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Lumley Castle Hotel

4.0 star property

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Property grounds
Terrace/patio
Single Room | In-room safe, iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets
Castle Feature room | In-room safe, iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets
Lobby

Reviews

9.0 out of 10
Wonderful

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Room service
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Laundry

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Ropery Lane, Chester-le-Street, England, DH3 4NX
  • Lumley Castle
    ‪1 min walk‬
  • Durham Cathedral
    ‪11 min drive‬
  • Durham University
    ‪12 min drive‬
  • Newcastle (NCL-Newcastle Intl.)
    ‪27 min drive‬

Room options

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Castle Twin Room | In-room safe, iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Castle Twin Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Single Beds

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Courtyard Feature room | In-room safe, iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Courtyard Feature room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Courtyard Classic Room | In-room safe, iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Courtyard Classic Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Courtyard Superior Room | In-room safe, iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Courtyard Superior Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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In-room safe, iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Castle Classic Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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The King James Suite | In-room safe, iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

The King James Suite

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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The Bishops Suite | In-room safe, iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

The Bishops Suite

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Castle Feature room | In-room safe, iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Castle Feature room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Single Room | In-room safe, iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Single Room

  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Single Bed

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About this property

Lumley Castle Hotel

Historic hotel with 24-hour front desk and restaurant
Along with a restaurant, this smoke-free hotel has a bar/lounge and a business centre. Free WiFi in public areas and free self parking are also provided. Additionally, concierge services, laundry facilities and a 24-hour front desk are on-site.
Lumley Castle Hotel offers 73 accommodations with a safe and coffee/tea makers. Flat-screen televisions are featured in guestrooms.

Bathrooms include a combined bath/shower unit, complimentary toiletries and hairdryers. This Chester-le-Street hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Housekeeping is provided on a daily basis.

Our customers tell us that they can't get enough of the breakfast at Lumley Castle Hotel. During your stay, you're just a quick walk from Lumley Castle. You'll find features such as free WiFi in public areas and free self-parking, plus a restaurant.
  • Free WiFi
  • Free self-parking
  • Grab something to eat at the restaurant or stop for a drink at the bar/lounge
  • Cooked-to-order breakfast served daily for a fee
  • Services include a concierge, tour or ticket assistance and luggage storage
  • Guests have great things to say about the helpful staff and the breakfast
  • 9 minutes by car from Beamish Open Air Museum and 12 minutes from Durham University
There's a restaurant on site. You can enjoy a drink at the bar/lounge. A business centre and meeting rooms are available.

WiFi is free in public spaces. A library, gift shops/newsstands, and tour/ticket assistance are also featured at the historic Lumley Castle Hotel. Self parking is free.

This 4-star Chester-le-Street hotel is smoke free.

For a fee, guests can enjoy a cooked-to-order breakfast daily from 7:00 AM to 10:00 AM.
Lumley Castle Hotel has a restaurant on site.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.

Languages

English

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • Free self parking on site
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking available

Food and drink

  • Daily cooked-to-order breakfast available 7:00 AM to 10:00 AM for a fee: GBP 23.95 for adults and GBP 12 for children
  • A bar/lounge
  • A restaurant

Things to do

  • Library

Family friendly

  • Laundry facilities

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Gift shop/newsstand
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk

Guest services

  • Concierge services
  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Tour and ticket assistance

Business services

  • Business centre
  • Meeting rooms

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • Picnic area

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Lift
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
  • Wheelchair-accessible concierge desk
  • Wheelchair-accessible lounge
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible path of travel
  • Wheelchair-accessible registration desk
  • Wheelchair-accessible restaurant

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Shower/bathtub combination
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • Flat-screen TV

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Electric kettle
  • Limited room service

More

  • Heating
  • Iron/ironing board
  • Phone
  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; check-in end time: anytime
Contactless check-in and check-out are available
Minimum check-in age - 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM
Contactless check-out

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

  • No pets allowed, but service animals are welcome

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.
  • Rollaway/extra beds are available for GBP 20.0 per night.

Payment types at the property

Important information

Optional extras

The fees and deposits listed below will be charged at the time of service, check-in, or check-out.

  • Fee for cooked-to-order breakfast: from approximately GBP 23.95 for adults and from GBP 12.00 for children
  • Rollaway bed fee: GBP 20.0 per night

This may not be a comprehensive list. Fees and deposits are subject to change and might not include tax.

You need to know

This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business or profession.
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, debit cards and cash
Safety features at this property include a carbon monoxide detector, a fire extinguisher, a smoke detector, a security system, a first aid kit and window guards
Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property.

Property is also known as

Lumley Castle Hotel
Lumley Castle Hotel Chester-le-Street
Lumley Chester-le-Street
Lumley Castle Chester-le-Street
Lumley Castle
Lumley Castle Hotel Hotel
Lumley Castle Hotel Chester-le-Street
Lumley Castle Hotel Hotel Chester-le-Street

Lumley Castle Hotel Reviews

Reviews

9.0

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 664 out of 1073 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 265 out of 1073 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 98 out of 1073 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 27 out of 1073 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 19 out of 1073 reviews

9.0/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

8.4/10

Amenities

8.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Peter

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Excellent room friendly staff. Excellent food
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Ian

Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The best hotel stay we have ever had
This was one of the nest hotel stays we have had. The room was very spacious and the best was extremely comfortable. The food at the restaurant was out of this world. We are looking forward to staying there again very soon. We recommend the Richard II room. The only drawback is we couldnt see the TV from the bed.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Antoinette

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Vincent

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Ian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

8/10 Good

Scott

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Castle!
Very cool to be in a castle! Waiting service needs attention. Slow and automatically placed 12.5% gratuity on bill. She asked if I wanted to take it off, but what pressure! Fix that the place is great!
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Shamila

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Noreen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

John

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Met up with friends
Lovely room and great place to stay
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Wynn

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Exceptional property. The room was warm and comfortable. The food was first class and staff helpful and friendly
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

8/10 Good

Helen

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Atmospheric and unique castle
It is amazing to stay in an actual castle, the building is beautiful and very atmospheric. The decor is mostly c.1990s set dressing but quite amusing and adds to the general character. Dinner was fine and breakfast generous except the coffee which could be improved. It was very cold when we stayed and the room was extremely well heated which was nice; only problem was the thermostat on the bathroom radiator didn’t work so it was on all night, making it so hot sleep was impossible!
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Lynne

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely castle stay.
Such a beautiful, relaxing stay. Lovely historic place. We stayed in a stable stateroom and it was genuinely lovely. We'll be back.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A treat that you will want to repeat.
A very interesting castle that houses beautifully prepared rooms, wonderful surroundings, excellent good and wonderful service. A treat that everyone with any sense or enjoyment of history will eat up. Very cheap and comfortable rooms with excellent facilities and a nice and quiet location. The Christmas decorations were also top notch.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

2/10 Terrible

Karen

Liked: Staff & service, amenities
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
First room was cold - window wouldn’t shut. Second room was too hot - couldn’t adjust radiator. Very tired decor.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Susan

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I stayed for 2 nights for a wedding. The staff work incredibly hard and the food is excellent. Rooms are a little dated and heating was all or nothing but it didn't greatly impact my stay.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Lucille

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The staff were excellent, professional and helpful. Keith was amazing as wedding coordinator/liaison. Andrew and Sean at Reception were great. There was also a young lady in the restaurant, (young with strawberry blonde hair)unfortunately i didn't get her name, but she was wonderful. My only recommendation would be that it is sometimes the "little things" that can detract from excellence. That said an ancient building must require continuous maintenance. All in, I would HIGHLY RECOMMEND Lumley Castle Hotel.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Wendy Howarth

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

ANDREW

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fantastic weekend, food and service truly amazing ! Love our stay and will be back.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely hotel
Lovely hotel in a great location. The food was excellent and nothing was too much trouble for the friendly, helpful staff. We will definitely visit again!
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2024

8/10 Good

Gerald

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
This is a lovely hotel with a wealth of history and about the only fault I can find with it is the relatively expensive but poor quality breakfast.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

8/10 Good

Paul

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Barrie, Washington

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Went here for 60th birthday celebration, we got in room early it was very nice intentional old fashioned feel. Stayed in castle part of building very quiet room, very warm. Had a few drinks and a bar snack at library bar very nice drinks later and the first round was on hotel for my birthday staff were excellent even got a late checkout. Fantastic day at Lumley Castle.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Stewart

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Bit of a let down
Business trip got there late left early
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

8/10 Good

Jade

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
This was our 2nd visit to Lumley Castle. We stayed in the courtyard again, but this time the room was on the ground floor. It was a much better room for us, my partner struggled with how dusty the room was last time as it had ceiling beams, this room had less places for it to collect so his allergies weren't triggered. Its a great place to stay, the staff are hardworking and friendly. The breakfast is fresh and hot. Theres plenty of parking, and its a fairly quiet place to stay. You can hear floorboards creaking when people are walking around but thats about it. We'll definitely be back as its such as good base to go exploring.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2024