Lake District Backpackers Reviews

No lock on the bedroom door ! And tiny lockers in the common room, unsuitable for travelling bags. Because the hostel is not manned and because of our "late" arrival, our bedroom was invaded by some other hosts thinking they could spread.

Very poor security.I found the door to the street open several times and there are no locks in roomdoors! Also there's nobody there if you need assistance.Considering the unstaffed system it's ridiculous that the only lockers available are small and you have to pay 50p EVERY TIME YOU CLOSE THE LOCKER!!! Location is good, very close to rail station.Atmosphere depends entirely on who is staying here.

I could not stay at the Hostel as Hostel World had over booked my bed for the night, So on Saturday the 31st I thought I was staying in the back packers so I cycle round & some walking & went back to the Hostel As I had left my bags & some food in the kitchen & after some time asked one of the other guest about is their any one doing the booking ? they did not think so, then they said about John's noumber on the walk so phone & I found out I did not have a bed for the night,

Very happy with our two night stay. Willl be coming back. Matt

The biggest worry would be that there is no staff to ensure security. None of the rooms have locks and the main door is locked by a simple combination lock that could be easily obtained.

Absolutely fantastic place to stay in Windermere. Clean rooms, nice public area, close to lots of trails, grocery stores, and shops. Will be back in a few months and will definitely stay again!

The overall is quite good, very nice location (3 mins from train station),having no staffs is a very interesting experience. However, all the heating system was off in the midnight and we didn\'t know it couldn\'t be turned on until the next morning we were told by the owner,basically it was pretty cold over night because there was no heating.

Well i can't rate the staff because there aren't any! but if you can get over that then this is actually quite a nice place to stay, its clean, warm and secure. The place also has good facilities (including wifi, kitchen and laundry) and is walking distance to town (1.5 miles / 2.4 kilometres to the lake).

was basically fine; I'm not used to the receptionless method but it worked out....room was fairly cold but otherwise fine.

Very close to train and bus station. Would stay there again.

Over priced as didn't have any staff on site. Unhelpful when we did phone them. Tiny, cramped rooms with very uncomfortable beds. Stay in a YHA in the lake district instead.