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Howgills House

Howgills House

4.9
out of 5
Ratings from 14 reviews
100% of guests
recommend
Cleanliness
5.0
Comfort
4.9
Condition
4.9
Location
4.8
Value
4.7
Customer
Service
5.0

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Nestled just one mile from Sedbergh, Howgills House provides the ideal country retreat. Set along the stunning landscape between the Lakes and the Yorkshire Dales, it's the perfect gateway to the great outdoors. Unwind and indulge in the pleasures of two hot tubs, high-speed 'B4RN' Wi-Fi, a smart TV, a play den, a pizza oven, and awe-inspiring views. Your escape to tranquillity awaits!

A great house for celebrating

Review submitted on Wed, 07 Aug 2024
4.8
out of 5
Guest recommends this property
Cleanliness
5.0
Comfort
5.0
Condition
4.0
Location
5.0
Value
5.0
Customer
Service
5.0
24 of us gathered together to celebrate our dad‘s 80th birthday spanning in ages from 6 to 80. Howgills House didn’t let us down!
The negatives first, as there really aren’t many…the doors are mostly fire doors, seemingly from when the building was a care home in a former life, which are heavy but reassuringly safe! They could do with an oil or something to lesson the noise of opening them especially in the bedrooms to avoid waking others up. Also just a note that you should ignore the sofa beds on the floor plans as they aren’t usable. So they are just sofas and not additional beds, which would have been handy to flex the accommodation, not necessarily for extra capacity.
Putting those 2 point aside, the house more than met our needs, and we had a great time. The social space downstairs was great with plenty of sofas and comfy seating for everyone the TV lounge and an extra snug upstairs those who wanted some quiet, a space to be. The kitchen is compact but has absolutely everything that’s needed, and the utility room with drinks fridge and extra shelving was very handy. The volume of glasses, cups, crockery and cutlery is brilliant as you’re not having to constantly wash up to maintain numbers as there’s plenty to spare.
The bedrooms are all well appointed, although some extra hangers would be useful as most rooms only had four, which for a weeks stay was nowhere near enough.
The house has everything you could think of and need, and we weren’t disappointed.
Our arrival seamless with a tour of the house and he must have information and checking out on departure today was equally as easy.
The property is well looked after and it was great having somebody to check the hot tub daily and also to monitor the recycling space, which with 24 over the course of a week soon mounted up, but the bins never got full thanks to be behind the scenes action by the Howgills team….thank you!
The outside space was great for socialising and the children loved the games room and activities.
Thanks for hosting our special week together and helping us make great memories!

How would you rate your stay with us
Great (some minor improvements needed) 4 star

How would you rate the communication and service provided by our Team
Excellent - 5 stars

How would you rate the cleanliness of our accommodation
Excellent - 5 stars

How would you rate the facilities
Excellent - 5 stars

Comments about your stay with us:
Wonderful…thank you!

Cathy from Hilldale stayed at Howgills House for 7 nights in July 2024


Amy replied 27 days ago
Thank you so much for your thoughtful review, Cathy! We're happy Howgills House provided the perfect setting for your dad’s 80th birthday celebration. We appreciate your feedback about the fire doors and sofa beds, and we'll look into those to improve the experience for future guests. It's great to hear that the social spaces, kitchen amenities, and outside areas met your needs so well. We're glad we could help make your stay memorable, and we hope to welcome you back again soon!

Corporate Retreat

Review submitted on Fri, 28 Jun 2024
4.8
out of 5
Guest recommends this property
Cleanliness
5.0
Comfort
5.0
Condition
5.0
Location
5.0
Value
4.0
Customer
Service
5.0
Stayed at Howgills for a few days with colleagues, excellent venue and location, orienteering event and local Chef were great additions, perfect place to relax and at the same time get business done.

How would you rate your stay with us
Fabulous 5 star

How would you rate the communication and service provided by our Team
Excellent - 5 stars

How would you rate the cleanliness of our accommodation
Excellent - 5 stars

How would you rate the facilities
Excellent - 5 stars

Comments about your stay with us:
Excellent



Martin from Derbyshire stayed at Howgills House for 2 nights in June 2024


PetsApp Together Community Event

Review submitted on Thu, 21 Mar 2024
4.8
out of 5
Guest recommends this property
Cleanliness
5.0
Comfort
5.0
Condition
5.0
Location
4.0
Value
5.0
Customer
Service
5.0
Very welcoming and helpful staff who went out of their way to make sure all our guests had a fantastic time. Dawn, Kevin and Liz were all fantatsic!

How would you rate your stay with us
Fabulous 5 star

How would you rate the communication and service provided by our Team
Excellent - 5 stars

How would you rate the cleanliness of our accommodation
Excellent - 5 stars

How would you rate the facilities
Excellent - 5 stars

Comments about your stay with us:
Fantastic accommodation set amongst break taking views.



Naomi from Sitia stayed at Howgills House for 2 nights in March 2024


Dawn replied 171 days ago
Thank you for the wonderful review and we're so glad that you enjoyed your stay with us and of course that your event was such a success! We hope to see you again, Dawn, Amy, Nigel and Liz

Hen Do

Review submitted on Thu, 29 Feb 2024
5.0
out of 5
Guest recommends this property
Cleanliness
5.0
Comfort
5.0
Condition
5.0
Location
5.0
Value
5.0
Customer
Service
5.0
Absolutely fabulous. Facilities amazing with so much class and finesse!
Plenty more bookings on the way!!
Thank you so so much xx from the Bride & all Hens!

How would you rate your stay with us
Fabulous 5 star

How would you rate the communication and service provided by our Team
Excellent - 5 stars

How would you rate the cleanliness of our accommodation
Excellent - 5 stars

How would you rate the facilities
Excellent - 5 stars

Comments about your stay with us:
Smooth and more than expectations!



Guest from Longton stayed at Howgills House for 2 nights in February 2024


Dawn replied 129 days ago
Thanks for your review and we're so glad that you had a wonderful hen celebration! We hope to see you again, best wishes Dawn, Amy and team

A fantastic stay - even better than anticipated

Review submitted on Wed, 24 Jan 2024
5.0
out of 5
Guest recommends this property
Cleanliness
5.0
Comfort
5.0
Condition
5.0
Location
5.0
Value
5.0
Customer
Service
5.0
Howgills House was perfect for my retreat. All the guests were blown away by the stunning setting and the comfort, and we had everything we needed and more. The customer service support was second-to-none. I wouldn't hesitate to book another retreat here. Thank you.

How would you rate your stay with us
Fabulous 5 star

How would you rate the communication and service provided by our Team
Excellent - 5 stars

How would you rate the cleanliness of our accommodation
Excellent - 5 stars

How would you rate the facilities
Excellent - 5 stars

Comments about your stay with us:
Howgills House was perfect for my retreat. All the guests were blown away by the comfort, and we had everything we needed and more. The customer service support was second-to-none. I wouldn't hesitate to book another retreat here. Thank you.



Lindsey from Manchester stayed at Howgills House for 3 nights in January 2024


Miranda replied 93 days ago
Thank you for your lovely review. We are so pleased that you enjoyed your stay. We hope to see you again soon!

Hen do stay

Review submitted on Sat, 11 Nov 2023
4.8
out of 5
Guest recommends this property
Cleanliness
5.0
Comfort
5.0
Condition
5.0
Location
5.0
Value
4.0
Customer
Service
5.0
We had a fantastic stay at Howgills house for my friends hen do. The place was absolutely perfect, it had everything we could have needed and more and was immaculate! Communication with the team was brilliant throughout, from booking to arrival. The owner popped over a couple of times during our stay to make sure everything was okay which was much appreciated. Would 100% stay here again and would recommend it to all friends and family.

Thank you Howgills for the best weekend for our friends hen do, all of the hens had an amazing stay :D

How would you rate your stay with us
Fabulous 5 star

How would you rate the communication and service provided by our Team
Excellent - 5 stars

How would you rate the cleanliness of our accommodation
Excellent - 5 stars

How would you rate the facilities
Excellent - 5 stars

Comments about your stay with us:
Fantastic property

April from Newcastle upon Tyne stayed at Howgills House for 2 nights in November 2023


Nigel Close (Owner) replied 302 days ago
Hi Good Morning April. I just want to thank you for your fantastic review that we have just received back from you after your stay last weekend with us at Howgills House. We love to get the 5 scores of course to confirm our striving for a perfect stay for our guests and we can see your appreciation in words reflected in the scores across the board but I wonder where and what fell short of your expectations in the Value for money question. That 4 knocked our overall figure down to a 4.8. As the whole point of these feedbacks is to understand and for us to learn, please can you let us know if it was an overall feeling from the group or just an odd one or two guests who felt we were not giving good value for the price paid? We understand that in such broad groups gathered, there are potentially huge differences in what offers value for money but we do appreciate the feedback. With best wishes Nigel april johnson 10:29 (3 hours ago) to me Hi Nigel, So sorry for this I thought I had put a 5 for everything. The 4 for value for money must have been accidental! Is there a way for me to go on and change this? Kind regards, April april johnson 11 Nov 2023, 18:11 (22 hours ago) to me Hi, No problem at all. So sorry again for that error. The place really was perfect!! Kind regards, April

Excellent!!!

Review submitted on Wed, 18 Aug 2021
5.0
out of 5
Guest recommends this property
Cleanliness
5.0
Comfort
5.0
Condition
5.0
Location
5.0
Value
5.0
Customer
Service
5.0
It was very good location for my holiday. My family along with my dear friends i truly enjoyed the Howgills Accommodation

How would you rate your stay with us
Fabulous 5 star

How would you rate the communication and service provided by our Team
Excellent - 5 stars

How would you rate the cleanliness of our accommodation
Excellent - 5 stars

How would you rate the facilities
Excellent - 5 stars

Comments about your stay with us:
Excellent



Dinil from Sutton-in-Ashfield stayed at Howgills House for 4 nights in August 2021


Miranda replied 93 days ago
Thank you for your lovely review. We hope to see you again soon!

Amazing accommodation with friendly owners, perfect for family reunion

Review submitted on Wed, 11 Aug 2021
4.8
out of 5
Guest recommends this property
Cleanliness
5.0
Comfort
4.0
Condition
5.0
Location
5.0
Value
5.0
Customer
Service
5.0
Accommodation exceeded expectations. Everything was clean and comfortable and plenty of space for the whole family so we didn't feel we were on top of each other the whole weekend. Hot tubs were the cherry on top of a fantastic property.
The only negatives are the size of the bunks, the lower bunks are very low with not a lot of head room and as we are quite a tall family it proved a challenge getting in and out of them. The other was the small kettle, a water boiler or more than one kettle wouldve been more appropriate. But honestly that's just us nit picking what is otherwise a perfect property- already planning our next trip back to Howgills!

How would you rate your stay with us
Fabulous 5 star

How would you rate the communication and service provided by our Team
Excellent - 5 stars

How would you rate the cleanliness of our accommodation
Excellent - 5 stars

How would you rate the facilities
Excellent - 5 stars

Comments about your stay with us:
Fantastic weekend reuniting with family

Danni from Houghton le Spring stayed at Howgills House for 3 nights in August 2021


Miranda replied 93 days ago
Thank you for your lovely review. We hope to see you again soon!

Family Holiday

Review submitted on Fri, 30 Jul 2021
5.0
out of 5
Guest recommends this property
Cleanliness
5.0
Comfort
5.0
Condition
5.0
Location
5.0
Value
5.0
Customer
Service
5.0
It was an amazing House, Amy and Nigel were great host very accommodating to our needs they have thought of everyone and everything in this beautiful House. Everyone loved the Hot tubs,it was very spacious for all 26 of us inside and the outdoors to the garden and BBQ area We have been recommending it to all our friends and family.Great place to relax.

How would you rate your stay with us
Fabulous 5 star

How would you rate the communication and service provided by our Team
Excellent - 5 stars

How would you rate the cleanliness of our accommodation
Excellent - 5 stars

How would you rate the facilities
Excellent - 5 stars

Comments about your stay with us:
It’s an fabulous place to stay



Farooque from Preston stayed at Howgills House for 3 nights in July 2021


Miranda replied 93 days ago
Thank you for your lovely review. We hope to see you again soon!

Beautifully presented, spacious building

Review submitted on Sun, 11 Jul 2021
4.7
out of 5
Guest recommends this property
Cleanliness
5.0
Comfort
5.0
Condition
5.0
Location
4.0
Value
4.0
Customer
Service
5.0
A touch of luxury, everything perfect and lots of clever touches. The kitchen is professional standard and has plenty of fridge space. There is a very large common room area with lots of comfortable seating. Bedrooms have high quality bedding and comfy towels, and everyone is also provided with a separate towel for the hot tubs. Outdoors there's lots more weather proof comfortable seating which is where we ate each day - if you fill every bed, the dining room is slightly small. There is a small astro area where children might like to play with a beach ball (bring one rather than a football, since it won't damage the building). There is space for several cars but if you are bringing lots of people you may need to plan where to park - we had two minibuses and a trailer which fitted easily onto the parking space. The house is in the countryside so there it is very quiet - the main thing you can hear is sheep! The owners are very responsive if you have any questions. Wifi works well. All bedrooms are ensuite which is fantastic. No TV in the bedrooms but there is a large TV in the common room. Sedbergh is nearby for shops, and supermarkets are happy to deliver to the property. Be aware of rubbish collection which is Thursday - you need to bring the bins out.

How would you rate your stay with us
Fabulous 5 star

How would you rate the communication and service provided by our Team
Excellent - 5 stars

How would you rate the cleanliness of our accommodation
Excellent - 5 stars

How would you rate the facilities
Excellent - 5 stars

Comments about your stay with us:
A touch of luxury

Chris from Birmingham stayed at Howgills House for 4 nights in June 2021


Miranda replied 93 days ago
Thank you for your lovely review. We hope to see you again soon!

Wonderful time enjoyed by all - ages 3 to 40

Review submitted on Mon, 19 Oct 2020
4.7
out of 5
Guest recommends this property
Cleanliness
5.0
Comfort
5.0
Condition
5.0
Location
4.0
Value
4.0
Customer
Service
5.0
We stayed at this holiday accommodation in the Yorkshire dales in August 2020 . We appear to have been exceptionally fortune in being the first guest since the lockdown, during which time there had been renovations. The entire place had a new and fresh feel to it.

The photos on the website did not do the property justice, it was much larger in reality than the photos had given us the impression of. The kitchen facilities were all well apportioned and the drinks cooler was a welcome bonus, especially as the week we were there was very hot.

The 2 hot tubs were a big hit and the owner kindly arranged for one to be converted to a 'cold tub' at our request, again, very welcome in the hot weather we had. The scenic and calming views whilst sitting in the hot tub were a wonderfully relaxing experience.

From all ages, we had a great time here and felt quite sad when we had to leave! This was our first time holidaying up north and we are left with lovely memories of the beautiful scenery, lovely locals and friendly helpful owner. We very much hope to have the chance to visit again.

How would you rate your stay with us
Fabulous 5 star

How would you rate the communication and service provided by our Team
Excellent - 5 stars

How would you rate the cleanliness of our accommodation
Excellent - 5 stars

How would you rate the facilities
Excellent - 5 stars

Comments about your stay with us:
Thank you very much for a wonderful time

Maurice from London stayed at Howgills House for 7 nights in August 2020


Miranda replied 93 days ago
Thank you for your lovely review. We hope to see you again soon!

Bank holiday weekend at Howgills house

Review submitted on Wed, 02 Sep 2020
5.0
out of 5
Guest recommends this property
Cleanliness
5.0
Comfort
5.0
Condition
5.0
Location
5.0
Value
5.0
Customer
Service
5.0
Beautiful building in a gorgeous setting very comfortable and clean ...everthing there that we could have wanted for a great stay ...hot tubs Were brill

How would you rate your stay with us
Great (some minor improvements needed) 4 star

How would you rate the communication and service provided by our Team
Excellent - 5 stars

How would you rate the cleanliness of our accommodation
Excellent - 5 stars

How would you rate the facilities
Excellent - 5 stars

Comments about your stay with us:
Everyone had a great time and we would love to come stay again



Kate from Sedbergh stayed at Howgills House for 3 nights in August 2020


Miranda replied 93 days ago
Thank you for your lovely review. We hope to see you again soon!

A brilliant family weekend

Review submitted on Tue, 25 Aug 2020
5.0
out of 5
Guest recommends this property
Cleanliness
5.0
Comfort
5.0
Condition
5.0
Location
5.0
Value
5.0
Customer
Service
5.0
We had a great weekend staying at Howgills house! The house was spotlessly clean, spacious and very well equipped!
The bedrooms were clean, comfy and each room was like its own little world away from the rest of the house, when you were in your own room you couldn't hear a thing from outside, perfect when staying with others! The beds and sheets were very comfy! We had plenty of towels, bath mats and toilet rolls supplied!
The kitchen was very well equipped we didn't miss anything during our stay, everything we needed was provided!
The pool table was a huge hit! We had great fun playing pool and listening to music on the speakers.
The items provided for breakfast were a lovely surprise and we enjoyed eating together in the big dining room.
So much to say about the house I'm trying to remember it all! The lawn was great fun to play on and ideal being astro as we had had weather during our stay but this meant that everytime we had 5 minutes of sun we could play out without getting muddy!
We would certainly love to return in the future, Dawn and Nigel were very helpful and accommodating and kept in good contact right up to and during our stay.
Thank you for a great weekend!

How would you rate your stay with us
Fabulous 5 star

How would you rate the communication and service provided by our Team
Excellent - 5 stars

How would you rate the cleanliness of our accommodation
Excellent - 5 stars

How would you rate the facilities
Excellent - 5 stars

Comments about your stay with us:
Perfect location for a family weekend!

Brian from stayed at Howgills House for 3 nights in August 2020


Miranda replied 93 days ago
Thank you for your lovely review. We hope to see you again soon!

Fantastic stay

Review submitted on Tue, 10 Mar 2020
5.0
out of 5
Guest recommends this property
Cleanliness
5.0
Comfort
5.0
Condition
5.0
Location
5.0
Value
5.0
Customer
Service
5.0
We recently stayed at howgills House to celebrate my partners 30th birthday with family and friends. There was 19 adults and 2 children and It catered for all our needs and more. Everybody loved there stay and the house is very spacious and stunning! All the bedrooms are lovely and come with a beautiful en suite finished to a very high standered. The hot tubs are an added bonus which over look nice countryside. Nigel and liz are lovely and very helpful.
Our stay at howgills House was a fantastic 5 stars from all of us and we will definitely be returning again and would highly recommend it to anyone.

How would you rate your stay with us
Fabulous 5 star

How would you rate the communication and service provided by our Team
Excellent - 5 stars

How would you rate the cleanliness of our accommodation
Excellent - 5 stars

How would you rate the facilities
Excellent - 5 stars

Comments about your stay with us:
It was a fantastic stay thankyou

Patrick from Darwen stayed at Howgills House for 2 nights in March 2020


Miranda replied 93 days ago
Thank you for your lovely review. We hope to see you again soon!