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The Engine Inn

Kendal · United Kingdom

Station RoadView location

8.0/10Excellent195 Reviews
Cleanliness8.0/108.0
Service8.4/108.4
Comfort7.8/107.8
Condition7.4/107.4
Location8.6/108.6
Neighborhood8.8/108.8
Amenities7.4/107.4
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About The Engine Inn

This smoke-free inn features rock climbing nearby and hiking/biking trails nearby. At The Engine Inn, enjoy a satisfying meal at the restaurant. Free self parking is available onsite. Make yourself at home in one of the 5 guestrooms. Distances are displayed to the nearest 0. 1 mile and kilometer.

Holker Hall - 1. 2 km / 0. 8 mi- Cartmel Priory - 3. 2 km / 2 mi- Cartmel Cheeses - 3. 2 km / 2 mi- Cartmel Racecourse - 3. 5 km / 2. 1 mi- The Beach Hut Gallery - 4. 2 km / 2.

6 mi- Yewbarrow House Gardens - 5. 9 km / 3. 7 mi- Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway - 9 km / 5. 6 mi- Winster Valley - 9. 9 km / 6. 1 mi- Lakeland Motor Museum - 10. 8 km / 6. 7 mi- Lake Windermere - 13.

7 km / 8. 5 mi- Lakes Aqaurium - 13. 9 km / 8. 6 mi- Lakeside Windermere Ferry Landing - 14 km / 8. 7 mi- Fell Foot Park - 14. 7 km / 9. 1 mi- Stott Park Bobbin Mill - 14. 8 km / 9.

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2 mi- Laurel and Hardy Museum - 18. 3 km / 11. 4 mi. The preferred airport for The Engine Inn is Leeds (LBA-Leeds Bradford) - 119. 5 km / 74.

3 mi With a stay at The Engine Inn in Grange-over-Sands, you'll be within a 15-minute drive of Lake Windermere and Holker Hall. This upscale inn is 16 mi (25. 7 km) from Coniston Water and 1. 9 mi (3 km) from Cartmel Cheeses.

With a stay at The Engine Inn in Grange-over-Sands, you'll be within a 15-minute drive of Lake Windermere and Holker Hall. This inn is 13.4 mi (21.5 km) from Coniston Water and 1.9 mi (3 km) from Cartmel Cheeses. Make yourself at home in one of the 5 guestrooms.

Free self parking is available onsite.

Popular amenities

Parking available
Concierge
Entertainment
Non-smoking

Check-in and check-out

Check-in from 2:30 PM
Check-in until 10:30 PM
Check-out until 11:00 AM

Hotel policies

No elevators Professional property host/manager Pets allowed Only dogs are allowed Service animals are allowed Service animals are exempt from fees/restrictions

Important information

  • Instructions
    • 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
  • Optional fees
    • Pet fee: GBP 15.0
    • Service animals are exempt from fees

    The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

  • Spoken Language

    English

    Italian

Nearby attractions

Holker Hall 1.2 km / 0.8 mi
Cartmel Priory 3.2 km / 2 mi
Cartmel Cheeses 3.2 km / 2 mi
Cartmel Racecourse 3.5 km / 2.1 mi
The Beach Hut Gallery 4.2 km / 2.6 mi
Yewbarrow House Gardens 5.9 km / 3.7 mi
Eggerslack Wood 5.9 km / 3.7 mi
Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway 9 km / 5.6 mi
Winster Valley 9.9 km / 6.1 mi
Lakeland Motor Museum 10.8 km / 6.7 mi
Lake Windermere 13.7 km / 8.5 mi
Lakes Aqaurium 13.9 km / 8.6 mi
Lakeside Windermere Ferry Landing 14 km / 8.7 mi
Fell Foot Park 14.7 km / 9.1 mi
Stott Park Bobbin Mill 14.8 km / 9.2 mi

Hotel facilities & services

Services and fees can vary. Check the selected room details and hotel policies before booking.

  • Total number of rooms: 5
  • hotel
  • Car park
  • Check-in hour
  • Check-out hour
  • Wi-fiExtra charge
  • Multilingual staff
  • Bar
  • Restaurant
  • Breakfast
  • Non-smoking establishment
Upon availability

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  • Room GARDEN VIEWRoom • GARDEN VIEWROO.GV

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    The Engine Inn

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    Occupancy
    Guests: 1–10 • Adults: max. 10 • Children: max. 6
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    GARDEN VIEW

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    Room code: ROO.GV

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  • DOUBLE STANDARDDOUBLE • STANDARDDBL.ST-1

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    Occupancy
    Guests: 1–4 • Adults: max. 4 • Children: max. 3
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    DOUBLE
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    STANDARD

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    Room code: DBL.ST-1

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    TRIPLE GARDEN VIEW

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    Occupancy
    Guests: 1–5 • Adults: max. 3 • Children: max. 4
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    TRIPLE
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    GARDEN VIEW

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    Room code: TPL.GV

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  • Room STANDARDRoom • STANDARDROO.ST

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    Occupancy
    Guests: 1–10 • Adults: max. 10 • Children: max. 6
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    STANDARD

    Adult and child limits apply within the room's total guest limit.

    Room code: ROO.ST

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Guest reviews

What other guests saying about The Engine Inn

8.0
Excellent
195 Reviews
Cleanliness
8.0 /10
Service
8.4 /10
Comfort
7.8 /10
Condition
7.4 /10
Location
8.6 /10
Neighborhood
8.8 /10
Amenities
7.4 /10
75 reviews shown
4/10
Poor
30 Jan 2026
Jakub
The staff were very nice and friendly but the room was terrible.
I’m not normally fussy but here are just some of the things I didn’t like: poor quality mattress, collapsed bed base, hairs and stains in the bedding, a thick layer of dust on many surfaces, toilet seat not attached to the bowl.
I hate to leave a bad review but the 8.0 rating on this website and four stars are very misleading.
Business
6/10
Pleasant
02 Nov 2025
Michelle
Lovely old pub in a little village, no car park as such, staff were lovely and helpful but room was dusty on skirts and tables and the complimentary biscuits were out of date, two of them were October 2024, the small long
Life milks had expired early October as well. We couldn’t get Wi-Fi in the room despite the instructions being in a welcome book and we couldn’t get the tv on anything. Beds were nice and clean and the family room was very spacious with a lovely view. Could easily accomodate four people. Convenient stay over for the Holker Hall Winter Market.
Friends_and_family Family
10/10
Exceptional
22 Oct 2025
Martin
Lovely place to stay. Staff we met Mike and Jonathan were friendly pleasant and helpful.
Partner
2/10
Poor
24 Sep 2025
Martin
Cold, freezing room, radiator not working, empty bottles by the shower… was too tired to complain so left early.
Business
10/10
Exceptional
27 Jul 2025
Matthew

Don't tell anyone 'cos I want to go back.

It was such a wonderful experience. Lovely staff, amazing beer, superb breakfast (the best English I have had for years). Charming /historic and quirky. Loved it.
Partner
2/10
Poor
20 Apr 2025
Christopher
Shown to our room the stairs needed cleaning. The floor in our room needed hoovering. The bathroom had black Mold on the shower hose and on the wall. The fan didn’t work as didn’t the heated towel warmer. The towels were well worn and only had 2 towels no hand towel. There was no food available apart from a pizza van outside. Breakfast was poor full English was 1 sausage 1rasher of bacon a hash brown mushroom and half a tomato. My wife had scrambled egg on toast with 1 rasher of bacon. There was toast as well. Would not stay there again
4/10
Poor
05 Apr 2025
Jamie
Lovely service but the bed wasn't great unfortunately
Partner
10/10
Exceptional
19 Nov 2024
Ruth

Lovely homely welcoming Inn

We checked in to this beautiful old inn, and were greeted by owner Johnathan, we were shown to our room and told if we needed anything just ask. Being the winter the kitchen is closed Monday and Tuesday which Johnathan apologised for, we replied it’s absoulutly fine. He told us of the local Chinese just up the road and said please feel free to bring it back to our room to eat, which we did.
Excellent Chinese takeaway.
We slept like logs and woke to have full breakfast that Jonathan cooked which was lovely fresh and hot.
Will be booking again without a doubt.
Partner
8/10
Excellent
13 Sep 2024
Verified traveler
Bedrooms clean and well stocked with all you need.
Partner
10/10
Exceptional
09 Sep 2024
Karen
We really enjoyed our stay here. Didn't get to sleep til late as there was a private function but this isn't anybody's fault we were staying in a pub and expected noise. The room was lovely, very nice coffee! The staff were friendly and polite.
No real parking available but we managed to find a space fairly close by.
The kids loved the room and we would definitely stay again.
Leisure Family
10/10
Exceptional
30 Aug 2024
Matthew
Proper traditional pub
Business Self
6/10
Pleasant
24 Aug 2024
Derek
No car parking
Partner
8/10
Excellent
08 Aug 2024
Frances

Engine Inn

Clean and comfortable room in an old inn building. Attentive staff nice breakfast
Partner
10/10
Exceptional
29 Jul 2024
Verified traveler
A quaint friendly little local pub with B&B, the en suite room was clean and comfortable with a view over the front of the pub and village. There was not much space for parking, and they didn’t cater much if you have a gluten free diet, but tried their best to accommodate , overall a very nice stay, would definitely return and recommend
Partner
10/10
Exceptional
23 Jun 2024
james
Staff are so polite and nothing Is to much trouble for them enjoyed my stay
8/10
Excellent
08 Jun 2024
Gail

Comfortable nights sleep

Room was clean and comfortable bed. We didnt have breakfast as we were leaving before 8:30am but bacon sandwiches were left outside our room. Overall the stay was good and i would stay here again.
Partner
8/10
Excellent
02 Jun 2024
Monika

Would stay again

The hotel was a little bit dated, but the atmosphere was friendly and welcoming. The clenliness was on point, plenty of room and towels.
Partner
10/10
Exceptional
30 May 2024
ALAN
Lovely stay. Nice hosts.
Friends_and_family Friends
10/10
Exceptional
05 May 2024
Tori
Lovely inn, lots of character and really nice food & wine!
Friends_and_family Friends
10/10
Exceptional
29 Jan 2024
Anne

Good place to stay

Late booking but all available and friendly, helpful reception when we arrived. Lovely rooms, clean and warm. Lovely breakfast too
Friends_and_family Family
10/10
Exceptional
26 Nov 2023
Stephen
Easy to book,room clean and warm. Food good, staff good and good location on edge of lakes
Family
10/10
Exceptional
13 Oct 2023
Verified traveler

Stayed to visit Holker Hall

Very good, very clean. Good food, well served
Partner
10/10
Exceptional
20 Sep 2023
John
Just a great little old place !
Leisure Pet
10/10
Exceptional
11 Sep 2023
Dominic
Beautiful place and excellent staff.
Leisure Family
8/10
Excellent
08 Sep 2023
Maarten
Nice local pub with nice bedroom and a lovely breakfast for a good price.
Leisure Friends
8/10
Excellent
26 Jul 2023
Janice

Cartmel races that never was

Hotel was clean and the people were very friendly.
Breakfast was very good.
Partner
8/10
Excellent
10 Jul 2023
Peter
Suited us for a one night stay, food good, room tidy and comfortable, good base for visiting Cartmel.
Partner
10/10
Exceptional
19 Jun 2023
gemma

Amazing place to stay

Absolutely lovely place to stay. Made to feel so welcome and at home from the second we got there. Jonathon and the staff couldnt do more to help. Gorgeous room, very spacious and amazing atmosphere. Will definitely be booking to stay here again in the future
Friends_and_family Family
10/10
Exceptional
21 May 2023
Steve
Great people and service
Friends_and_family Family
4/10
Poor
04 Apr 2023
Verified traveler
Engine Inn host very pleasant, Bedroom could do with good clean,new bed and bedding .sdly beroom and btroom vlery tired needs some attention. Food good.
Partner
2/10
Poor
09 Sep 2022
Dennis

Dissapointed

Only booked this hotel the night before as our previous hotel had closed down. We tried 2 other hotels for evening meals which were far superior to the engine Inn.
The best part of our stay was the full continental breakfast.
Partner
10/10
Exceptional
07 Aug 2022
David

A great choice

The Engine Room is a great English pub. The staff were friendly and helpful. The food was excellent. The drinks were great, the locals friendly and talkative. The room was very comfortable. They even had a good entertainer. It was the English pub experience you would want to have.it was great value.
Friends_and_family Family
2/10
Poor
20 Jun 2022
Paul

Filthy

No working tv and cov webs throughout the bedroom
Partner
8/10
Excellent
13 May 2022
Arthur

An inn of character but....?

An interesting venue with character. Being an industrial archaeology fan, I was happy with the accommodation - the building stems from the late 18th century and is named after a Boulton & Watt steam engine installed just before 1790 across the stream in the former Cark cotton mill. This mill has a history in its own right and was one of the largest in Lancashire at the time - unfortunately it burnt down in 1935, leaving no remains to be subsequently \"gentrified\". I was intrigued by the inn's history but my wife was more interested in the quality of the accommodation which she thought needed some TLC. However, we had the largest room in the inn at the front and there was plenty of hot water, often lacking in older buildings. Unfortunately the kitchen was closed and so we didn't experience the claimed Home Cooking. Breakfast was modest although fine for my wife who rarely eats more than a banana (which she provided) and I never \"do a full English\". All in all a memorable experience for one interested in industrial history!
Partner
4/10
Poor
05 May 2022
Catherine
Really very disappointing stay. Accommodation \"tired\". Manager /Owner not on the ball. Food of a very poor quality. I was the only person staying which says it all really.
Self
6/10
Pleasant
28 Mar 2022
Karen
Decor dated but clean and tidy
Friends_and_family Family
4/10
Poor
19 Mar 2022
Paul

Disappointing

But of a strange stay, room didn't appear to be ready even though we arrived well after four o'clock, not clear where we should park, and evening food was average and to top it off there was live entertainment on until gone eleven o'clock.


On the positive the breakfast was very good.
Partner
8/10
Excellent
07 Oct 2021
Jeffrey
We all was pleased with the stay pretty clean good staff would use again
Friends_and_family Friends
6/10
Pleasant
26 Sep 2021
derek
Very disappointed that no CHEF at the engine room no food at night time had to drive at night breakfast was served every morning but not at dinner or tea time
Partner
10/10
Exceptional
05 Sep 2021
Salvatore

The Engine Inn

A pleasant and well positioned pub with rooms. Friendly staff made to feel welcome.
Partner
10/10
Exceptional
08 Aug 2021
Verified traveler
Loved the friendly and helpful staff. Lovely large room. We had a great stay x
Leisure Family
8/10
Excellent
04 Jun 2021
Steven

Races

Clean and friendly. The food was delicious and Jonathan was lovely
Partner
10/10
Exceptional
03 Nov 2020
Andrew

Great pub with amazing staff

Have returned from a long weekend staying at the Engine. Had a great time, the pub is excellent with great food and beer. The staff were so friendly and nothing was too much trouble for them.
The location is excellent, about a mile walk to the centre of Cartmel, 10 min drive to Grange over Sands and of course near to all the lake district has to offer.
Partner
10/10
Exceptional
15 Sep 2020
Sarah

Great pub with character

Plenty of character, great dinner & breakfast & friendly service.
Friends_and_family Family
2/10
Poor
12 Sep 2020
Karen
Room was not clean. Cups & kettle looked like they had never been cleaned! Mattress had springs poking, most uncomfortable night. Decor very dated and shabby. Staff disorganised, had to wait quite a while for veggie breakfast as staff had forgotten I was veggie even though reminded twice
Leisure Partner
10/10
Exceptional
01 Sep 2020
Matt
Lovely comfortable room with lovely food and friendly staff. Would stay again for sure.
Leisure Partner
10/10
Exceptional
28 Aug 2020
JimmyMann
Excellent stay. Clean, hospitable, friendly, professional. Delightfull evening meal.
Very satisfactory and good value.
Partner
6/10
Pleasant
16 Aug 2020
Ian
We booked this last minute. Great location. Lovely breakfast outside.
Partner
10/10
Exceptional
16 Aug 2020
Gary

A great stay!

Excellent stay thanks to the host and his great staff. Clean comfortable room, excellent breakfast all freshly prepared and plentiful! Very enjoyable.
Partner
8/10
Excellent
10 Aug 2020
lisa

re hotel

Great hotel set in a beautiful village. Outstanding breakfast!!
Friends_and_family Family
10/10
Exceptional
06 Aug 2020
Jessica
Absolutely brilliant, very helpful I had the best night sleep I’ve had in a long time, great food and service I’ll definitely be back again! Thankyou!
Leisure Family
8/10
Excellent
07 Jul 2020
Verified traveler

Friendly local Inn Stay

Good location for visiting Cartmel and Grange-over-Sands also, lovely walks on the doorstep.
Cosy clean room.
Staff were friendly and accommodating.
Good value for money.
Lovely food, wines and local ales.
Partner
8/10
Excellent
08 Feb 2020
Peter

PR

Enjoyed my stay, very friendly and everyone was very helpful and could nod not do enough for me.


Business
10/10
Exceptional
02 Jan 2020
Verified traveler
Great atmosphere staff couldn't do enough breakfast was superb as was evening meal
Leisure Partner
10/10
Exceptional
02 Jan 2020
Verified traveler
It was most convenient in the heart of the village
Good atmosphere
Friends_and_family Family
10/10
Exceptional
23 Sep 2019
IAIN H

Nice over night stay.

One night dinner bed and breakfast lovely friendly staff food very good the inn was a little tired but good value for money.
Partner
10/10
Exceptional
19 Aug 2019
Tim

Lovely village Inn

Johnathon was a great host and the food was fantastic!

Monty was the star of the show!
Partner
10/10
Exceptional
04 Aug 2019
Verified traveler
There was a beer festival on during the weekend of our stay, with some Great local Beers.
The kitchen was closed, but there was an excellent barbecue outside ,so no problem at all, this was well communicated before we came by the owner, Jonathan who was friendly and attentive throughout our visit.
Leisure
8/10
Excellent
15 Jul 2019
Verified traveler
Good location, good size clean room. WiFi needs attention
Friends_and_family Family
10/10
Exceptional
11 Jun 2019
Verified traveler
The food was fantastic and the pub had a great atmosphere
Leisure Family
10/10
Exceptional
07 Jun 2019
Hanson
Really lovely place to stay. Very friendly staff and Jonathan the Proprietor made us really welcome.
We would stay here again if we were in that area. Food was first class
Partner
8/10
Excellent
04 Jun 2019
Alan

Ideal location for Cartmel Races

Handy location for Cartmel Races (Bus runs on race days from station about 200yds away to Cartmel village), pub staff very friendly and accommodating. Good breakfast
10/10
Exceptional
13 May 2019
Andrew

Lovely traditional inn

Very hospitable stay, and friendly service. Thank you Jonathan!
Partner
4/10
Poor
21 Apr 2019
Wayne

No hot water

No heating no hot water ! Bed was comfortable and food good think for cost was priced high as I stoped at Springkell hall dumferris scottland and that was same cost and it was out standing for cost and very nice staff
Partner
8/10
Excellent
08 Mar 2019
Stephen

Friendly and helpful

Friendly staff in a beautiful part of the world.
8/10
Excellent
18 Sep 2018
John

A country pub with rooms

A very nice welcome from all staff Jonathan the landlord could not have been more attentive and most anxious to please checking the radiator in our room during the evening, it was a little temperamental
Evening meal pub grub hot and well presented, Breakfast prepared by Jonathan, english and delicious. and it was inclusive in the room charge.
Parking was restricted due possibly to road works.
8/10
Excellent
03 Sep 2018
Heather

Birthday weekend

It was very friendly and near to our friends.
Partner
6/10
Pleasant
28 Aug 2018
Verified traveler

Good but only for a night or two.

The pub is warm and welcoming. Very busy at weekends. The standard of the room was not worth a 4 star rating. The full English breakfast was excellent but I would have preferred a menu choice.
Partner
8/10
Excellent
16 Aug 2018
Mark

2 night stay at the engine inn

3 of us stayed in the family room at the engine inn , the room is huge with all the amenities , the staff were very friendly especially alice who serves at breakfast she's an absolute star !! Food was good and not bad pricewise , quiet area and overall an excellent stay and we will be going back
Family
8/10
Excellent
16 Aug 2018
David

Llittle night away

Little English pub with a few rooms. Very basic but nothing wrong with it. Clean and tidy and meant we could just drive to fe lakes and have a little night away.
Drank downstairs in the pub and 3 mins walk up the road another pub I forgot oh well want a change of scenery.
Good thing that come out all looked good. Breakfast was tasty
Partner
6/10
Pleasant
13 Aug 2018
Sandra

Good breakfast

Realistic value bed and breakfast. Really nice breakfast. Rooms adequate.
10/10
Exceptional
06 Aug 2018
Verified traveler

Nice place

The hotel was very friendly the breakfast was very nice and the staff where very polite and welcoming
8/10
Excellent
30 Jul 2018
Verified traveler

Overnight Stay

Good size room. Excellent breakfast.Excellent host.
8/10
Excellent
23 Jul 2018
Verified traveler

Good atmosphere, helpful staff

Pleasant stay at the Engine Inn.

Comfy bed and good breakfast.
8/10
Excellent
13 Jul 2018
Chris

Friendly, comfortable hotel

Nice pub with rooms. Friendly staff, individually cooked breakfasts. Overall, would definitely recommend for the price

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The Engine Inn
Station Road, Grange-over-sands, United Kingdom

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