We stayed for 3 nights as a birthday treat for my husband, and what a treat!
Vince and Shirley are the most welcoming and hospitable couple you could hope to meet.....(scrambled egg aside, Shirley!!!!! hah hah).
The breakfast was so tasty and well presented and the home made jam and marmalade were just devine.
A lovely room with a most comfortable bed.
Would we stay again?
Absolutely, without a doubt.

We arrived on Mon 28th May (Bank holiday). The weather was little dull but OK. Bowness was very busy as expected. Vince and Shirley welcomed us upon arrival, then took us through what we needed to know about breakfast, meals etc... They then asked us what we had planned for our stay and helped us with advice and local knowledge to enable us to have a fantastic time. The room had a King sized 4 poster bed and easily managed a single bed, on which our tall 11year old fitted without any sleepless nights. The facilities were superb, en-suite shower room & toilet, fantastic breakfast (11yr old never eats breakfast usually, but couldn't wait).

The grounds and location of the house are great, 10-15 mins gentle walk into bowness, 5 mins walk down to the car ferry. We took Vince's tip and grabbed some mountain bikes on the 1st day and off we trotted across the car ferry on a gentle (I mean flat) cycle. We toured around for about 5 hours having only thought we'd be out for around 2. The weaher was dry, sunshine, but not too hot. 2nd day we headed off to Hawkshead by car, a lovely place - the grammar school is well worth the £2.00 fee for the very informative talk by the guide.

We crashed back at the room for an hour before heading off into windermere, weather great again. Then 3pm-ish rain and cloud, so we dived off into Kendal for some undercover shopping.

Places to eat - The Spinnery ijn Bowness - lovely staff, great meals.
Places to visit - Hawkshead, the little tea room was excellent, Ambleside - we only managed a quick drive through on the last night. Windermere - Lakeland shop well worth a visit and some quaint olde-worlde shops.

Would we stay there again - we are going to book again for next year - it's just a superb location and a real friendly place to stay, Vince and Shirley made us feel at home and very welcome.

An excellent place to stay.

My fiancé and I recently stayed in the Queen Anne Room for four nights. It's a great room with a lovely four poster bed. Outside is a charming patio which is great, especially when the sun shines.

The owners are very helpful without being pushy - for example they served dinner at night, but were equally happy suggesting other places to eat.

The location works as well - just outside Windermere to avoid the crowds, but near enough to stroll in if needed.

Overall, we greatly enjoyed staying at this b&b.

Just got back from a weekend away for a treat (hubby's 40th) the weather could not have been better. The owners were lovely, as was the house and room we were in( the jacobean room). The food was excellent. A great weekend away, we can thoroughly recommend Storrs Gate.