About this property

Historic Setting: Powe House in Portinscale offers a 4-star bed and breakfast experience within a historic building. The property features a lounge, private bathrooms with free toiletries, and carpeted floors. Modern Amenities: Guests enjoy free WiFi, a TV, electric kettle, and wardrobe. Additional amenities include a patio with mountain views, tea and coffee maker, hairdryer, and work desk. Activities and Location: Powe House provides water sports facilities and offers fishing, canoeing, and cycling. Derwentwater Lake is 5 km away, Buttermere 14 km, and Newcastle International Airport 129 km from the property. Guest Favorites: Guests highly rate the breakfast provided by the property, the attentive host, and the room comfort.

Couples particularly like the location — they rated it 9.6 for a two-person trip.

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Property highlights

Top location: Highly rated by recent guests (9.6)

  • Free parking available on-site


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Room type
Number of guests
 
1 large double bed
2 single beds
1 large double bed
1 single bed
1 large double bed
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Guests who stayed here loved

  • Rowley
    United Kingdom United Kingdom
    Room was perfect, lots of attention to detail with thoughtful touches to make our stay fantastic. Andrew cooks a lovely breakfast too. Powe House is in a great location for Keswick Town Centre, and Derwentwater and a perfect base for exploring...
  • Ian
    United Kingdom United Kingdom
    The room was clean and comfortable with plenty of space. Breakfast was excellent. Very much enjoyed our stay.
  • Allan
    United Kingdom United Kingdom
    Well appointed lovely house. Car park and quiet position. Very clean Happy staff lovely breakfast Nice sitting room Great location fabulous woodland walk to start of Cat Bells Would definitely go back Competitive prices
  • Scragyagy
    United Kingdom United Kingdom
    Hosts friendly and helpful. Lovely house and garden. Slept like a baby. Comfy bed and quiet. Breakfast menu variety vg
  • Elizabeth
    Australia Australia
    It’s a beautiful place and everyone went out of their way to help and make my stay as comfortable as possible. I recommend this accommodation.
  • Michael
    United Kingdom United Kingdom
    Breakfast was unusually good for a b & b including the eggs Florentine that I enjoyed but the traditional English was on offer too. Fresh milk in the fridge on landing was a nice touch.
  • Kate
    United Kingdom United Kingdom
    Great facilities and location. Perfect base for exploring. Clean and comfortable.
  • Mulick
    United Kingdom United Kingdom
    The Owners and staff were lovely and very knowledgeable about the surrounding areas and happy to give you ideas or directions. Lovely rooms and tidy and well organised. Clean and fresh inside, lovely dining area and living room, where you can sit...
  • Louise
    United Kingdom United Kingdom
    Loved my 4 night stay at Powe House. Ideal location to get the Honister Rambler to various locations to bag some Wainwright's. Only moved car once and that's only because I wanted to get an earlier start than the bus arrival. Andrew was a...
  • Nicole
    United Kingdom United Kingdom
    It was an enchanting house on an enchanting quiet leafy spot a short but lovely walk from bustling Keswick meaning, given the private parking, the car could be safely left for the day. Comfort and peace was assured, high quality toiletries...

Host Information

Company review score: 9.8Based on 245 reviews from 1 property
1 managed property

Property information

Powe House is a 4 star Gold accredited accommodation, in an ideal location for getting away from it all, in warm friendly surroundings. Our location is perfect for exploring the north, central and western lakes. We are situated in the village of Portinscale, on the banks of Derwent water in the Lake District. We offer guests stylish ensuite rooms, locally sourced food and stunning views towards Skiddaw mountain. Every room at Powe House is individually presented and furnished to a very high standard. Rooms are equipped with LCD TV's with Freeview and DVD players, tea & coffee making facilities and a small communal fridge on the landing. In the morning a choice of breakfast (including a traditional English breakfast) is served to guests who are invited to come down between 8:30am and 9:00am. All products used in our breakfasts are sourced locally where possible to always ensure the best quality breakfasts. Portinscale is a mile away from Keswick, which is either a five minute drive, ten minutes on the Keswick launch or a 20 minute walk across two f...

Neighbourhood information

Portinscale village is a mile from Keswick (5 minutes drive or 20 minutes scenic walk). The village boasts two eateries (one being only 70 metres from our front door) and two Marinas. The Keswick Launch lands at one of these Marinas allowing easy access to the whole of Derwentwater and surrounding walks. Portinscale is ideally situated for access to Northern and Western Lakes. We are only 15 minutes drive from Grasmere and 30 minutes from Ambleside.

Language spoken

English

Property surroundings

House rules

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Check-in
From 16:00 to 20:00
You'll need to let the property know in advance what time you'll arrive.
Check-out
Until 10:30
Cancellation/ prepayment
Cancellation and prepayment policies vary according to accommodation type. Please enter the dates of your stay and check the conditions of your required option.
Children and beds

Child policies

Children are not allowed.

Cot and extra bed policies

Cots and extra beds are not available at this property.

No age restriction
There is no age requirement for check-in
Pets
Pets are not allowed.
Accepted payment methods
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Smoking
Smoking is not allowed.
Parties
Parties/events are not allowed

The fine print

Need-to-know information for guests at this property

Please inform Powe House in advance of your expected arrival time. You can use the Special Requests box when booking, or contact the property directly with the contact details provided in your confirmation.

This property will not accommodate hen, stag or similar parties.