Macdonald Old England Hotel & Spa

We love to help create those special memories. Come into the Macdonald Old England Hotel & Spa on Sunday 23rd September to discuss your dream!

Are you looking to say 'I DO'? Why not pop into Macdonald Old England Hotel & Spa on Sunday 23rd September to see how our intimate packages can be developed to suite your dream day #intimate #wedding #lakedistrict #love

You are invited to join us at one of our UK Macdonald Hotel Spas for our ELEMIS Christmas gift showcase!
Glass of Prosecco and nibbles on arrival
Presentation from ELEMIS on the NEW Christmas Gifts for 2018
... The chance to purchase gifts with exclusive event offers only available on the day
Free entry into raffle with a chance to win ELEMIS goodies and treatments
£5 ticket to reserve your place Ticket price redeemable against any purchase of two or more ELEMIS Christmas gifts
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A bit of an early start for these walkers... but what a worthy course. The best of luck to all participants of Classic Challenge on behalf of Hospice UK

Breakfast with a view, lovely way to wake up.

We present to you.....Lunch with a view!
http://www.macdonaldhotels.co.uk/…/macd onald-old…/eat-drink/

"Relax and Indulge Leisure day" For just £29.00 you will have full use of our Leisure Facilities, followed by a Cream Tea, with a glass of Bubbly. Booking essential +441539487982 http://www.macdonaldhotels.co.uk/…/macd onald-o…/spa-fitness/

Can you believe this talented young gent is only 11! Many Thanks Owen for making our piano come alive!

Exceed your expectations by visiting Vital Health and Wellbeing and we’ll help you to become a better you. Try taster sessions & meet the team. Get fit for free this bank holiday. Register online now.

13 may be unlucky for some, but we say lucky for you! Macdonald Old England Hotel & Spa have 13 varieties of Twinings Tea UK infusions, all served with a stunning backdrop of Windermere

Bowness-on-Windermere came alive with Music and Colour as the followers of the Hindu faith Shree Swaminarayan Gadi lead a procession up to the Glebe in Bowness to commemorate the life of a religious figurehead who brought his message of peace from India to the Lake District 30 years ago.

Sunday treat, afternoon tea with a view, despite the weather

#afternoonteaweek at Macdonald Hotels & Resorts come and join us Macdonald Old England Hotel & Spa, pre book a time between 5pm and 6pm and receive 2 Afternoon Tea's for the Price of 1! +441539487890 http://www.macdonaldhotels.co.uk/…/macd onald-old…/eat-drink/

Treat your self this weekend to our "Relax and Indulge Leisure day" For just £29.00 you will have full use of our Leisure Facilities, followed by a Cream Tea, with a glass of Bubbly. Booking essential +441539487982

Don't let the rain dampen your spirits this weekend. Why not spend the day Macdonald Old England Hotel & Spa. For just £29.00 per person, you will be treated to full use of our leisure facilities, a cream tea and a glass of bubbly. Booking essential, +4415394 87982

Revives, Brightens, Hydrates Prefect for a midweek pick me up! Available from our Spa Reception http://www.macdonaldhotels.co.uk/…/macd onald-o…/spa-fitness/

Here at Macdonald Old England Hotel & Spa we can cater for your special events, be it a Spa Pamper Hen party with Afternoon tea, Private Lunch to celebrate that special birthday, Funeral Tea, or just the opportunity to dine overlooking Lake Windermere. Speak to a member of our Special Events Team Today
http://www.macdonaldhotels.co.uk/…/macd onal…/function-rooms/

Make the most of this beautiful weather and get those feet Summer ready. Book with a member of the team today! http://www.macdonaldhotels.co.uk/…/macd onald-o…/spa-fitness/

We visited yesterday on our 10th wedding anniversary for a spa experience and cream tea, we absolutely loved it! It thoroughly relaxed and pampered us ready for renewing our views last night. Special thanks to Rebecca and Hannah for their help and the reception staff for their thoughtful anniversary gifts! The cream tea was equally as lovely with the most special view. Thank you!

We had a fabulous time despite it raining the whole time. We had a treatment each, and the staff were all very pleasant, and professional, lovely atmosphere. The room was clean and very warm, we had to sleep with the balcony door open! We were impressed with very large shower. We couldn’t fault our evening meal. All the staff were friendly and approachable. My only snag is that we upgraded to a lake view, and the picture on the website showed the view from room. But our lake view could only be seen from the balcony, and in this weather, we didnt go out there.

Stayed for the second at this wonderful hotel staff and room excellent unfortunately although there is plenty food on offer for breakfast the cooked breakfast was very dry on both days but still wonderful hotel

Second stay at this hotel last week . Beautiful hotel . We stayed in the feature suite which was gorgeous with lovely views over the lake . Evening meal and breakfast were both lovely . All the staff were excellent , Especially Ahmed who made it extra special for us when he found out it was both mine and my mums big birthdays coming up ... lovely touch bringing us some prosecco to our room and for our evening meal . Will definitely be back next year . Thank you x

Modern rooms. Enjoyed the bath. Very spacious & airy. Gr8 view from window of the Windermere lake. Dinner was nouveau style. Definitely 1 of the better hotels.

Lovely hotel,perfect location, beautiful spa and excellent facial/massage from therapist (Marina) nice food - staff could be more efficient at reception (have more authority in managers absence) and parking is expensive as no onsite parking. Overall nice experience.

It's the 2nd time this month we have stopped at the hotel, amazing location, beutiful hotel, a stunning room looking onto the lake, the breakfast is superb, the spa is a added bonus, the staff remembered us, another lovely stay, it is very expensive but our stay was worth every penny! Thank you.

Been to the hotel today for a mum to be massage and it was amazing!!! I would definitely recommend it if your expecting a little one ��

Beautiful hotel in a gorgeous and quaint small town on a beautiful lake. Wonderful food and service. Our only quibble would be no A/C, but I’m not marking it down a star for that since it’s normally MUCH cooler and we came during record high heat. We were on a tour and had very limited time to wander around so we’d love to come back again and see more of the town!

Amazing Hotel � I have stayed here before and I have never been disappointed. The staff are all lovely and very Attentive I will be back hopefully this year. The room was fantastic with a view of the lake

My first time in this hotel and it was great experience, I enjoyed from our room the lovely lake view, fantastic full day spa service, nice swimming pool, breakfast delicious 😋 great customer service from the hotel’s staff... I will back to the hotel. My only recommendation is to handle congestion better at breakfast time to ensure everybody is taken into account.

Just returned from a very enjoyable one night spa break, overall a really great experience. The package my daughter booked for us included afternoon tea, an evening meal, breakfast and spa treatment, all were excellent. Great choice at breakfast and cooked food was excellent. Afternoon tea came with very fresh sandwiches, cakes and scones which were perfect on the terrace. Staff were very efficient and friendly saying hello and smiling when you passed. Only a couple of problems being that as a smoker you weren’t allowed to smoke on the terrace outside (individual problem but still very annoying having to stand out the front of the hotel, where there are no ash trays, so having to walk to the pub next door). Also, there is no easy way down to the grass area with tables set out which was a shame. All in all, a great stay.

Had a lovely treatment and a swim, however, on a very slightly downside, I was asked if there were any special dietary requirements on the afternoon tea (there were 4 of us) I said please no egg or salmon, the lady said ok then as the others were chipping in with I like this and I like that the waitress said well you can swap. Only a little blip as the rest of the day was lovely

To be honest had a bad start Sandra at check in said sorry you can’t check in until 4 pm I explained we are meeting people at 4pm Could we get our room 15 mins before, she said no but we could use the spa.

She then told me the card I had given her was a debit card and she needed a credit card !! I said well I used it to book but was told it must be a credit card for the deposit and to charge things to the room !!

ALL WRONG!!! Sandra At 3pm we came back dragging our case and close back from the spa and spoke to a Young girl who checked us in and gave us a room and all on the debit card I booked with amazing the difference between her attitude and completely wrong Sandra !!

All that said the hotel is right on the water the Terrace out the back is lovely as is the breakfasting area with amazing views and beautiful food .

Valet parking but £20 charge ! Lots of character but possibly looking ever so slightly dated .

The gentleman who serves you on the back terrace with food and drinks is the star of the show the man is just simply brilliant tall slim charming chat with everyone and his service is 2nd to none.

The type of man ever hotel wants

It’s a good hotel bank holiday £320 a night not cheap

I stayed at the Burnside hotel two minutes away the previous night my girlfriend and I both prefer that as the spa is better in the restaurant food is much better

Has free parking is £220 a night you can see the water but your not on it as you are with the Mcdonald

Both have nice bathrooms and lovely beds

Like I say Sandra on check in spoiled it for us but the rest of the staff are switched on and good

I think 4pm Check in is to late 2pm is the norm and your still out at 11am so plenty time to get the rooms ready . Sandra simply said it’s always been 4pm at this hotel !!! Oh ! Well it’s not if she’s not on the desk, so ask another member of staff

Gary and Fay room 240 Saturday 26th May



Got back in our room about midnight had to kill about 20 flies as we were both drunk running round with towels it was quite good fun.

We found if you chase them in to the bathroom which does have a bath and a shower and is quite spacious and lock the door You can kill them far easier .. it was a hot summers day but that’s a lot of Flies

This is our second stay at the hotel we found it very relaxing the rooms spacious bed extremely comfortable but on our second stay we was a little disappointed there was no fridge in room on lake wing also breakfast was not up to scratch it was very cold tasteless , even tea coffee toast was cold second morning they had changed it from buffet style to taking orders which was a little better but took nearly an hour from taking our order until we received it this again was tasteless also no white bread only brown available on continental section I did report this to lady in dining room An also too reception no one got back too us we stayed an payed for 2 night with breakfast that we didn’t eat.

***unable to meet request***



Our first time visiting this hotel, we enjoyed our stay. The room was beautiful overlooking the lake. We ate at the hotels restaurant for our evening meal, the service was good and the food was beautiful. Breakfast was good with a good selection, but our cooked breakfast came with items missing and staff seemed half asleep and was not up to the standard what we had received the night before. However my partner had requested prosecco and flowers to be in the room on arrival, the prosecco was there, however after numerous phone calls to the hotels reception my partner was told that they had ran out of flowers and had failed to let him know prior to our arrival. They shouldn't offer special requests if they are unable to deliver them. No one from the hotel contacted him before or mentioned it on arrival even though they had his contact number. My partner had to ask them over the phone was there anything else they could do whilst we was dining with them that evening and although we did get two glasses of proseecco we don't feel that it is acceptable from a hotel of this standard.

Took my mam for a spa day with treatments and afternoon tea. The spa and treatments were lovely but the afternoon tea was disappointing!! It took forever to come and when it did arrive the scones were stale, the clotted cream was more like squirty cream form a can and the cake selection was appalling!! I am disappointed to say that it was the worst afternoon tea I have ever had!!

I will start by saying usually every review I leave is 5* as I hate to leave bad reviews and would usually prefer to deal with the Company themselves direct . I have never left a company such a poor review before as I am not a serial complainer.



We visit the old England once a year for a spa day and are normally very happy, however not this time .



We paid £178 for two facials which were stated as 55 minutes long, our facials were really rushed and the timings cut short. I am a beauty therapist myself so I know what’s involved in facials and timings ,so to pay £89 for a facial you expect the best not a half effort.



I just think to charge so much and give such mediocre service is just not on. I did email to

Share my poor experience and all I was told was that the treatments will be monitored in future to ensure they last the full stated time. When I replied to say I felt this was not good enough I did not get any response.



Will not be visiting again due to Poor customer service �

Booked on Travelzoo spa day for 2. Facilities were good . Used pool , steam , sauna etc for the morning then had afternoon tea before an afternoon of treatments .

Afternoon tea sandwiches for me were good - ham, salmon, egg, tuna . My friend who is vegetarian just got 4 cheese sandwiches !

She does eat egg , salad , just not meat or fish !

The cakes were disgusting . 2 stale and 2 fresh scones then 5 cakes between the 2 of us ! Bizarre �

2 shop bought Bakewell tarts still in the foil , 1 Mr Kipling apple tart still in the foil and a piece of shop bought flap jack. And one small chocolate cake ! I did complain to both waiting on staff about the shop bought items either from Bryson’s or Tesco - both shops over the road from hotel . I was told that all cakes are bought in except the chocolate one . I’ve been to heaps of afternoon teas in the Lakes but never one this bad. I did complain to the manager at the end of the day who said she would inform the chef .

For £25 EACH somebody needs to be informing EVERYONE , not just the chef !

Do not go here for afternoon tea.



The afternoon of treatments were just perfect . Marina , my therapist was fab. �

A beautiful day ruined by overpriced , shop bought food.

Do not go here for afternoon tea �

We visited yesterday on our 10th wedding anniversary for a spa experience and cream tea, we absolutely loved it! It thoroughly relaxed and pampered us ready for renewing our views last night. Special thanks to Rebecca and Hannah for their help and the reception staff for their thoughtful anniversary gifts! The cream tea was equally as lovely with the most special view. Thank you!

We had a fabulous time despite it raining the whole time. We had a treatment each, and the staff were all very pleasant, and professional, lovely atmosphere. The room was clean and very warm, we had to sleep with the balcony door open! We were impressed with very large shower. We couldn’t fault our evening meal. All the staff were friendly and approachable. My only snag is that we upgraded to a lake view, and the picture on the website showed the view from room. But our lake view could only be seen from the balcony, and in this weather, we didnt go out there.

Stayed for the second at this wonderful hotel staff and room excellent unfortunately although there is plenty food on offer for breakfast the cooked breakfast was very dry on both days but still wonderful hotel

Second stay at this hotel last week . Beautiful hotel . We stayed in the feature suite which was gorgeous with lovely views over the lake . Evening meal and breakfast were both lovely . All the staff were excellent , Especially Ahmed who made it extra special for us when he found out it was both mine and my mums big birthdays coming up ... lovely touch bringing us some prosecco to our room and for our evening meal . Will definitely be back next year . Thank you x

Modern rooms. Enjoyed the bath. Very spacious & airy. Gr8 view from window of the Windermere lake. Dinner was nouveau style. Definitely 1 of the better hotels.

Lovely hotel,perfect location, beautiful spa and excellent facial/massage from therapist (Marina) nice food - staff could be more efficient at reception (have more authority in managers absence) and parking is expensive as no onsite parking. Overall nice experience.

It's the 2nd time this month we have stopped at the hotel, amazing location, beutiful hotel, a stunning room looking onto the lake, the breakfast is superb, the spa is a added bonus, the staff remembered us, another lovely stay, it is very expensive but our stay was worth every penny! Thank you.

Been to the hotel today for a mum to be massage and it was amazing!!! I would definitely recommend it if your expecting a little one ��

Beautiful hotel in a gorgeous and quaint small town on a beautiful lake. Wonderful food and service. Our only quibble would be no A/C, but I’m not marking it down a star for that since it’s normally MUCH cooler and we came during record high heat. We were on a tour and had very limited time to wander around so we’d love to come back again and see more of the town!

Amazing Hotel � I have stayed here before and I have never been disappointed. The staff are all lovely and very Attentive I will be back hopefully this year. The room was fantastic with a view of the lake

My first time in this hotel and it was great experience, I enjoyed from our room the lovely lake view, fantastic full day spa service, nice swimming pool, breakfast delicious 😋 great customer service from the hotel’s staff... I will back to the hotel. My only recommendation is to handle congestion better at breakfast time to ensure everybody is taken into account.

Just returned from a very enjoyable one night spa break, overall a really great experience. The package my daughter booked for us included afternoon tea, an evening meal, breakfast and spa treatment, all were excellent. Great choice at breakfast and cooked food was excellent. Afternoon tea came with very fresh sandwiches, cakes and scones which were perfect on the terrace. Staff were very efficient and friendly saying hello and smiling when you passed. Only a couple of problems being that as a smoker you weren’t allowed to smoke on the terrace outside (individual problem but still very annoying having to stand out the front of the hotel, where there are no ash trays, so having to walk to the pub next door). Also, there is no easy way down to the grass area with tables set out which was a shame. All in all, a great stay.

Had a lovely treatment and a swim, however, on a very slightly downside, I was asked if there were any special dietary requirements on the afternoon tea (there were 4 of us) I said please no egg or salmon, the lady said ok then as the others were chipping in with I like this and I like that the waitress said well you can swap. Only a little blip as the rest of the day was lovely

To be honest had a bad start Sandra at check in said sorry you can’t check in until 4 pm I explained we are meeting people at 4pm Could we get our room 15 mins before, she said no but we could use the spa.

She then told me the card I had given her was a debit card and she needed a credit card !! I said well I used it to book but was told it must be a credit card for the deposit and to charge things to the room !!

ALL WRONG!!! Sandra At 3pm we came back dragging our case and close back from the spa and spoke to a Young girl who checked us in and gave us a room and all on the debit card I booked with amazing the difference between her attitude and completely wrong Sandra !!

All that said the hotel is right on the water the Terrace out the back is lovely as is the breakfasting area with amazing views and beautiful food .

Valet parking but £20 charge ! Lots of character but possibly looking ever so slightly dated .

The gentleman who serves you on the back terrace with food and drinks is the star of the show the man is just simply brilliant tall slim charming chat with everyone and his service is 2nd to none.

The type of man ever hotel wants

It’s a good hotel bank holiday £320 a night not cheap

I stayed at the Burnside hotel two minutes away the previous night my girlfriend and I both prefer that as the spa is better in the restaurant food is much better

Has free parking is £220 a night you can see the water but your not on it as you are with the Mcdonald

Both have nice bathrooms and lovely beds

Like I say Sandra on check in spoiled it for us but the rest of the staff are switched on and good

I think 4pm Check in is to late 2pm is the norm and your still out at 11am so plenty time to get the rooms ready . Sandra simply said it’s always been 4pm at this hotel !!! Oh ! Well it’s not if she’s not on the desk, so ask another member of staff

Gary and Fay room 240 Saturday 26th May



Got back in our room about midnight had to kill about 20 flies as we were both drunk running round with towels it was quite good fun.

We found if you chase them in to the bathroom which does have a bath and a shower and is quite spacious and lock the door You can kill them far easier .. it was a hot summers day but that’s a lot of Flies

This is our second stay at the hotel we found it very relaxing the rooms spacious bed extremely comfortable but on our second stay we was a little disappointed there was no fridge in room on lake wing also breakfast was not up to scratch it was very cold tasteless , even tea coffee toast was cold second morning they had changed it from buffet style to taking orders which was a little better but took nearly an hour from taking our order until we received it this again was tasteless also no white bread only brown available on continental section I did report this to lady in dining room An also too reception no one got back too us we stayed an payed for 2 night with breakfast that we didn’t eat.

***unable to meet request***



Our first time visiting this hotel, we enjoyed our stay. The room was beautiful overlooking the lake. We ate at the hotels restaurant for our evening meal, the service was good and the food was beautiful. Breakfast was good with a good selection, but our cooked breakfast came with items missing and staff seemed half asleep and was not up to the standard what we had received the night before. However my partner had requested prosecco and flowers to be in the room on arrival, the prosecco was there, however after numerous phone calls to the hotels reception my partner was told that they had ran out of flowers and had failed to let him know prior to our arrival. They shouldn't offer special requests if they are unable to deliver them. No one from the hotel contacted him before or mentioned it on arrival even though they had his contact number. My partner had to ask them over the phone was there anything else they could do whilst we was dining with them that evening and although we did get two glasses of proseecco we don't feel that it is acceptable from a hotel of this standard.

Took my mam for a spa day with treatments and afternoon tea. The spa and treatments were lovely but the afternoon tea was disappointing!! It took forever to come and when it did arrive the scones were stale, the clotted cream was more like squirty cream form a can and the cake selection was appalling!! I am disappointed to say that it was the worst afternoon tea I have ever had!!

I will start by saying usually every review I leave is 5* as I hate to leave bad reviews and would usually prefer to deal with the Company themselves direct . I have never left a company such a poor review before as I am not a serial complainer.



We visit the old England once a year for a spa day and are normally very happy, however not this time .



We paid £178 for two facials which were stated as 55 minutes long, our facials were really rushed and the timings cut short. I am a beauty therapist myself so I know what’s involved in facials and timings ,so to pay £89 for a facial you expect the best not a half effort.



I just think to charge so much and give such mediocre service is just not on. I did email to

Share my poor experience and all I was told was that the treatments will be monitored in future to ensure they last the full stated time. When I replied to say I felt this was not good enough I did not get any response.



Will not be visiting again due to Poor customer service �

Booked on Travelzoo spa day for 2. Facilities were good . Used pool , steam , sauna etc for the morning then had afternoon tea before an afternoon of treatments .

Afternoon tea sandwiches for me were good - ham, salmon, egg, tuna . My friend who is vegetarian just got 4 cheese sandwiches !

She does eat egg , salad , just not meat or fish !

The cakes were disgusting . 2 stale and 2 fresh scones then 5 cakes between the 2 of us ! Bizarre �

2 shop bought Bakewell tarts still in the foil , 1 Mr Kipling apple tart still in the foil and a piece of shop bought flap jack. And one small chocolate cake ! I did complain to both waiting on staff about the shop bought items either from Bryson’s or Tesco - both shops over the road from hotel . I was told that all cakes are bought in except the chocolate one . I’ve been to heaps of afternoon teas in the Lakes but never one this bad. I did complain to the manager at the end of the day who said she would inform the chef .

For £25 EACH somebody needs to be informing EVERYONE , not just the chef !

Do not go here for afternoon tea.



The afternoon of treatments were just perfect . Marina , my therapist was fab. �

A beautiful day ruined by overpriced , shop bought food.

Do not go here for afternoon tea �