Lumley Castle Hotel

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May 2025

June 2025

Overview
Rooms
Location
Policies

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

Castle Twin Room

Sleeps 2
2 Twin Beds

Courtyard Feature room

Sleeps 2
1 Queen Bed

Courtyard Classic Room

Sleeps 2
1 Double Bed

Courtyard Superior Room

Sleeps 2
1 Double Bed

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

Castle Classic Room

Sleeps 2
1 Double Bed

Suite

Sleeps 2
1 Double Bed

The King James Suite

Sleeps 2
1 Double Bed

The Bishops Suite

Sleeps 2
1 Queen Bed

Castle Feature room

Sleeps 2
1 Double Bed

Single Room

Sleeps 1
1 Twin Bed

Similar properties

Parking included
Free WiFi
Restaurant
Breakfast available

for 1 room

includes taxes & fees

20 May - 21 May

About this property

Historic hotel with a 24-hour front desk and a restaurant

Along with a restaurant, this smoke-free hotel has a bar/lounge and a business center. Free WiFi in public areas and free self parking are also provided. Additionally, concierge services, laundry facilities, and a 24-hour front desk are onsite.

Lumley Castle Hotel offers 73 accommodations with safes and coffee/tea makers. Flat-screen televisions are featured in guestrooms.

Bathrooms include shower/tub combinations, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers. This Chester-le-Street hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Housekeeping is provided daily.

Our customers tell us 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 like 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 center 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 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

Heating
Iron/ironing board
Phone
Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: anytime

Contactless check-in available

Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM

Contactless check-out available

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: approximately GBP 23.95 for adults and 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 and debit cards; cash is not accepted

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

9.0

Wonderful

9.0/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

8.4/10

Amenities

8.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.2/10

Eco-friendliness

10/10 Excellent

Donna-Marisa

2 Feb 2025

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

Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Nadine

1 Feb 2025

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

5☆☆☆☆☆

Highley recommend. The staff where friendly ans helpful. Are room was amazing, beautifully decorated, comfy and clean. You can see the hard work, staff put into making the guests happy. We has an amazing time and plan to return

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Nicole

31 Jan 2025

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

Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Nicole

Travelled with family

30 Jan 2025

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

An incredibly countryside gem

I am from the US, but I found this place after discovering through Ancestry research that the Lumley family is in my family tree, and I found this castle in searching them and I wanted to see it, so we came. Lumley Castle is a unique and amazing gem. There is so much history. The reception desk sells a book about the history, which is definitely worth purchasing. We attended Burns Nights in Baron's Hall, and the event was wonderful, with great food and fun dancing afterwards. The event spaces are just beautifully maintained. Our Castle Classic room was small but beautiful. The tub was perfect and we took luxurious soaks. The little vanity area was a very nice touch. We thoroughly enjoyed our breakfast each day and we stayed for dinner one night as well. Afternoon tea on Saturday was fairly priced and the scones and cakes were delicious. The library bar has such a perfect vibe. I loved reading by the fire with a drink. We could not have had a better stay. Also, even though it is in the middle of nowhere, you can actually still get Uber Eats from the cities nearby. It felt a little odd to be texting my uber driver, I will meet you by the entrance to the castle, but alas, it worked out just fine.

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

27 Jan 2025

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

Stayed 5 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Chris

Business traveller

23 Jan 2025

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

Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

John

18 Jan 2025

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

A beautiful quirky hotel.

Do not be put off by the fact I gave it 4 stars for comfort - part of its charm is nothing is straight in the place. The windows, doors and often the floors are wonky. But is really is a fantastic place to stay. Where else are you going to walk through a wardrobe to your bathroom. Lovely None of the pics I uploaded do it justice

Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Craig

Business traveller

17 Jan 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Loved it

Very comfortable rooms and beds. Slept well. The serving staff at breakfast were a bit unprofessional discussing some internal hotel politics loudly which was a shame.

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Freddie

13 Jan 2025

Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

8/10 Good

JOHN

10 Jan 2025

Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Held together with steel tie bars....good job. Warm rooms, facilities excellent. Friendly staff.

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

PAUL

10 Jan 2025

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

Best stay yet - our annual wedding anniversarystay

Great stay - our annual trip to Lumley on our wedding anniversary. Staff thoughtfully got us a card too x

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Ashley

9 Jan 2025

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

Beautiful, welcoming and comfortable

What a building Lumley Castle is!!! Beautifully converted into a hotel keeping the originality of the castle, reception staff welcoming which was a theme continuing to the bar and waiting staff. Food and drinks were lovely and the room very comfortable, I will definitely be revisiting!

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

8/10 Good

Wendy Howarth

6 Jan 2025

Liked: Staff & service

Disliked: Cleanliness

Room needs some TLC , staff amazing

Check in wasn’t good , the directions to the room wasn’t clear, after 15 min of walking round the castle with two heavy bags we had to phone reception and ask them to come and help us . While walking round the castle we say lots and lots of dirty plates, cups glasses, left over food, outside peoples rooms and on windows sills. The stairs to our room were very difficult to get up. I ordered a bottle of bubbly and two glasses to the room as a SUPRISE for my husbands birthday. It never arrived even after me speaking to reception to ask if they could bring it up , when we checked out they tried to charge me for it. The room was dusty and the pot for tea coffee ect was absolutely filthy. Broken ornaments in the room, poor lighting , hardly any coat hangers, lack of attention to detail from house keeping, I would say, stains on the table and a very worn chair in the room. We stayed in the courtyard a few weeks ago and the room was amazing, we paid over £100 extra for this room and it was very poor. The staff are amazing, all extremely friendly, extremely helpful, polite, , the breakfast was very good , the cocktails in the library are lovely. We will definitely come back , but would only book to stay in the courtyard now, unless there is some updating work done in the castle rooms.

Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Mike

Travelled with partner

6 Jan 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Great place to stay great service clean

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Ian

4 Jan 2025

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

Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

8/10 Good

louise

2 Jan 2025

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

8/10 Good

Ryan

Travelled with family

1 Jan 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Cozy castle

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Stewart

30 Dec 2024

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Paul

Travelled with family

30 Dec 2024

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

Loved it

Me and the wife had a fantastic stay. Very friendly staff and a very comfortable bar area with open fire. Rooms were lovely and clean. Great experience.