Nether Edge Hotel (Sheffield)

...sort of dominated by the Nether Edge Taven next door, so we went right round to the bus terminus, as the driver didn't know where it was either and looked VERY CAREFULLY for our hotel, diving off the bus, almost literally, when my friend saw it!

At first glance it looks like quite a small place. According to the brochure blurb it's a mid-19th Century building and is privately owned. What it doesn't tell you in the brochure is that ...
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The Nether Edge Hotel can be found on Montgomery Road at Nether Edge. It's a five minute drive from the city centre and about 15 minutes from the M1 and Meadowhall and ten minutes away by car to the Peak District. There is private parking facilities to the rear which (the brochure says) is security lit.

Rooms available are single, double, twin and family, all are en-suite. Travel cots are available for babies on ... more

Well, I booked this hotel as the one I usually book (The Harley) was all full up, most likely because of the snooker bods staying in Sheffield this weekend. And I'm soooo glad I did!

As I don't go to this end of Sheffield much we had a little difficulty finding the place to start with. We were on the bus (the 22 services from High Street or the Peace Gardens goes that way) and although the bus stop is right outside the hotel itself, the building is set slightly back from the road and sort of dominated by the Nether Edge Taven next door, so we went right round to the bus terminus, as the driver didn't know where it was either and looked VERY CAREFULLY for our hotel, diving off the bus, almost literally, when my friend saw it!

At first glance it looks like quite a small place. According to the brochure blurb it's a mid-19th Century building and is privately owned. What it doesn't tell you in the brochure is that they are listed by the Yorkshire and Derbyshire TI and it is VERY well deserved! The place is lovely!

When we went into the reception area, our first impression was of a seaside B&B. It's not overrun by staff, which I could see may cause a problem if it got very busy. The staff that are there though are very friendly and helpful and the receptionist was very apologetic about the fact that she kept getting disturbed whilst trying to check us in. We thought that our room would maybe be up the stairs that were to our left when we entered the building, but we were wrong. The receptionist told us that our room was in 'The Annex' and proceeded to show us the way, after thoroughly explaining what to do if we had any problems, what time breakfast and check-out, etc, were, writing it all down for us and letting us pay.

The Annex is actually another house a couple of doors up the road from the main building of the hotel and is in the same style as the hotel. The house is divided up into rooms/suites. I say rooms/suites because we had a very pleasant surprise on opening our room door, having believed to have booked a double room with an en-suite bathroom. We had THREE ROOMS all to ourselves! I think it was actually a family room as opposed to a double, but we weren't complaining!

I really ought to add at this point that the receptionist demonstrated how to open the front door as it had a keypad lock to it. After showing us in, she left us in peace and I didn't see her again until the next morning.

The main bedroom had a double bed and single bed with television, tea/coffee facilities, phone, hair drier and loads of storage space had we been staying more than one night. The second bedroom had a single bed with a nice view over the back area and the bathroom had a shower (no bath), loo and sink. There were plenty of towels and small bars of soap and sachets of shampoo were also provided.

The rooms themselves were bright and airy and the main room had a thick net curtain over the window which allowed us to see out but nobody to see in from the outside. We had ample room to be able to tart up for our night out without constantly banging into each other!

After a lovely comfortable sleep (though a tad on the warm side) we were woken to the sound of birds singing and no traffic which was absolutely blissful!

Breakfast was in with the price but my friend, who doesn't really do food in the mornings, didn't partake. I like my nosh, so I wasn't passing up the chance of a morning nose-bag session! The meal comprised of fruit juice (orange or grapefruit), tea or coffee, a choice of three cerials, toast and either a full English (beans, tomatoes, sausage, bacon and fried egg) or a veggie option (no meat, has hash browns). I'm not a veggie either, so I went for the full English and very nice it was too!

We checked out just after ten and were not pestered at ten on the dot by people banging on the door for us to go so they could clean it!

The Nether Edge Hotel can be found on Montgomery Road at Nether Edge. It's a five minute drive from the city centre and about 15 minutes from the M1 and Meadowhall and ten minutes away by car to the Peak District. There is private parking facilities to the rear which (the brochure says) is security lit.

Rooms available are single, double, twin and family, all are en-suite. Travel cots are available for babies on request and the prices for rooms per night are as follows:

Single £35.00
Double £45.00
Twin £45.00
Family £22.50 per person

Group discounts are available.

There is also a public bar called the Barrel & Bottle which has live entertainment nights and a separate games room. The restaurant can seat up to 60 people and can be hired for private functions which the restaurant can do the catering for.

I'm not too sure on accessibility for the disabled, though. I noted that the Annex had a ramp, but this would be a bit invalid if a disabled guest had been put upstairs. I didn't see any lifts.

This hotel is not part of a huge, blank-faced chain. It is a small, privately run one, so as a consequence does not have many of the leisure facilities that large hotel chains have, but if you're looking for somewhere nice and quiet, away from it all but that is still a handy base for night-time shenanigans, this is it without a doubt!

 

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