Norbreck Castle Hotel, Blackpool

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Introduction ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Norbreck Castle Hotel has been in Blackpool a long time. I have been lucky enough to go to this hotel on several occasions and for many different reasons. Every occasion I have been to this hotel I have good and pleasant memories of it. I remember going ...
...some lovely memories of the Norbreck Hotel and I would not hesitate to recommend this hotel to you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Hotel ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The hotel has a lot of fairs and exhibitions taking place there and it is a lovely place to hold them. You always get a warm friendly greeting and the rooms are ...

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...read an opinion on the Norbreck Castle Hotel at Blackpool I realised that we weren’t the only people to be very disappointed with the place so I thought I’d let you know our experience of the place. First of all I will tell you a bit about the place. It is situated on the seafront at the far northern end of the promenade at Blackpool, so it is well out of town, which is great if you like to be away from the noise and commercialisation that is Blackpool. ...
...you might expect from the Norbreck Castle, now for the reality! Dave and I won a night’s stay here a couple of years ago as part of our prize from the Pleasure Beach to be amongst the first to ride Valhalla on it’s opening day. We had already booked a couple of nights at our favourite hotel The Imperial and this prize just happened to be the preceding night – how co-incidental can you get? We thought that we were extending our luxury break by an ...

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...it was a good size pool and there was a Jacuzzi. Overall I had a good stay at the Norbreck Caste Hotel, the rooms were clean, the staff was pleasant, there were good facilities, it was not far from the beach and it was excellent value for money. ...

Daniel1990 11.09.2007 · Read full review
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...it means that places like Norbreck Castle Hotel need to come across as even more attractive if they want to woo a percentage of Blackpools intake, and by making the prices as a cheap as possible in such a respect. It is this reason why I am so inclined to kick this place. On a positive note, you may be forgiven for saying that Norbreck Castle Hotel is relatively cheap for a large hotel (just cross the road and have a gander at how much the Hilton ...
...mean) and from the outside the hotel certainly looks attractive and grand (well from a distance anyways) but as my title suggests- bigger doesn't always mean better which will become apparent once you have checked in and received your keys. I have a fussy family and without trying to come across as shallow regarding the other places to stay in Blackpool we wanted a place that would be as enjoyable to stay in than the actual resort activities themselves ...

Joe-Collins91 18.06.2009 · Read full review
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I'm glad that I did not get to read any of the reviews before I went to this hotel, or see the Holidays from Hell programme the night before! The hotel can be found along the seafront, about three miles from the main centre of Blackpool, heading out towards Fleetwood. It is now under the Britannia hotels group and it is easily accessible by tram and bus. We used the trams the whole time instead of me driving all the time. My husband, my two youngest ...
...nights, after finding an advert which gave a special price of £35 per person dinner bed and breakfast per night. The two children were included free of charge, including their meals. The advert did state that the hotel was ungoing a £7million pound upgrade, and that some services may not be available. This did not deter us as we had plenty we were wanting to do in Blackpool itself. We arrived well before booking in time, and if we had needed to ...

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We went to blackpool to meet the father in law and brother in law for the weekend with the kids one 7 months and 1 3 years old. My wife had booked the hotel because it looked really decent on checking in. Well let me guide you throught the experience: Checking in at reception: This was actually ok, the staff were very friendly and the main reception looked really clean and organised. We checked in and booked the dinner sitting for £12.50 per head ...
...up to the room was one of those posh types that you get in five star hotels so was quite curious as to the room but the we got to the 5th floor. it was like one of those science fiction horror movies when you step out of an elevator into one of those caves filled with flesh eating alliens. It was dark and dingy with the paint coming off the wall. All I noticed as we went along the corridor was when people opened their doors to come out of their room ...

SIMONSD25 29.09.2005 · Read full review
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Firsty my partner who for a living visits the best 4* and 5* hotels all over the UK as either the guest of the hotel group or the local tourist board as she brings Russians to the UK to spend some of that money they make from oil. 9/10 times although invited to an area, she actually goes and makes the visit unannounced as a paying customer. Blackpool tourist board invited her to come to Blackpool as they thought her client group would want to come ...
...Ok that's the background and I went with her as the room she booked was priced per room not per person. She decided on this hotel as it was recommended by the tourist office as the sort of place perfect for the higher end holidaymaker. She was aware it was part of the Britania hotel group which included an awful central Manchester hotel which she has already removed from recommendations for Russian tourist due to the late night hookers knocking ...

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...Holidays and were given The Norbreck Castle as a dwelling place! I got onto the net and couldn't believe my luck when I was presented with beautiful pictures of a fantastic castle with amazing facilities! We travelled down on the coach looking forward to our stay at this amazing castle! The coach arrived and my jaw quite simply hit the floor. It looks like an eastern european prison. The driver on the coach then announced, "Oh, and by the way folks, ...
...In the back of The Norbreck Castle Hotel is a very well hidden, massive commune of Jews. Why? I have absolutely no idea. I personally have nothing against Jews or anything. But there was a remarkable number of them skulking around in secret at the back of the hotel. It was as if they were trying to hide - and every room they were in was emblazened with "KEEP OUT" signs. I was like the Gremilns movie, were a particuar type of being would hide away ...

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...ray of sunshine to the Norbreck Castle. You usually get a cheery greeting, but it doesnt really help too much when you do see the state of your expensive room. I must say also that now the gym has be refurbished, this is one of the enhanced features. The pool isnt very big, but it does look quite stylish and relaxing. Prices at the norbreck castle start from £30 per night for the little single box rooms in low season (any time that isnt christmas, ...
...suite and family rooms. All in all, its ok if you like that sort of thing. I wasnt too struck and quit working there after 1 month. I expect it has changed since I worked there, and I am not trying to make out that this is the worst hotel to stay in in Blackpool. Believe me there's worse! I dont think its excellent value for money. Its away from the busy town centre though so if you want a relaxing holiday where you can get some sleep at night, ...

la_chique 11.11.2005 · Read full review
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...two-night weekend break at the Norbreck Castle Hotel in Blackpool through National Coach Holidays on 19 November 2004. The brochure described the break as being ‘All inclusive’ and we looked forward to fact that we would be able to drink copious amounts of alcohol for free (and why not!). We paid £89.00 for two night’s dinner, bed and breakfast with drinks also included from 7.30pm – 10.30pm in one of the three bars in the hotel. When we arrived ...
...of our stay at the Norbreck Castle Hotel was our food, we missed the dinner on the first night but had a full english breakfast both mornings and dinner for one evening which we enjoyed. All in all we enjoyed the break, as we always do, and made the most of it but we probably wouldn’t stay at Norbreck again, we found Blackpool on the whole quite expensive and the hotel mediocre. ...

LeahMartin 23.11.2004 (31.12.2004) · Read full review
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I went to the Norbreck Castle hotel with my boyfriend for a cheap holiday before we depart ways for university. When we arrived the receptionist who was a youngish man with a sty above his eye, told us that we hadnt booked in through the system and that the printed out details from a email was only a garauntee not a confirmation. We told him that the money had been taken out of my boyfriends mums account and so it was more than a garauntee. He disappeared ...
...tell us that he wasnt dealing with it anymore and walked off to other customers. In the mean time three customers had come downstairs saying they couldnt get into their room with a key. I was starting to get worried. Another receptionist came out of the back office to tell us that everything was ok and that we had been upgraded so we now had a jacuzzi. We thought that this was a polite thing to offer us and decided not to make a complaint about ...

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We made the terrible mistake of not reading the (mostly) accurate disparaging reviews of this awful hotel and booking a 3 night stay there at the last minute. Once we had waited an hour for the check-in queue to die down we were allocated a room right next to the extractor fans of the attached bar. When we asked for a replacement the next room was also next to hotel aircon fans (with the place being almost full we must have been given the "in desperation" ...
...he'd hoped for and were initially only given a refund for the second and third nights, the first being non-refundable. However Wor Lass being of no-nonsense Yorkshire stock insisted on seeing the manager and they caved and gave a full refund (he wouldn't come out). Other guests we spoke to were having a horrible time - banging pipes, people shouting to each other at 4am from rooms either side of them (honestly, we can't make this stuff up!), yet ...

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...of us have used the Norbreck Hotel. 2 carers and 2 disabled service users, and we can't fault the hotel at all, apart fromt he first time where centre booking had forgot to bok us into the disabled rooms, but since it was an over night stay we coped as best we could. This time we all went from the Saturday to the Monday. Now personally I couldn't fault the hotel, after all its a place to lay your head after being out all day, and the staff are ...
...trams are a great invention, and cheap mode of transport, its just a pity that again chair users can't use these facilities. Norbreck we will sing your praises to all who will listen and keep doing so. Well done for making our weekend as enjoyable as it was. ...

Margiepants 23.09.2008 · Read full review
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...impossible to find on the norbreck website. I honestly feel the only reason this hotel is still there, is the massive events it stages, in its conference facilities, and people will pay for the convenience. Will I go back.............I'd like to say no.....but......if the event goes back there I may, but at least I will know what to expect this time, and will certainly not book any extra days like i did this time. ...

gingerking69 23.08.2003 · Read full review
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Myself and my family stayed at the Norbeck last week. The hotel was under alot of construction work for the high season period, non of which was mentioned whilst booking. We stayed there for 2 nights, and they were the worst 2 nights we have ever had.... The temperature throughout the building was soooo hot, we sat at dinner exhausted from the heat looking around at everyones red faces. The nights were unbearable so I soaked towels to cover the untouchable ...
...said they would... but didnt, later discovered they couldnt as OAP's and disability guests were staying so it had to be on full! The room which we stayed in was dirty, bath had cracks in, wardrobe falling to bits, and the wondows were so dirty it looked constantly misty outside. All of blackpool was closed down as it was not in season, grrr just a waste of money and time. We ended up going to fleetwood and shopping, something of which we could of ...

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