Battlesteads Hotel

We had a three week holiday touring Wales and England and booked into this hotel for just one night and after experiencing the best evening meal of our holiday we wished we had booked in for longer!! Breakfast too was excellent with a great variety of dishes to choose from. The bedroom was fairly basic but clean and comfortable. The staff were generally very friendly. The hotel has a very pleasant garden, part of it providing many of the food items. At the back of the hotel is an observatory where one can book a session for star gazing. Unfortunately on the night we visited the cloud was too thick to see anything but the lady leading the session was incredibly informative and taught us all a lot about the night sky even if we couldn’t see any stars!

Despite it being a cloudy night when we visited, Roy made our evening really memorable. He was a don't of knowledge and got everyone involved, offer practical tips and advice I have taken away to use in my own time. He kept a constant weather eye on the sky and when we did get a break in the clouds we were able to enjoy some amazing sights. Well worth a visit, thank you!

We picked Battlesteads on it fitting our criteria for dog friendly and having an EV charger in a last minute birthday night away. It ticked those boxes brilliantly. Easy charging and Merlin was right at home, and he's a fussy devil. The food was absolutely excellent and it was lovely having produce that was grown in the hotel's garden. We loved our one night and we have already recommended it to friends as a place to stay when visiting their daughter at Newcastle University. We'll be back soon too.