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The Sun Inn

3.0 star property

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Exterior
Bathroom
Standard Double or Twin Room, Ensuite
Exterior
Restaurant

Reviews

5.6 out of 10

Popular amenities

  • Parking included
  • Free Wi-Fi
  • Restaurant
  • Breakfast available
  • Bar
  • Housekeeping

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The Sun Inn, Windermere, England, LA23 1HS
  • Place, Holehird Gardens
    ‪13 min walk‬
  • Place, Lake Windermere
    ‪15 min walk‬
  • Place, Brockhole - the Lake District Visitor Centre
    ‪2 min drive‬

Room options

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Standard Suite, Ensuite

Standard Suite, Ensuite

  • Sleeps 6
  • 1 Double Bed and 2 Single Bunk Beds

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Standard Double Room, Ensuite

Standard Double Room, Ensuite

  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Standard Double or Twin Room, Ensuite

Standard Double or Twin Room, Ensuite

  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed OR 2 Single Beds

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Standard Single Room, Ensuite

Standard Single Room, Ensuite

  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Single Bed

About the area

Windermere

At The Sun Inn you'll be within a 20-minute stroll of Lake Windermere and Holehird Gardens. Highlights at this hotel include a restaurant, free self-parking and a bar/lounge. .This smoke-free hotel offers free WiFi in public areas, luggage storage and a television in a common area. Each morning English breakfast is served between 8:00 AM and 9:30 AM. .Attractions within a 20-minute drive of this 3-property class Windermere hotel include World of Beatrix Potter and Ullswater.

What's nearby

  • Holehird Gardens - 13 min walk - 1.2 km
  • Lake Windermere - 15 min walk - 1.3 km
  • Brockhole - the Lake District Visitor Centre - 2 min drive - 2.4 km
  • Treetop Trek - 2 min drive - 2.4 km
  • Orrest Head - 9 min drive - 2.3 km

Getting around

  • Windermere Station - 3 min drive
  • Manchester Airport (MAN) - 101 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Toast - ‬3 min drive
  • ‪Homeground - ‬3 min drive
  • ‪Brown Sugar - ‬3 min drive
  • ‪The Westmorland Inn - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪The Tilly Bar & Kitchen - ‬2 min drive

About this property

The Sun Inn

There's a restaurant on site. You can enjoy a drink at the bar/lounge. Public spaces have free WiFi. Free self parking is available.

This 3-star Windermere hotel is smoke free.

  • 12 guestrooms or units
  • Breakfast available (surcharge)
  • Front desk (limited hours)
  • Storage area for luggage
  • Television in lobby
  • No smoking on site
  • Bar or lounge
  • Dining venue
The Sun Inn offers 12 accommodations. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access (speed: 25+ Mbps). Change of towels and change of bedsheets can be requested. Housekeeping is provided on a daily basis.

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Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • In-room WiFi speed: 25+ Mbps
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • Free self parking on site
  • Limited on-site self parking

Food and drink

  • Daily English breakfast available 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM for a fee: GBP 7.95 for adults and GBP 7.95 for children
  • A bar/lounge
  • A restaurant

Things to do

  • TV in common areas

Family friendly

  • High chair

Conveniences

  • Limited-hour front desk
  • Luggage storage

Guest services

  • Change of bedsheets (on request)
  • Change of towels on request
  • Housekeeping (daily)

Outdoors

  • In a national park

Accessibility

  • No lift

More

  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Private bathroom

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 4:00 PM; check-in end time: 9:00 PM
Minimum check-in age - 16

Check-out

Check-out before 10:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Front desk staffed during limited hours
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.
  • Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
  • Cots (infant beds) are not available.

Payment types

Important information

Optional extras

The fees and deposits listed below will be charged at the time of service, check-in, or check-out.

  • Fee for English breakfast: from approximately GBP 7.95 for adults and from GBP 7.95 for children

This may not be a comprehensive list. Fees and deposits are subject to change and might not include tax.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards and cash
Charges for extra guests may apply and vary according to property policy.
A cash deposit, credit card or debit card for incidental charges and government-issued photo identification may be required upon check-in.
Special requests are subject to availability at the time of check-in. Special requests can't be guaranteed and may incur additional charges.
    This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business or profession. This property accepts Visa, Mastercard, debit cards and cash.

Property is also known as

The Sun Inn Hotel
The Sun Inn Windermere
The Sun Inn Hotel Windermere

Frequently asked questions

What is the cancellation policy at The Sun Inn?

The Sun Inn offers free cancellation on select room rates. Check out the cancellation policy for more info.

Is parking available at The Sun Inn?

Yep, The Sun Inn has a free self car park.

Does The Sun Inn serve breakfast?

Sure does, English breakfast is served daily between 8:00 AM and 9:30 AM.

Is there a free airport shuttle available at The Sun Inn?

No, The Sun Inn does not offer an airport shuttle service.

Is there a bar or restaurant at The Sun Inn?

Yep, they've got a lounge bar and an onsite restaurant.

What time are check-in & check-out at The Sun Inn?

Check-in begins at 4:00 PM. Check-out time is 10:00 AM.

The Sun Inn Reviews

Reviews

5.6
Rating 10 - Excellent. 2 out of 11 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 2 out of 11 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 2 out of 11 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 11 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 4 out of 11 reviews

5.0/10

Cleanliness

5.8/10

Staff & service

5.0/10

Amenities

4.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

2/10 Terrible

Adam

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

Awful

The fact the hotel took my money and confirmed the booking, you can imagine how shocked i was to find out it was shut and after walking around for 10mins knocking on every door and window how can i get a refund????
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Maria

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

Don't let previous review put you off. Warm welcom

Good communication throughout as this hotel.does look closed initially.anf I think it works on opening for bookings as no main reception and on booking out leave keys in room and leave via fire exit. Demi however was extremely welcoming and apologetic about there being no kitchen or bar services due to.power .. The room was very spacious, plenty of hot water and beds very comfy. Don't let other reviews put you off. Although your not normal run of the mill hotel were staff are on hand think this is run by two people only .
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Don’t use Hotel.com

Booked the hotel via Hotel.com for 3 work colleagues only for them to turn to find the hotel shut and no one contactable. Money taken, Hotel.com email not working. No response from Sun Inn Hotel.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Shirley

Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2024

2/10 Terrible

Natalie

Travelled with family, Travelled with family and small children
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Terrible! Do not stay! I booked a family room for my mum, and 5 year old son & nephew. The 'family' room backs onto the beer garden, why would they even contemplate the window looking out onto a noisy beer garden with children? Difficult to settle the boys and to sleep with the people right outside. There was mould in the room and around the windows. The shower was mouldy. All surface areas were sticky and unclean, the kettle was dirty, no teaspoons to make a drink, there was only 1 member of staff there at check in, which was one girl behind the bar, who was also busy serving drinks. Upon leaving, there were no staff anywhere, no one, anywhere. No one to give keys to, no manager, no one. Even the front door was still bolted shut. Noisy, dirty, bad customer service. If you have children.. avoid!!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

6/10 Okay

HEI TUNG

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
The accommodation follows the inn's opening hours. The check in time is until 21:30 and if you visit later, they probably have their door closed. If you have already check in, you can still access through back door with keys. In the morning, they close their doors after complete all check out on the day. Which means, if you have any assistance required, you can only find them early morning or 16:00 - 21:30. You're not able to call them. I have dialed their number more than 10 times at different times but it's either the phone not working so no one pick up, or they're busy serving customers in the inn. If you see the staffs face to face, they're nice and helpful tho. I don't think the floor is clean enough. When I walk with my bare foot I can feel there's some part on the carpet is sticky.... There's only one rubbish bin in the room which is the one in bathroom. It's fine for us if we stay for a night but not sure is it ok to stay for a couple days. The good thing is that it locates near Windermere and has its own car park. And the cost isn't as expensive as other accommodation.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

6/10 Okay

Kelsea

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

A one night stay…

Firstly, we had issues finding the property as we put the name in on Google maps and it’s incorrect. We ended up driving around for about 20 mins as the signal in the area is poor so we just had to try and wing it. There was a sign outside saying that there was no food available which was disappointing, so we had to travel elsewhere to get food. It’s quite a late check in time of 4pm and you need to check out by 10am, yet when we left at 10am all the internal doors were locked, as was the front door. It says reception is manned from 9am, which it isnt, and we tried to call the number on the front of the entrance to find out where best to leave the keys, but they didn’t answer. I dread to think what we would have done should there been an actual emergency. The room was clean, the bed was comfy and it had what you needed just for somewhere to sleep, but quite costly for the lack of anything else at the property. There was a sign to say “caution hot water” in the shower, but it never got hot, mainly warm. It was a good night sleep but everything else wasn’t too great!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Ian

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

4/10 Poor

Luke

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Customer service was amazing and helped with the issues we had. The room was a bit messy when we checked in with a load of rubbish in one of the drawers. The showers were running freezing cold water for our last two nights. I was also charged double for this stay after paying at the front desk and then had the same payment taken out online a couple days later. I have spoken to Expedia Support and the hotel staff about issuing a refund for this and it has still not been resolved. I would like to have this resolved as soon as possible as this has put me into my overdraft. I will not be booking with Expedia again because of this.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2024

2/10 Terrible

Amy

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2024

8/10 Good

lee

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Room was Huge and well presented, unfortunately there was food at the hotel which was a bit of pain but staff great room very good, easy parking. I would stay again
Stayed 4 nights in May 2024