Holiday Cottages In Carnforth

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Gareth - Verified booking

  The cottage itself is lovely.

  However, the peacefulness of the cottage location is completely misrepresented by the web site! "In a peaceful position ..." This is just wrong. The property backs onto the A65, a major trunk road running across North Yorkshire, with only the width of the pavement seprating the living room and two of the bedrooms from heavy lorries. There are even earplugs left for the guests! Our children were frequently disturbed in the night by large lorries passing in the night. "There is also private access to a lovely stream with a sitting area to enjoy." The sitting area is above the stream and can only be accessed by a ladder. The photos of the stream gives the impression it has a grassy bank. However this is just moss covered boulders. Even if you reach the stream, it is awkward to explore and certainly not dog friendly. The seating area was heavily overgrown and uncared for, and given the proximity of the A65, not somewhere one would want to spend anytime. Given we visited in August we needed to open windows to cool the place, and suffer the road noise. If you don't mind traffic noise, this is a great cottage, though due to its location not peaceful or very dog friendly. Had this been acurately described on the web site, I am afraid I wouldn't have stayed there.

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• Steve - Verified booking

  This holiday property is on the return ASAP list.

  The property was immaculately clean on arrival with everything you could need for a short break to hand. Dedicated car parking space outside was also ideal. A welcome card and a bottle of wine was a kind gesture on arrival along with some milk in the fridge for the all important first brew once settled in. The location is perfect to explore the surrounding area and a short drive to many of the places of interest to us on this break ( Skipton,Settle,Malham, Kirby Lonsdale,Grassington). The Masons Arms is a short walk away and serves great meals ( and a quiz night on a Tuesday - worth booking a table in advance on certain evenings). The enclosed garden was ideal having the dog with us and overall the property was one of our best ever finds on Sykes. The owners kept us informed throughout and were easily contactable if you needed them. A fantastic place to stay and home from home in many ways. Will definitely stay again and would recommend this property if you’re looking for a central location to explore the area. 5 stars without question - big thank you goes to the to owners for making such great accommodation available to holiday makers.

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• Sandra - Verified booking

  We generally enjoyed our stay.

  Lodge is nice but not very clean. Dog hair covered the carpet. We had taken several videos and ended up not wearing any socks or not placing anything on the carpet. The owner did send the cleaner back. She vacuumed the living room only but it was not a vacuum for pet hair and made zero difference. We also were unable to connect to the internet for the entire stay. We were told that we were connected - yes we agree that the tv was connected but not any of our personal tech. Again video to evidence we were using the correct passcodes but unable to connect. Sykes does not accept video evidence?? Sykes pretty much indifferent as the issue was allegedly between the owner for whom we had no contact information and us. The owner was away for a few days and on return did leave a complimentary gift which was nice but honestly we would have preferred clean carpets - as dog hair was on the sofa, cushions, and bed linen. I think obviously when changing the beds the quilts are placed on the floor?? My guess. Internet access (bar the tv) would have been nice.

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• Stuart - Verified booking

  The cottage was amazing, everything you need was there and lots of extras.

  Toys for the kids (If you want to bring them), Seat covers for the dog, great furnishings - Clean and comfy, loads of tourist information - Including the wall pictures in the cottage), the garden (with benches) was a perfect sun trap, even the neighbours were chatty. Three pubs we used all did great food and again very friendly. It's a great cottage in an amazing village. If I had to offer a critique it would be regarding the road outside - It can get busy but we did our research and knew about it before we arrive. It does go quiet at 4.30ish and the thick wall keep the traffic noise out to a great degree, you can't hear it in the garden. We chose it because we (rarely) wanted to take the dog with us and it was 100% dog and human friendly - strangely enough - NO doggy smells?? Great venue and a great holiday break, Thank you so much.

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• Michelle - Verified booking

  We stayed at Parkers Place for a second time in March 2024, having stayed the previous year.

  Again, we found the lodge to be very spacious and comfortable. We have been visiting this site for 15+ years and Parkers Place is one of the best lodges we've stayed in. I do feel though that the lodge needs a little TLC since our last visit. The patio area was extremely slippy. The bottle holder in the fridge had been removed (I assume broken at some point). A few of the kitchen drawers seem to fall off there runners if you pulled them out fully. The mattresses were a little too soft but this is a personal preference. These are all very minor things but could help to improve a stay at Parker's Place. The site is very quiet, safe and clean. I would definitely recommend the beauty salon and gym/pool. I would have no hesitation in booking again and plan to do so. Many thanks for letting us use your lovely lodge.

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