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The Garden House Inn

3.0 star property
3-star inn near Durham Cathedral

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Restaurant
Exterior
Bar (on property)
Superior Suite, Ensuite | 1 bedroom
Lounge

Reviews

8.2 out of 10
Very good

Popular amenities

  • Parking included
  • Restaurant
  • Housekeeping

Explore the area

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Framwellgate Peth, Durham, England, DH1 4NQ
  • Place, Durham Castle
    ‪16 min walk‬
  • Place, Durham Cathedral
    ‪17 min walk‬
  • Place, Durham University
    ‪3 min drive‬
  • Airport, Newcastle (NCL-Newcastle Intl.)
    ‪42 min drive‬

Room options

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Superior Suite, Ensuite | 1 bedroom

Superior Suite, Ensuite

8.0 out of 10
Very good
(1 review)
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Double Bed and 1 Double Sofa Bed
  • Free WiFi

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Superior Double Room, Ensuite | 1 bedroom

Superior Double Room, Ensuite

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(1 review)
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed
  • Free WiFi

About the neighborhood

Durham

In Durham .You'll find Gala Theatre Durham and Crook Hall and Gardens within a 15-minute walk of this Durham inn. St. Nicholas Church and Durham Indoor Market are also within 2 miles (3 km).
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What's nearby

  • Crook Hall and Gardens - 10 min walk - 0.6 miles
  • Gala Theatre Durham - 15 min walk - 0.8 miles
  • Durham Castle - 16 min walk - 0.9 miles
  • Durham Cathedral - 17 min walk - 0.9 miles
  • Durham University - 3 min drive - 1.7 miles

Getting around

  • Durham Station - 9 min walk
  • Newcastle Intl. Airport (NCL) - 40 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪The Station House - ‬7 min walk
  • ‪Cosy Club - ‬13 min walk
  • ‪Head of Steam - ‬10 min walk
  • ‪The Waiting Room Durham Station - ‬8 min walk
  • ‪Ye Old Elm Tree - ‬12 min walk

About this property

The Garden House Inn

3-star inn near Durham Cathedral
There's a restaurant on site. WiFi is free in public spaces. Self parking is free.

This 3-star Durham inn is smoke free.

  • 4 guestrooms or units
  • No smoking on site
  • Dining venue
The Garden House Inn offers 4 accommodations. Housekeeping is provided daily.

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Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • Free self parking on site

Food and drink

  • A restaurant

Accessibility

  • No elevator

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; Check-in end time: 10:00 PM
Early check-in subject to availability

Check-out

Check-out before 10:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

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Renovations and closures

The following facilities or services will be unavailable from February 14 2022 to February 28 2023 (dates subject to change):
  • Daily housekeeping

Pets

  • No pets allowed

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.

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 and cash
Charges for extra guests may apply and vary according to property policy.
A cash deposit, credit card, or debit card for incidental charges and government-issued photo identification may be required upon check-in.
Special requests are subject to availability at the time of check-in. Special requests can't be guaranteed and may incur additional charges.
    This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business, or profession. This property accepts Visa, Mastercard, and cash.

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Frequently asked questions

How close is The Garden House Inn to the airport?

The Garden House Inn is 23.2 mi (40-min drive) away from the Newcastle Intl. Airport (NCL) airport, the closest popular airport to the property.

Does The Garden House Inn have an airport shuttle?

Airport shuttle services are not available at The Garden House Inn.

How close is The Garden House Inn to the beach?

This inn is 13.2 mi (27-min drive) from Hawthorn Hive Beach and 13.5 mi (29-min drive) from Blast Beach. Don't forget your sunscreen!

Does The Garden House Inn offer free breakfast?

The Garden House Inn does not offer free breakfast.

Is there a casino at The Garden House Inn?

No, there is no casino at this inn.

What time is check-in at The Garden House Inn?

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; Check-in end time: 10:00 PM.

Is there free parking at The Garden House Inn?

This inn offers free self parking.

Does The Garden House Inn have a pool?

The Garden House Inn does not have a pool.

Does The Garden House Inn have a restaurant?

Yes, there is a restaurant on site.

Does The Garden House Inn have a spa?

There are no spa services available at this inn.

How close is The Garden House Inn to downtown Durham?

The Garden House Inn is 0.6 mi away from Durham.

The Garden House Inn Reviews

Reviews

8.2

Very Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 64 out of 204 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 100 out of 204 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 31 out of 204 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 8 out of 204 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 204 reviews

8.6/10

Cleanliness

8.8/10

Staff & service

8.0/10

Amenities

7.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

Verified

6/10 Okay

Keith

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities

Redecoration

In need of redecoration. Wallpaper loose in bathroom noisy plumbing
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2021
Verified

8/10 Good

Maj-Britt

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

Dejlig oplevelse

Dejligt at sådanne steder stadig eksisterer og alt ikke er blevet revet ned og erstattet af anonyme hotelkæder. Vi havde et perfekt ophold med hyggeligt værelse, god pub mad og hyggelig stemning og ikke mindst venlig, imødekommende betjening fra start til slut. Tusind tak
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2021
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Sharon

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

Perfect for Durham visit

Brilliant weekend in Durham and this was a perfect place to stay. Far enough from the center to be too noisy but close enough to walk to the city centre and also the railway station. The rooms were very clean, the beds comfy and the staff were extremely helpful and friendly
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2021
Verified

6/10 Okay

Charles

Disliked: Staff & service
No food available,all of the draught beers were not available,the Inn closed at 10pm
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021
Verified

8/10 Good

Valerie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Had to change room bathroom not up to scratch
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2021
Verified

8/10 Good

James

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Al
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021
Verified

6/10 Okay

Joanne

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Good location, great staff

Great staff, professional and friendly. Good location, walking distance into town. The accommodation was clean but is very tired, needs a complete overhaul. The first room we were given didn't have a shower, the staff were good enough to swap our room with out question, however the shower in that room was very, very poor. Toilet made a loud noise when flushing, think its fair to say the accommodation needs re plumbing! Again although clean, carpets frayed, furniture tired. Upgraded mattress definitely needed.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2021
Verified

6/10 Okay

Ian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service

Dated. Give it a pass if I were you.

Not great. Failed on three counts. 1 -No working WIFI 2- Arrived at 18:00 on sunday evening. No food available. Bar was closing soon after. 3- room very dated. No temp control in room. Will not be revisiting or recommending.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021
Verified

8/10 Good

Arlene

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Generally a satisfactory place to stay. Clean, though not sure room carpet vacuumed regularly. Mattress was the worst part! Not sure it was a regular mattress. Felt like boards & slats were penetrating through to our bodies. But know covid pandemic has hurt business & not a lot of extra money to spend on updates. Very friendly. Miss the breakfast. Would stay again.
Stayed 18 nights in Aug 2021
Verified

8/10 Good

Sarah

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Really friendly staff and comforta le and quiet to sleep. Only problem was that the pressure in the shower was poor but i imagine theyll sort that at some point.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2021
Verified

6/10 Okay

Michelle

Disliked: Room comfort

Basic

Basic accommodation.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Hugh

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

Good times

We were met by the owner and we had a great chat on arrival. Really friendly and welcoming. We will definitely come again, if they’ll have us? 😉
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021
Verified

4/10 Poor

Sheila

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

Oh dear me .

I’m afraid to say in spite of the lovely lady who checked me in being super friendly, the Garden house Inn is more like the garden shed. Clearly they are having staffing problems and the entire place was in gloomy dismal darkness apart from the bedrooms being occupied. It’s in a very poor state of repair, in desperate need of decorating & most of all needs a thorough deep clean. You will see from the wall of the bathroom where dirty hands have lent across the bath to steady the person clambering into the shower. The shower is generally grubby, the shelves in the wardrobe just horrible and the paintwork on the window sill non existent. I was handed a small piece of wood to jam one window open and I used the waste bin to open the other one as neither window would stay open and it was an extremely hot evening. This should not have cost £85, more like £45 and that is purely due to the convenience of being within walking distance of the city centre .
Dirty handmarks on the wall as you climb in to use the shower
Grubby shower
Ughie inside of the wardrobe. I certainly wouldn’t put my clothes in here
Appalling state of the radiator .
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021
Verified

8/10 Good

Thomas

Nice Inn with a pizzaria in the other end, lovely wood fired oven
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021
Verified

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

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

Maybe once nice - but not now!

This is a poor hotel. It may once have been OK, but is now very tired. There are many issues with this place and few if any positives. 1) Parking. Much of the parking area has been given over to outside tables. When we arrived, two cars were parked that effectively used the whole car park. I parked on the road outside, which because it was after 2pm on Saturday, was free. At other times this is chargeable 2) The initial impressions are very mixed. There is no reception area, you have to go to the bar. The staff are friendly and helpful. BUT no one was wear masks. We were then told that although Breakfast is usually included, due to COVID this wasn't possible. There was no reduction in the room rate. It seems strange that an establishment should be able not to provide breakfast as a result of COVID, but on the other hand treat it so casually that none of the staff were masks. 3) The room was not large, but big enough. Although the bed linen, and towels were clean, the rest of the room wasn't. In particular, the handles of everything, doors, drawers etc, were extremely grimy. 4) The bathroom was the worst part of the room. In our bathroom, the shower fitting over the bath had been removed and blanked off - so no shower. The bath itself was old and the enamal had come off in several places and the bath panel was badly cracked. The toilet brush was disgusting. I wanted to raise my issues, but the next morning the only person I could find was the cleaner. We wont be back
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Parking was a little hit and miss as there were only 4 parking spaces, however, we were lucky each time we moved the car to get back in. The shower in the family room only trickles, but the water is red hot. Only coffee in the room, no teabags. Clean & tidy room and staff very pleasant
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2021
Verified

8/10 Good

Fergal

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service

Weekend in Durham

Located near the train station and a pleasant walk into the city, the Garden Room Inn is idealy placed for a short break or business travel. We enjoyed a lovely welcome on arrival and found the room to be clean and functional, that said, it would benefit from investment in a new mattress and upgrading the decor. The bathroom was clean but the loo made a loud noise when flyshed but the shower was excellent with good pressure. We returned to the hotel in the afternoon of our stay as the city was busy because of the bank holiday: we sat in the lovely garden space and enjoyed excellent food (amazing pizza's) and premium beers served by friendly staff who couldn't do enough for us.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2021
Verified

8/10 Good

Ian

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

Quick visit

5 mins walk from railway station, good location, comfortable room and was clean with helpful staff
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2021
Verified

8/10 Good

Simon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

University overnight stay

Overall we were happy with our stay. Room was good size and clean. Staff friendly and the pub was nice. The only negative point was the shower. It was either cold or extremely hot, and it wasn’t anywhere near powerful enough and the mixer tap leaked everywhere making the bathroom floor wet.
Stayed 1 night in May 2021
Verified

8/10 Good

Arthur

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

Durham City

Good small pub hotel not too far from town. Could do with a make over to improve stand of the room.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2020
Verified

6/10 Okay

Joanne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
On the whole the staff were very hospitable but the room needs some updating in order to make the accommodation more comfortable. The bathroom espically needs an overhaul for a good overall stay.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2020
Verified

10/10 Excellent

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Friendly staff and perfect for our stay
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020
Verified

4/10 Poor

Marilyn

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
The breakfast was good, the staff were really nice and helpful, the room was clean. However, the room was classed as a superior room.......my room was NOT superior. It was more like a standard to basic room. Bathroom ...the bathroom was dated especially the shower. Every time you flushed the toilet there was a lot of noise coming from the plumbing. The furniture in the bedroom was hand painted, poor mattress and cushion on the bed was frayed. I have never complained about a room before but sorry I expected more for a superior room.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020
Verified

8/10 Good

d

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely helpful staff, comfortable and very clean room and excellent food.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020
Verified

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Location was very good for Durham city just a walk away, and the fact you could come back and have a lovely meal enjoyed my stay.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2020