Lovely hotel in a nice location a few minutes drive from Keswick. Really enjoyed our short stay here. Loved the old hotel, spacious, nicely decorated and clean public areas. Building is full of character. Enjoyed the food - ate in for the two nights that we stayed, plenty of choice on the menus and the meals were very good. Lots of friendly and efficient staff who were all very nice. Don’t have a dog, but enjoyed seeing a few very well behaved dogs enjoying their holidays too. Nice views across open countryside towards Bassenthwaite and the fells beyond. Very good value for money too. Hotel was busy and seems, rightly, very popular. Plenty of areas to sit in the public areas so guests have plenty of space. Lovely views from these areas too. We stayed here as we needed to travel to the West coast on one day - it is perfectly located for this.