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The Merlin

2.5 star property

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Front of property
Reception
Double Room | Iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets
Bar (on property)

Reviews

5.8 out of 10

Popular amenities

  • Housekeeping
  • Breakfast available
  • Free WiFi

Explore the area

Map
2 Charnley Road, Blackpool, England, FY1 4PF
  • Winter Gardens
    3 min walk
  • Albert's Ale Microbar
    2 min walk
  • Blackpool North Station
    12 min walk
  • Blackpool (BLK-Blackpool Intl.)
    14 min drive

Room options

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Iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Family Room

  • Sleeps 7
  • 2 Double Beds, 1 Single Bed and 1 Single Bunk Bed

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Iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Double Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Triple Room

  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed and 1 Single Bed

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Twin Room (Shared Bathroom) | Iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Twin Room (Shared Bathroom)

  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Single Beds

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Double Room (Shared Bathroom) | Iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Double Room (Shared Bathroom)

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Family Room (Shared Bathroom)

  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Double Bed and 2 Single Bunk Beds

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Iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Triple Room

  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed and 1 Single Bed

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Iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Family Room

  • Sleeps 7
  • 1 Double Bunk Bed, 2 Single Beds and 1 Double Bed

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About this property

The Merlin

Guesthouse in Blackpool, a short walk to Winter Gardens
This smoke-free guesthouse features free WiFi in public areas. Bathrooms are shared.
The Merlin offers 17 accommodations with free toiletries. Guests can surf the web using complimentary wireless Internet access. Guests have access to shared bathrooms. Bathrooms include a shower. An iron/ironing board and hairdryers can be requested. Housekeeping is provided on a daily basis.
During your stay at The Merlin, you're just a quick walk from Winter Gardens. You'll find features such as free WiFi in public areas and breakfast (surcharge).
  • Free WiFi
  • Full breakfast served daily for a fee
  • Services include luggage storage
  • Just a 3-minute walk from Winter Gardens and 7 minutes on foot from Blackpool Tower
WiFi is free in public spaces.

This Blackpool guest house is smoke free.

For a fee, guests can enjoy a full breakfast daily from 8:30 AM to 10:30 AM.

Languages

English

Property amenities

Internet

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

Parking and transport

  • No on-site parking available

Food and drink

  • Daily full breakfast available 8:30 AM to 10:30 AM for a fee: GBP 5 for adults and GBP 3 for children

Conveniences

  • Luggage storage

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)

More

  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • 3 shared bathrooms (in-room sinks)
  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer (on request)
  • Shower
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • TV

Food and drink

  • Electric kettle

More

  • Heating
  • Iron/ironing board on request

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2 PM; check-in end time: 8:00 PM
Late check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age - 18

Check-out

Check-out before 10:30 AM

Special check-in instructions

There is no front desk at this property

Pets

  • No pets allowed

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.
  • Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
  • Cots (infant beds) are not available.

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 full breakfast: from approximately GBP 5 for adults and from GBP 3 for children

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 does not have a front desk.

Property is also known as

Merlin Guesthouse Blackpool
Merlin Blackpool
The Merlin Blackpool
The Merlin Guesthouse
The Merlin Guesthouse Blackpool

The Merlin Reviews

Reviews

5.8
Rating 10 - Excellent. 18 out of 86 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 15 out of 86 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 17 out of 86 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 7 out of 86 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 29 out of 86 reviews" "

5.4/10

Cleanliness

6.4/10

Staff & service

5.2/10

Amenities

4.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

4.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Anne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2024

6/10 Okay

Phil

Travelled with group
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
For £20 for me and a m8 for one night you can't complain really, but they need to get new beds or mattresses, they were bloody torture, I didn't get much sleep.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

8/10 Good

CLAIRE

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Comfy and cheap
A little shabby, but thats to be expected at such low prices - friendly & helpful and the bed was really comfy which is the main thing really!
Stayed 1 night in May 2024

2/10 Terrible

Marcus

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

6/10 Okay

Whalley Villa Holiday Pa

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
A room
It’s a room at the end of the day. If u want amazing go to Dubai or something.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

2/10 Terrible

Stephen

Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2024

2/10 Terrible

Andrew

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Never Again!
this was a terrible place, stayed 4 days and got covered in bites from the bed bug infested dirty bed. place is dirty, outdated and needs a complete overhaul to be even satisfactory.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Andrew

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stay was good bar area in my eyes is to dark and dingy the staff all overly friendly
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Super Budget Friendly Hotel
The couple who worked there were lovely, couldnt fault them at all. For a SUPER budget hotel the amenities in the room were surprising. Free tea and coffee and a kettle, a TV. Soap, towels, were all really unexpected but a great addition. Location is brilliant, just off the main centre so quiet enough to be just outside the action for a quiet nights sleep (as long as the people in the rooms next to you SHUT UP!) Over all, pleasant for £17 a night. The ONLY thing I would say is watch out for bed bugs :'( we found one and a few blood stains on the bedding. (Id sleep in a bin bag it doesnt bother me) But for those who are precious about this, just be aware :) The matress was a bit hard too but like I said, 17 im not expecting a cloud.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2023

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Dont stay until you read.
the shared shower was filthy and would of taken well over an hour of cleaning to get it up to any standard of use. Also there was no sink to wash your hands after using toilet so your hands would remain unwashed until you got back to your room. the bannisters couldn't possibly be sanitised as all guests would have had to use it with unwashed hands after toilet. Nasty.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2023

8/10 Good

Johanna

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Despite not being able to reach this hotel by phone the new landlady was very nice and helpful. Room was adequate for our one night stay and beds comfy. Clean towels provided and tea making facilities (though our kettle didnt work). It was clean but there was no breakfast as stated on the booking and she was waiting for her bar licence to come through so not available for our stay. Only 6 min drive to Pleasure Beach which was our reason for visiting Blackpool.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

6/10 Okay

Michael

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Tariq

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Great
Great service bit noisy.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2023

10/10 Excellent

M

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

8/10 Good

Calvin

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
My stay was nice apart from my room it was cold
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2022

6/10 Okay

Hollie

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

leanne

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

2/10 Terrible

Stephen

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

4/10 Poor

Phillip

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Basic
It was very basic but not athsteticly pleasing not comfy. The shower was absolutely filthy and un-usable.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2022

8/10 Good

Amber

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022

4/10 Poor

dave

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hotel Horror
Not a very nice hotel run by people not experienced in hotel management, rooms dated poor décor
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

2/10 Terrible

Tracey

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Not worth the money
The hotel was filthy, light bulb missing so got one but wouldn’t work. The shower tray was full of dirt, toilet was dirty bed was very uncomfortable you could feel every spring. Would not recommend to anyone and would definitely not stay again.
Stayed 1 night in May 2022

6/10 Okay

Joyce

Stayed 1 night in May 2022

2/10 Terrible

Mark

Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
😡
Arrived at site to find hotel staff very drunk halls of hotel had a bad smell of drugs room had bad smell of damp never stay at this hotel all in all very poor for the price
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2021

4/10 Poor

John

Liked: Cleanliness
Noisy
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2021