Is Kittiwake House pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

How much is parking at Kittiwake House?

Self-parking is free at this property.

What time is check-in at Kittiwake House?

Check-in start time: 3 PM; check-in end time: midnight. Early check-in is available for a fee of GBP 10.00 (subject to availability).

What time is check-out at Kittiwake House?

Checkout is at 9:30 AM. Late checkout is available for GBP 10.00 (subject to availability).

Where is Kittiwake House located?

Located in Port Erin, this beachfront apartment building is next to a golf course and within a 5-minute walk of Port Erin Beach, Rowany Golf Club and Port Erin Railway Museum. Port St Mary Beach and Cregneash Village Folk Museum are also within 2 miles (3 km).

Kittiwake House Reviews, Deals & Photos 2025

10/10 Excellent

Nicola

4 Jun, 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort, communication

Great location in Port Erin. Nice apartment with sea view.

Stayed 2 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Ann

30 Apr, 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities, communication

Location and beach

Stayed 5 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

JOANNA

9 Oct, 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort, communication

Amazing location, quiet, beautiful. Apartment 2 and 4 have amazing views

Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Joan

21 Feb, 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort, communication

Hotel is very clean and tidy. Affordable price and the host is also very approachable. Highly recommended to family and friends.

Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

John

4 Jun, 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort, communication

John

It was great to have a place to stay / live in and have self catering available

Stayed 3 nights in May 2023

8/10 Good

Pamela

30 Jun, 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities, communication

Beautiful location overlooking bay. Able to enjoy lovely sunsets from the rooms. Electricity included as didn't need to top up meter. Wrong invoice and receipt left but able to speak to helpful resident on ground floor. check in easy.

Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2024

8/10 Good

Janet

4 Dec, 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities, communication

Lovely property, stunning views over the sea. Small lounge diner but large bedrooms. Beds very comfortable. Only downside was having to put coins in the meter and having to keep an eye on it. If the boiler for water isn’t left on the meter lasted much longer and the water stayed hot for the day. Heating is manual electric so cold in mornings until it heats up. Wouldn’t be a problem in the summer. I would definitely stay again, especially as I know what to expect with the coin meter and heating.

10/10 Excellent

Tammi

14 Sept, 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, room comfort, communication

Kittiwake House was an excellent place to stay in Port Erin and a very convenient base for exploring all of Isle of Man. There's so much within a short walk (Tesco, restaurants, takeaway, The Isle of Man Railway, etc) that a handier location is hard to imagine. The view over the strand to the bay and surrounding cliffs is magnificent. The flat makes a nice home away from home for all the needs and comforts during travel, and we appreciated being able to spread out and eat at home for some meals. One temporary challenge we had was that parking is on-street parking that, while free, isn't always available. We arrived during a beautiful beach day, and all nearby street parking was occupied. We had to begin sightseeing straightaway and return later in the day when people began leaving the beach. Overall, great holiday!

Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2024

8/10 Good

C

15 Sept, 2020

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort, communication

Great self catering and good value.

We were a party of 4 adults and it was more than adequate for us. Quick check in. Well equipped. Great value. Comfy beds. Hot water and good shower. Welcome pack very much appreciated. Great views of the bay from both bedrooms. We stayed apt. 4 Called Shearwater. Only three comfy seats in lounge area but we got a chair from the bedroom which was no problem. It is an electric meter and we only used £5 in three days. Didn’t use heaters though. Great location for town and walks.

Sunset in Port Erin from lower promenade

Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2020

2/10 Terrible

Simon, Wales

1 Mar, 2020

Disliked: Amenities

A fine place to stay. Not fancy nor particularly clean but fine and ‘decent’ value for money. Was not told until I received an email 24hours prior to arriving that there was an electric meter. Never have I stayed anywhere and had to pay to have the lights on! If that’s not bad enough, it’s mid February and the only heating is electric too. So if you don’t want to have a miserable time, then you have to pay more! £18 over 2 days and we weren’t even there during the days! And that was barely warm enough! It flies through money and the worst thing is that it’s not advertised at all! Mis advertising at it’s finest!!! Would I stay again? No, I’ll go elsewhere and pay the extra £20 to stay somewhere cleaner, warmer and nicer. Shocking behaviour!

Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2020

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

10 Nov, 2019

Liked: Staff & service

Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities

Nothing exceptional to like, however dislike finding out on route to property that we have to feed an electric meter adding another £35 to the cost of our stay.

Stayed 5 nights in Nov 2019

10/10 Excellent

Roy

1 Oct, 2019

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

Good and handy

Very good clean

Stayed 6 nights in Sep 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

2 Jul, 2019

Liked: Staff & service

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities

Location is amazing. Flat is dated and not in the best of conditions but it was value for money and had all we need. I don’t think that 4 adults would be comfortable there but for two of us it was fine.

Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

16 Jun, 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities

Very roomy and clean nice location it was well fitted out everything you needed

Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

23 May, 2019

Liked: Cleanliness

Disliked: Staff & service, amenities

The location is superb, the room was clean. There was no communication with the owners or manager. We didn’t know who or where they were. We did expect more in the room; for example, one dish towel only, two garbage bags, salt but no pepper, mismatched plastic hangers from purchased clothing... One heater didn’t work. The beds were surprisingly comfortable.

Stayed 9 nights in May 2019

8/10 Good

Colin

16 Apr, 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Lovely apartment. Great view. Well equipped.

Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

Mr Howard

10 Mar, 2019

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

Breathtaking views

The weekend stay in the delightful Shearwater Apartment was an absolute tonic. A wonderful place to stay for a short or longer stay with breathtaking views across the bay.

Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2019

6/10 Okay

Graham

20 Feb, 2019

Don't forget £1's for the meter!

You get what you pay for! Budget to pay an extra £12-20 per day for electricity. Despite it being 8-10°c it was very cold in the apartment, which is heated by individual electric wall heaters, these proved expensive to run and we ran out of £1's during the first night and woke up freezing. We put £25 in the metre for a two night stay and only used the heating, kettle and shower! And that was being careful! Expect to pay more if you want to cook, etc. Apartment was dated and tired. Good bit was the size, plenty of room for our family of two adults and two children.

Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

28 Oct, 2018

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

It had everything we needed, was convenient, clean and tidy.

Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2018

10/10 Excellent

Christina

8 Oct, 2018

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

A room with a view.

Large apartment. Everything you need. Fantastic views out tibthe sea. Just lovely.

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

12 Sept, 2018

Great location at a reasonable cost.

We booked a two bedroomed apartment which was on the top floor approximately 40 steps up. The apartment was very clean and had everything that we needed for our stay, including washing machine. The caretaker was not at home when we arrived on the Sunday teatime but a call to the owner revealed that the apartment had been left unlocked for us to enter. A fresh pint of milk had been left and there were some tea bags, coffee and biscuits too. The bath was quite small and uncomfortable but the shower was fine. There was an electric meter in place but in our two day stay we only put a pound in, although we didn't use the heating. The apartment that we were in faced to the rear of the property and so had no view but those to the front would have had great views of the coast. The location was excellent for Port Erin.

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

11 Sept, 2018

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

Isle of Man 3 nights stay

The accommodation was conveniently located. The owner greeted us and pointed our apartment, which was on the third floor (garden view). The interior is a bit outdated, however, advertised utilities provided. There are two points to note: - electricity meters for coins, not mentioned in the advertisement. We were lucky not to use the full credit (£3), but people in some past reviews complained about this. It was not explained by the owner, whose responsibility is to top up. Please not that hot water bolier, oven and all radiators use electric supply. - WiFi reception was satisfactory only in the kitchen and corridor. No reception in the bedrooms. Except these points, our stay was pleasant, but could be very chilly in colder months.

Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2018

8/10 Good

Julie

31 Aug, 2018

Short stay in Port Erin

Was looking for accommodation in Douglas, but Grand Prix was on and the IOM was full, luckily one apartment available in kittiwake house in Port Erin. Not location we wanted but glad we did as port Erin was excellent whereas Douglas was busy and a bit of a dump in places. Apartment was a good size although in the loft which meant several stories of steps, room was clean and well equipped, only downside was checking in at 1500 seemed late especially as checkout was 0930. Luckily we were able to leave our luggage in the hallway, before and after checking in and out. If we had a car this would be no issue. Buses run near the and are regular, running to the airport and Douglas. Once in Douglas you can get to anywhere on the island easily. Port Erin even in season is quiet, which is a surprise as it’s got a cracking beach and views.

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2018

10/10 Excellent

Sandra

18 Aug, 2018

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

Well placed

A good central place to stay in Port Erin. Fab views. Convenient for local shopping and facilities.

Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

12 Jul, 2018

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort

Tidy apartment close to beach.

Apartments are conveniently located on the promenade and close to shops. Although there is no view from the apartment, just across the road is a bench overlooking the beach and the harbour. The apartment has plenty of rooms, but the bathroom is too small and the kitchen has only basics. The town is a great place to start a tour around the island. Be prepared for very narrow lanes and gorgeous scenery.

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2018

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