benches. Few minutes later he returned to further send us away elaborating on the fact that we are still on his premises. The deal was that we can stand on the edge of the fence ensuring we are not crossing his territory. It was pitch black outside on the county lanes. Being a guest who wouldn't normally complain about such things, this kind of service puts anyone off from coming back to a place that doesn't value their customers.

8/10 Good

david, lymm

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

grasmere

Great place and local. Unfortunate that mens Showers are the other side of the bldg. but apparently the owners are making all rooms ensuite

8/10 Good

xiangfeng, 哈尔滨

Liked: Cleanliness

一般般吧

就是一个很多客房的家庭旅店，95磅2张上下铺，地方没有网络导航还是很难找的，虽然事先截了地图。房间凑合，6磅的免费早餐也太能对付了。

2/10 Terrible

Helen

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Average backpackers at full bnb prices

This is not a hotel, guesthouse or a bnb. It is a backpackers with no towels (unless you pay more), no cooked breakfast (unless you pay more), no capacity to make tea in your room, not even a glass for water. Mattresses are hard foam blocks with cheap urine protectors. All for over 120 pounds a night!

6/10 Okay

Kathryn, Somerset

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Room comfort

Overnight at Thorney How

Thorney How is an independent hostel in a secluded location, used mostly by walkers. The ensuite room was converted from a dormitory and was comfortable enough but with no TV. The price per night was rather high.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

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