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The Red Lion

2.5 star property

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Reviews

7.8 out of 10
Good

Popular amenities

  • Restaurant
  • Bar

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The Square, Bakewell, England, DE45 1BT
  • Place, Peak District National Park
    ‪1 min walk‬
  • Place, All Saints Church
    ‪3 min walk‬
  • Place, Spirit of the 1940s
    ‪6 min walk‬
  • Airport, Manchester (MAN)
    ‪70 min drive‬

Room options

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Economy Double Room, Ensuite (Room 5)

  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed
  • Free WiFi

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Classic Double Room, Ensuite (Room 4)

  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed
  • Free WiFi

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Double Room, Ensuite (Room 3)

  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed
  • Free WiFi

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Comfort Double Room, Ensuite (Room 2)

  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed
  • Free WiFi

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Standard Double Room, Ensuite (Room 1)

  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed and 1 Twin Bed
  • Free WiFi

About the neighborhood

Bakewell

Located within a 5-minute walk of All Saints Church, The Red Lion is within a 15-minute stroll of Bloomers Original Bakewell Puddings. This 5-room hotel welcomes guests with a restaurant and a bar/lounge.

What's nearby

  • Peak District National Park - 1 min walk - 0.0 miles
  • All Saints Church - 3 min walk - 0.2 miles
  • Virgin Balloon Flights - 6 min walk - 0.4 miles
  • Spirit of the 1940s - 6 min walk - 0.4 miles
  • Bloomers Original Bakewell Puddings - 6 min walk - 0.4 miles

Getting around

  • Matlock Station - 15 min drive
  • Manchester Airport (MAN) - 73 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Quackers Café - ‬7 min drive
  • ‪The Crispin - ‬5 min drive
  • ‪The Woodyard - ‬5 min walk
  • ‪Gallery Café - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪Bull's Head - ‬3 min drive

About this property

The Red Lion

At The Red Lion, guests have access to free WiFi in public areas.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.

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Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Food and drink

  • A bar/lounge
  • A restaurant

Family friendly

  • High chair

Guest services

  • No housekeeping service

Accessibility

  • No elevator

More

  • Smoking not allowed

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: 8:00 PM
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 10:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

  • This property doesn't allow pets

Property payment types

Important information

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
  • Check-in: 3:00 PM
  • Check-out: 10:00 AM
  • Minimum check-in age: 18

We should mention

Details about charges, deposits, or other important information:

  • Charges for extra guests may apply and vary depending on the property's policy.
  • A cash deposit, credit card, or debit card for incidental charges, as well as a government-issued photo ID, may be required at check-in.
  • Special requests are subject to availability at the time of check-in and can't be guaranteed. Certain requests may come with additional charges.
  • This property accepts credit cards.

Additional information about polices, regulations, and more:

  • The hotel can refuse certain bookings for the purpose of group events or parties, which include pre-wedding stag/bachelor and hen/bachelorette parties.
  • There are no elevators.
  • This property welcomes guests of all sexual orientations and gender identities (LGBTQ+ friendly).

Property is also known as

Red Lion Bakewell
Red Lion Inn Bakewell
The Red Lion Bakewell
The Red Lion Guesthouse
The Red Lion Guesthouse Bakewell

Frequently asked questions

What's there to do within easy reach of The Red Lion?

Located steps from All Saints Church, this hotel is in Bakewell, and within a 10-minute walk of Bloomers Original Bakewell Puddings and Spirit of the 1940s. You'll also find Peak District National Park and Chatsworth House within a short drive.

Is parking available on site at The Red Lion?

No, there isn't parking available at the hotel.

Does The Red Lion have a casino?

No, The Red Lion doesn't have a casino.

Is there an indoor pool at The Red Lion?

No, there is no indoor pool at this hotel.

What will couples enjoy most about a stay at The Red Lion?

Couples staying at this hotel will appreciate amenities like a restaurant and a bar/lounge plus some guestrooms include free WiFi.

Does The Red Lion have a hot tub?

No, this hotel doesn't have a spa tub.

Does The Red Lion have a restaurant with a breakfast menu?

No, The Red Lion doesn't have a restaurant that serves breakfast.

Does The Red Lion allow pets to stay free of charge?

No, pets aren't allowed at The Red Lion.

Does The Red Lion have connecting rooms available?

No, there aren't connecting guestrooms at this hotel.

What is the closest airport to The Red Lion?

The closest major airport to The Red Lion is Manchester Airport (MAN), which is about 26.7 mi away.

Are there rooms with balconies that I can book at The Red Lion?

No, there aren't any guestrooms at The Red Lion that offer a balcony.

The Red Lion Reviews

Reviews

7.8

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 41 out of 113 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 33 out of 113 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 21 out of 113 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 13 out of 113 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 5 out of 113 reviews

8.4/10

Cleanliness

8.4/10

Staff & service

6.4/10

Amenities

7.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

Verified

8/10 Good

David

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

Nice people

Nice people
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025
Verified

8/10 Good

Andrew

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Thornbridge and Chatsworth visit at Bakewell

Staff were lovely. Location in the town centre, very convenient. Beautiful town. Surprising quiet in the hotel.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Daniel

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

Lovely little room

The stay was brilliant. Good location, and perfect little room. Plenty of goodies left out for us - hot chocolate sachets, biscuits, and even porridge pots for the morning. Lovely staff/service
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025
Verified

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

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

Good value stay

Clean and warm. Dated decor but everything you need. Good all round value.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Mark

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

Would stay here again.

We were made very welcome! The room was clean and comfortable - brilliant shower! Basic breakfast provided but it was all we needed. Bar times and fire escapes explained. Staff were very helpful when I realised we`d left something behind after checking out. Very cosy bar.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025
Verified

6/10 Okay

Anthony

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Room was very dated and needed re decorating, but nice pub in nice spot
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Lee

Liked: Amenities
Very nice
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Verified

8/10 Good

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The Red Lion is ideally situated in Bakewell,although there is no parking at the accommodation,there is plenty nearby. The only negative comment id make about the accommodation is the double bed is very small,other than that the rooms are very clean etc The town is very quiet,and there's not a lot happening on an evening
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2024
Verified

6/10 Okay

Ethel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service

Poor accommodation

One night stay, Room was small no where to sit except on beds, bathroom very small and very tired, access not good for people with mobility issues, departure exit less than safe down fire escape, not good value for money,
Stayed 1 night in May 2025
Verified

4/10 Poor

Sarah

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

One night stay

Hallway smelt of cigarette smoke
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Verified

6/10 Okay

Dayna

Liked: Staff & service
Great area. Nice staff. The rooms are above a pub, so be prepared for everything! Very and I repeat VERY thin walls.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2023
Verified

6/10 Okay

Dawn

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities
Sorry Red Lion It’s not as clean as you’d like to think - see pics , chair leg is broken so could only sit on bed But Bed linen fresh, towels pure white, room smells fresh (apart from people smoking in pub garden, but that’s not your fault) Slept ok but room could do with makeover, update and consider how to use the space more efficiently
Drawer fronts
Yuk
Once bedside cabinets were wiped
Stayed 1 night in May 2025
Verified

4/10 Poor

Robert

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Room need some attention

Room 3 very tired, bed uncomfortable. Bathroom very cramped and needs updating. Water system very noisy. Staff very friendly.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2024
Verified

8/10 Good

Susan

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

Nice traditional pub

Well placed in centre of Bakewell. Friendly staff. Nice large double bedroom with en suite. As they don't serve breakfast there were a couple of complimentary porridge pots and breakfast biscuits. Tea and coffee making facilities with plenty of t-bags, milk, coffee and hot chocolate sachets with packets of biscuits. Hallway outside room decoration was looking a bit tired. Had a very nice evening meal in the pub
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024
Verified

8/10 Good

Craig

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

Great little find

Last minute night away. Great welcome and accompanied to the room on check in. Nice touches of fresh water, coffee and even a Bakewell tart! I must say the bed and bedding are the comfiest ever, I wanted to take it home. Only downside was the walls are pretty thin which can’t be helped, we had a group of noisy boys next door who disturbed us at 4am!! The owner was made aware and was very apologetic. All in all I would definitely stay here again.
Stayed 1 night in May 2023
Verified

2/10 Terrible

Dr Genine

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Terrible bathroom, shower dod not drain, toilet stopped working, dangerous. Access via back stairs fire escape also dangerous and awful. Wished I didn't stay here
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023
Verified

6/10 Okay

david

Disliked: Staff & service

Night away

Customer service really poor waited a while to be booked in, room was ok. Went into the bar to get a drink bar staff nowhere to be seen. Went elsewhere and ended up in the bar and was told would we like to go elsewhere so we can close early! Not made to feel very welcome. Breakfast was awful no fruit juice offered and no butter for toast, full English not hot just warm like it had been standing, will not be going back here !
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023
Verified

4/10 Poor

Peter

Disliked: Staff & service
Room and food were fine but radiator in the bedroom could not be switched off so it was too hot all night. No-one could advise how to fix it. There was no overnight parking within 500 meters of the hotel. This apparently is normal in Bakewell. There was also no wifi internet access in the room or the bar area. Not good!
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2024
Verified

6/10 Okay

Geoffrey

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service

You have to be kidding: very poor value for money.

Our room at the Red Lion was nice and comfortable but there were many other problems: i) there was no reliable internet service; ii) there was no breakfast; iii) the kitchen stopped serving dinner at 7.00. When we came down at 7.15, they said they would fire up the kitchen again!; iv) the front door was closed until 12.0 noon which meant we had to come and go in the morning via the fire escape although we had been told that the front door would be opened at 8.30am. This was very very poor value for L164 per night (pounds sterling)l
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023
Verified

8/10 Good

Arthur

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

overall, 4 out of 5. Would stay again. Thanks

Great pub in a beautiful village. Very cosy bar area with friendly staff, people and dogs. The room itself was very comfortable and warm. However, we only had enough milk for 2 cups of tea, and only 3 'normal' tea bags. We tried to get more but the downstairs door was locked until 8:30am. We tried again at 9am but the door was still locked. The only way to exit was the fire escape, which we had to take at 10:00am as that was check out time - the downstairs door was still locked. To make matters worse, it had snowed over night making the fire escape a slippery danger zone - not so good for my girldfriend's bad achilles and probably also not so good for elderly guests etc. overall, 4 out of 5. Would stay again. Thanks
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023
Verified

4/10 Poor

Kay

Liked: Room comfort
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service

Lovely area disappointing hotel.

Hotel Red Lion locked at 10.00pm had to access room via steep concrete & metal steps. To a key pad door which didn’t always open first time. Absolutely no sort of breakfast served early morning. No facilities for checking out had to take all luggage down steep concrete steps & leave key in door as front door was locked. Other B&Bs usually make bed each day, this wasn’t done. No parking near hotel. Tried to find overnight car park but none near by. Was informed you could book parking on line unable to do it. Beautiful area lovely walks & river. Close to other Beauty spots. Chatsworth house well worth a visit. Also Eyam & Matlock.
Chatsworth house
Bakewell
Bakewell
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024
Verified

6/10 Okay

Susan

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort

Disappointed that the quality didnt match the cost

For the price charged for this double deluxe room we had certain expectations especially as it was on a room only basis. On the positive side, the bed was clean and comfortable and the room warm. On arrival we were told there is no onsite parking but we could park for free at their sister pub approximately 2 minutes walk away. We were provided with a bottle of fresh water and 1 small bakewell tart (curtesy of Mr Kipling). The room was decorated to a reasonable standard but had one area tge feature wall colour had been scratched exposing the previous lighter colour. The bedding and towels were of a good standard and there were plenty of toiletries provided. However on the negative side the was basin had 2 cracks in it, the shower tray had several chips in it and the tiles surrounding the basin had a big chip out of one corner and alas the hair dryer provided didnt work. The hair dryer was reported and replaced however rather than automatically replenishing our tea, coffee, milk and biscuits each day (we stayed 2 nights) we had to go and ask as no one entered our room to service it. We ate in the pub on our first night and found the food to be well presented, hot and of reasonable quality. So to conclude, our experience was somewhat spoilt by a lack of effort and attention to rectifying issues.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2023
Verified

4/10 Poor

Samantha

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very disappointed. Staff rude on arrival. Rooms dirty, used cotton bud on floor, hair in shower, dirty cleaning cloth left in the sink. Drawers didn’t open on the dressing table & the only one that did had a tablet in it, clearly not been checked let alone cleaned. Very obvious floor had not been cleaned. We were told to use the fire exit if returning to the property after 11pm, a code was provided to open the door, code not required on our return door wide open, great security! On entering passageway contained multiple bags of linen making it extremely difficult for us to walk. Safety seriously compromised. Breakfast the following morning was a shambles, no menus provided, waitress came to the table & asked us what we would like to eat, our reply was what choice do we have. We had to ask for water in the kettle, milk, cups, for the fresh juice jug to be filled up, butter for the toast….. we gave up asking & went in search of sauce & cutlery ourselves! There was one young lady on her own doing everything!!! She had obviously given up on customer service. To complete our stay the property have charged us twice!!!! We are still awaiting our money to be refunded. Not happy at all. I would not recommend this property at all, avoid, avoid, avoid.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022
Verified

10/10 Excellent

melvyn

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff was friendly and helpful rooms was in need of a up lift, the bed was very clean and that goes for the room also, There was a very big breakfast and it was very well cooked, We will be back, the only down side is that there was no on site parking but we got over that. The owner did say that they was having a big refurbishment very soon .
Stayed 1 night in May 2022
Verified

4/10 Poor

David

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Bad lion

A warm welcome, room was very basic not like the photos at all, room was dirty especially under the bed, lots of dust and old reciepts? Cracked bathroom sink and very dusty. Never slept due to the boiler noise there was a constant loud buzzing sound!! The breakfast was very poor, i only ate toast and marmalade.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2022