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The following was posted on the Facebook group, "Uncanny Fans - Your Stories" by Ren Smallcalder, on behalf of Rick Hambleton; "I used to work at The George Hotel, on King's Road [sic -Street] in Reading, Berkshire. The facades date from the 18th century but it was first mentioned in 1423 as a coaching Inn. Narrow corridors, low ceilings, oak beams running everywhere, uneven floors and leaded glass. There is even a triangular stool on display said to be used by Charles Dickens on a stay there.
I heard a tale about a scrap between Cavaliers and Roundheads in the small cobbled courtyard, but people like to tell tales. Like the staff at the hotel, especially the night porters. There were many tales told of cold spots, figures stood by bedsides, the smell of burning near where the honeymoon suite once was, before it was destroyed in a fire. The upstairs conference room was supposedly an uncomfortable place to be alone in. The place certainly lends itself to be a place where the unsettling occurs and one does feel the need to check behind oneself when walking down the corridors, but my real goosebumps manifested several years after I'd finished working there.
It started one dull midweek night when the fish'n'chip restaurant I cooked in, within the hotel, was almost devoid of custom. I left the kitchen, in chef whites, to go to the bar room next door, styled as a pub called 'The Cock & Bull' to get a soft drink. It was busy in there. I couldn't go behind the bar so waited for the barman to finish serving a customer.
Sat at the bar was an interesting looking man. He had collar length grey hair, swept back, and a bushy handlebar moustache, a bit like Charles Dickens himself. His clothes too were old fashioned I think perhaps tweed. But his face looked quite young so I wondered why he was dressed like he was. Perhaps an actor still in costume or a rich eccentric? He looked a bit miserable and when he turned to look at me he didn't seem pleased to find me staring at him. So I did that thing where you try to pretend you were actually looking anywhere else but where you were.
I was saved by the barman who poured me my Fanta. I glanced back at the man but he was gone. I got called back to cook an order and so only gave a cursory look about to see if I could see the fellow again but he'd gone.
So now on to those several years later ...
I became friends with someone who had also worked in the George but after I'd left. When we found out we'd both worked there we inevitably got onto the subject of the ghost stories people had told about the old place. She said she’d not had any strange experiences herself, but told me about one that a manager had told her about. He gone into the bar early one morning to cash up a till from the previous night. As he was dealing with money he made sure all the doors were locked. He was all on his own, apart from a man who suddenly appeared and walked across the room towards the exit. The manager was surprised but attempted to talk to the man asking him how he got in and that they weren't open. But the man ignored him and just carried on walking towards the entrance area. He rounded the corner out of sight so the manager left the bar to let him out. Except he wasn't there. Not by the door, not in the toilets, not hiding anywhere just gone. She described what he said the man looked like [and it matched what he had seen earlier.]"

Sadly, my hope that the Priory Bay Hotel on the Isle of Wight will reopen soon seems unlikely based on recent photographs

An inadvertent omission from my inventory was the Ship Hotel in Brancaster; this is from my book on the ghosts of the region; "In May 2010, and after a 7 month, £500,000 refurbishment, it was announced that The Ship Hotel, which dates back to the mid/late 18th century would be re-opening. In the resultant press coverage it was revealed that the establishment was haunted by Lord Nelson’s nanny! It is noted that around the time of the death of his mother, Nelson’s father employed a nurse in 1767 to look after his younger children; the nurse was Mary Blackett, and she later married John High, the landlord of The Old Ship Inn in Brancaster.
A witness to the ghostly phenomena was Chris Smith, who took temporary charge of the premises when the proprietor, his sister, went on holiday in November in the late 1990s. Although on his own, Chris had two pet Alsatians and the pub was quiet, except at weekends when the clientele picked up. At locking up time, Chris felt that he was not alone. His dogs were unsettled but he wasn’t frightened. Then, he saw a shape which he realised later was Nelson’s nanny. He described the apparition to this author; “[it was] more like a silhouette in slow motion dressed in a full dress to the floor ... she was in no hurry to leave the room.” He was to see the same figure on a few more occasions, and again, his dogs were perturbed but he didn’t feel endangered. There was to be another unexplained incident in the pub; 'by the toilet door was a wooden unit with an ornament on it ... When l came down and opened up the following morning that ornament was on the bar l didn’t move it and no one else was there !! It happened many times.'"
I have been unable to find out if anything still occurs here.

Another hotel that seems to have re-opened recently (perhaps after a refurbishment?) and hence is not in my book is The Bull Hotel in Ludlow. My notes say that, 'The discovery of a priet's hole found in a fireplace during rebuilding work in the 1960s prompted ghostly activity including items being moved, glasses coming off shelves, footsteps and the sensation of being tapped on the arm or grasped on the shoulder by ... something. There is also the ghost of an elderly woman here too (though she may be the one seen next door at St Lawrence's Church), and odd shadows have been seen. Room 3 has the ghost of a little girl, known as "Gertie".' Landlord Robert Filbrandt told me on August 1st 2020, "The Bull has most definitely had and still has unexplained happenings, of which have been more often recently." I was unable to find out anything more.

An additional hotel that seems to have re-opened/refurbished (along with a change of name) is the Cartologist at the Garden House in Durham. My notes say that, "A frightening experience happened to a cleaning lady in room 3 but details are lacking. However, it is known that the bed looked like it had been sat on even when it was unoccupied. A young girl in old-fashioned clothes has been seen in the bar. The original entrance to the bar was the location where a cough or sigh was heard."

Sarah Murrell told me of her time at the Deans Place Hotel in Alfriston, which is currently closed till January 2025; "When I worked there between 2002-2005 [I was] on the reception. A man complained that someone was typing in the room above him on a type writer during the night. I assured him there was no room above his only the attic. He complained and said it kept him awake through the night and was sure it was above him. I think it was a ghost up in the attic."

Author Ruth Roper Wylde's research into The Globe (a venue new to me) in Wells-next-the-Sea can be found here

Helen Cooper Turner emailed me about The Yew Tree in Manuden; "20 some years ago I stayed there in the attic room and was “visited” by an old lady during the night who proceeded to try and pull the covers off my bed. When I told the landlady she admitted to me the pub was haunted by 2 ghosts - a Cavalier and an old lady, whom I can describe to this day."

Ali Stangoe emailed me to say that she stopped at Hartington Hall in 2003 on a school trip aged about 10; "I believe this happened on the very first night there, but at some point in the middle of the night, I woke up with a start and was about to close my eyes and go back to sleep when I saw a woman standing [and] looking out the window, quite casually. She was not fully transparent, more translucent, with clear whitish outlines of her body, which tracks with other encounters I have had elsewhere. I couldn’t place her in any sort of time period based on what I saw, because I was very scared and this all happened in a matter of seconds!! Nor could I say how old she appeared. But she seemed to be wearing an old nightgown, though it could have been a long dress, and I thought she was maybe wearing glasses. She also seemed to be carrying something, but I really can’t remember what it was anymore. Anyway, I don’t know if I made a noise or something, or possibly it was just coincidence, but she suddenly turned and stared right at me. And she had a stern face, I remember that vividly. It sent chills down me. I thought I was going to die. But bizarrely, just as she seemed to take a step towards me, a much, much fainter shape (it was more transparent, and I don’t have as vivid a picture in my mind of it but I know I felt very strongly that it was a fat man) seemed to float towards her and then through her. And I closed my eyes in a panic and when I opened them, they were gone. I theorised that it was maybe two unrelated hauntings from two different moments in time, as I think the man seemed to be in more old-fashioned dress than the woman. But obviously I can’t be sure of anything ... several of us had corroborating stories, that we had seen glimpses of very similar things."

Barcaldine Castle gets a mention in The Metro newspaper; "Today, guests at Barcaldine Castle have reported experiencing flashing lights and a strange pressure on their legs, which is thought to be the spirit of Duncan. Photographs taken in the property are also said to ‘sometimes display unexplained blueish outlines." There is obviously some confusion here as to whether it is Donald Campbell or his brother Sir Duncan who is the ghost (my book says that it is Donald, who was killed by Stewart Appin in the Massacre of Glencoe.

An update on The Crown in Downham Market is on my West Norfolk page

Chanel Smith writes to tell me of a new venue, the Stanbrook Abbey Hotel in Callow End; "I got married there in 2018 and the history is very rich. My husband and I used to play snooker and pool in the games room down in the basement and we’ve had experiences of someone/something moving the pool stick chalk but that’s just us and not the main story here. During our stay in 2018 the staff members had told us that they had repeatedly saw either a woman or a nun (I think it was a nun but this was years ago to recall now) walking through the cloisters, with the floor being waist high on the figure (I’m assuming following maybe an original floor plan?). Apparently, this was a common occurrence and sighting. The more original parts of the hotel do have a creepy vibe and multiple “cold spots” as felt myself."

The Green Dragon in Hardraw was featured in The Yorkshire Post which included an interview with former owner Mark Thompson, who was the proprietor from 2001-23, who revealed more details during his time. He said that he and his partner were taking all the existing 70s paraphernalia out, polishing everything when the spirits started to appear. He said, "“They come at different times, if you believe in these things they come at a time when they feel comfortable. We had one behind the bar, who was a boy, we had one in the graveyard. The boy was there for many many years. There used to be a little marble or glass ball, we were sitting [at the bar] at night before we went to bed at one or two in the morning after everybody had gone. The ball would regularly come down and it would turn right on its own and disappear. We loved all of that. We talked to them." Mr Thompson also talked of the time when he would put the music up loud at about 2am, relaxing with a couple of pints of beer when CDs would start to fly a little bit. Talking of the flying discs, he said, "as we walked in there was a pile of CDs on the counter and they went up in the air, left and right, and at the same time down, it was like a six handed poltergeist, a massive force." The 'boy ghost' would also like to turn the volume of music up and down; Thompson gave a mild rebuke to the ghost when the sound was reduced and the volume turned up a bit and eventually a compromise on a mutually acceptable sound level was reached. There was another time that he found himself unable to open a door until his partner opened it for him. A customer who talked about his disbelief in ghosts had his pint of Guinness taken from his hand, and it hovered in mid air for three seconds and then smashed on the floor. The current owner of the inn, Andrew Hields, also told the press that while he hadn't experienced anything himself, some of his staff have heard their names called out when they were in a room by themselves. They'd also seen an individual "at an unsociable" hour and had followed them into the next room but they were no longer there. The current proprietor also said there were about 5 ghosts, two children and three adults. Intriguingly, he said they had CCTV things of certain "unexplainable" things.

Over the weekend of October 25th-29th 2024 my wife and I stopped at the Red Lion Hotel in Colchester for my birthday weekend and I couldn't resist asking a few questions of the staff.
Peter is one of the receptionists who works in the evening. He has worked at the hotel for 3 years and said that when he started there was lots of "stuff" happening, but now there is not so much. He told me of some of the reports, including first hand experiences. He said that two years ago in February, he and a fellow colleague were having a smoke outside the main entrance when a black shape passed by them, entering the hotel. 6 weeks before our conversation, (c. mid September), Peter was having his meal in the bar area when he heard a cough and when he looked up through the window he saw what he thought was a grey woman passing down the stairs. A check revealed no one there. Looking back, he says that the shape wasn't so clearly defined as he originally thought and was more misty.
When I told Peter about the cushions being stacked in the bar he said that furniture has also been found turned around; it also in the bar/restaurant that the door to the kitchen has been seen to swing back and forth as if someone invisible is passing through. It is also in the area below Alice's room that he says is cold and invokes a feeling of static electricity (I felt the cold myself). Peter also said that a figure has been seen walking past the bar but I could get no more details. It also here that champagne glasses have been unaccountably broken.
Between the reception and a small lounge area are a series of cupboards and Peter felt a static shock and recoiled as if someone had walked through him.
Peter also said that TVs have been known to turn themselves on, usually between 2 and 3am; he also said that in one room where this happened, the TV had been unplugged.
As for other rooms; Room 7 is supposed to be the most haunted, and Peter has felt an unusual cold in there and an "odd feeling"; these have also been noted in room 5. Room 2 has had the window fly open "with a whoosh" and one time, a guest arrived back at his room to find the door open and the TV on. Fearing an intruder, the man asked reception to check but nothing was amiss. Peter told me that Alice has an aversion to "macho men" - and this matches the description of this guest.

The next staff member I chatted to was Chris, who seems to be another late night receptionist but also seems to be a handiman. He had had less experiences, but talked of rattling pans in the kitchen, and being startled by a noise behind him and finding a pan on the floor. He was alone on both these occasions but initially thought it was a prank by Peter, but he was elsewhere.
Chris told me that on the time they had ghost hunters in. They were in The Tudor Room (a function room just off the landing of the entrance staircase) and they had propped the door open with a small stool. After they had left, Chris was tidying up and he saw something out of the corner of the eye and then the door slammed shut. Something had moved the stool. Again, Chris was on his own at the time.

The housekeeping staff had heard stories but nothing concrete and advised I speak to Ingrid, who is the main receptionist during the day. Ingrid confirmed that room 10 was the one with the rocking chair although it is no longer in there. The TV set has been known to turn on so often that guests have unplugged it. Ingrid seemed sceptical that the TV turned itself on when unplugged, but Chris had heard this story too. In a slight modification to Peter's story, the TVs come on at any time, even during the day, but usually between 2 and 4am. Ingrid talked of kettles coming on and boiling by themselves.
Guests complained when they checked into room 3 and found their pillows stacked under the window. Ingrid had checked the room after housekeeping had done their job and nothing was out of place.
A guest in room 5 reported the sensation of someone seated on their bed.
"Alice" has been blamed for putting people's possessions in drawers in rooms 6 and 10; Ingrid told me that guests returning to their room were angry to find their watch had gone missing. It had been placed on the table but was missing. They were indignant when they were asked to check the drawers as they knew they had not put anything in them but when they checked - the watch was there.
The door to the reception opens by itself and Ingrid just issues a cheery "Hello!"
A Japanese man staying in room 7 was so perturbed by the bathroom door opening and closing during the night, and the TV turning on that he slept in the bar area. A lady in room 6 (which has a connecting door to room 7) had a sleepless night with the drawers opening that again she slept in the bar.
In Ingrid's opinion, the bar/restaurant is the most haunted area. She was passing through the restaurant and she noticed that despite it being daytime, the room was dark. It lightened up a bit and she turned to look back into the restaurant where she saw a completely opaque black mass between the tables. She spoke out to the "whatever" saying that she meant no harm to "it" and it vanished and the room returned to its normal state.
Also in the bar, there have been sightings of a 6 foot tall man in an "old hat." There also used to be a visitor who would occasionally visit for a small glass of whisky at the bar. Eventually, he stopped coming and staff thought that he had died. After a little while, an employee was passing through the room and saw the familiar man at the bar seated on a stool. Saying that she would be attending to him soon, she turned away and then looked back - and he was gone. There was no where he could have gone. It was found out that he had indeed passed away.

John, the chef, had an interesting experience some 5 or 6 years previous to our chat. He was on bar duty in the early hours of the morning when the door bell rang (the door is locked late at night). He went down and found a couple; the lady was desperate to use the toilet and John led her upstairs while her partner stayed outside. When the woman emerged from the bar toilets, she mentioned about the "young boy" in there. John went in and found no one in there.

Ingrid provided an information sheet on the hotel's history. It gave the story above of Alice Catherine Miller, who had been resident since 1632 when she was "foully done to death" by her wealthy land owner lover, who fled to France. Other ghosts include a well dressed man, two children and a monk. An additional information sheet said that there had been 3 main sightings. Alice was murdered in 1638 and reports of her date back to the 1800s; her ghost so terrified the owner that he had the door to her old room bricked up (this door is still visible above the bar but is now sealed up and being so high up, is inaccessible anyway). Guests have reported seeing Alice mostly in rooms 5,6 and 10 and in the kitchen and walking to her old room. The rocking chair story above is recounted, but in this version it was an assistant manager in an unspecified room who felt a "strong bolt of electricity" through his body which woke him up and then the woman materialised. The information sheet talked of a hooded monk, seen mostly in the early hours and is thought to be the one who saved children from a fire but perished himself. The other ghost is that of a small boy seen numerous times in the Parliament room (the restaurant), mostly by children.
Our own experiences:
We stopped in room 9, which is next door to No.10. It is a small room, and has a closed cupboard and a fireplace (now sealed) shared with 10. When we checked in, the kettle was constantly clicking, although the switch was not depressed. We unplugged it and after we replugged it, the noise stopped. In the early hours of the first full morning, the TV turned itself on. The remote control was a little distance away and could not have been touched. Also, on another time, my wife and I had left the room for a few hours to do some sight seeing and as is usual, we left the TV on for our dog. On our return, the TV was off. We thought that they were equipped with a standby timer, but Peter told me that this was not the case. My wife also keep the TV on for the whole evening while she read a book and it did not turn off on that occasion.
We also had problems with our phones, something alluded to by Ingrid. When our phones were not plugged in, they drained at an incredible rate while in the hotel. They were also markedly more slower to charge too. (I had seen the same effect in another haunted hotel).
On the last night, I was in bed watching TV when the room suddenly became a lot darker. I asked my wife (who was reading) if she had turned the bedside light off and she said it had been off for ages. The main light was out and the curtains were closed.
Our dog was also fixated by a sealed cupboard next to the window, though she could have been more interested in the sounds outside. She also suffered from an unnaccountably bad stomach, being sick many times on the last morning. This is probably not paranormal, but is mentioned here for completeness. Incidentally, when I talked to Ingrid about this the only incident that she mentioned regarding dogs was the time a pet hound followed someone invisible down the stairs.

The Bristol World website gives some more details on the Arnos Manor Hotel; "The building dates back to 1760, and had a chapel run by nuns as a local school. It is said that one of the nuns fell pregnant and committed suicide. To conceal the scandal, her body was bricked up in an alcove by the other nuns. The hotel was damaged by a bomb in WWII, and her skeleton was discovered by workmen who were carrying out some repairs. The bones were hid elsewhere and since, figure in brown is said to roam the hotel, especially room 160. There has been poltergeist activity and guests have reported being pinned down by an unknown person, feeling pressure on their chests and seeing figure rise as if climbing stairs that don't exist."

The Northern Echo tells us of a new hotel, The Black Horse in Beamish. Unusually, the pub/hotel advertises its ghost on its website, saying "No country pub would be without its ghost and the Black Horse is no exception. When George Ridley went missing in 1803 nobody knew what had happened to him until he was spotted roaming the corridors of the Black Horse pub during the early hours of the morning. The first record of his presence dates back to 17th November 1807 when his imposing white figure appeared to be peering over the body of his sleeping fellows and children. There have been numerous accounts of his presence in the Black Horse. Some more recent ones state they have seen him smash beer glasses in front of their eyes, doors mysteriously slamming, muddy boot-prints over freshly mopped floors, and other baffling happenings late at night after the pub doors are closed to the public. Nobody yet knows how the death of George Ridley came about, but after further investigating the building history, we found that he used to live there with his wife and nine children and another family. Both of which were involved in the coal industry and worked down a local mine."

David Lunn stopped at the Fleece Inn in Haworth on December 14th/15th 2024. He and his wife stopped in room 1 and were awakened at 4am by someone walking across the floor but she said this had been going on for two hours at this point. Staff say that the ghost of a woman who was mistreated by her husband has been seen in the corridor on the first floor and has also been observed in room 3 (next door to room 1).

A new hotel - The Dirty Bottles in Alnwick. The Northumberland Gazette reports from the landlord, "Customers staying in the hotel have reported in the guest book on several occasions of torches flashing, feelings of being possessed, objects flying across the room and even of a highland man standing at the bottom of their bed." It is thought that this man could be a previous landlord who, according to legend, dropped dead after moving two bottles in the window in 1725. The bottles were proclaimed to be cursed by his widow and have lain untouched behind a pane of glass in the window ever since.

The Manchester Evening News gives us more details of The Castle Hotel in Conwy; "To this day, staff report hearing footsteps in vacant rooms, pictures along one corridor being mysteriously moved so they no longer hang straight, and lights that had been switched off inexplicably flickering back on."

"The Olde Bucks Head" in Shropshire is now called "Yak and Yeti."

"The De Rougemont Hotel" in Kent is now closed.

"The Churston Court Hotel" in Devon is currently being refurbished, scheduled to reopen in the summer of 2025.

"The Castle Hotel" in Huntly is currently being refurbished, scheduled to reopen in 2025.
Similarly, The Kings Head in Wye will reopen in 2025.
After much dithering, I have concluded that The Bellingham Hotel in Wigan is definitely closed.

The Castle of Park in Aberdeenshire was up for sale a few years back and is now (seemingly) no longer offering accommodation.
I am assuming that Fernie Castle in Cupar, Fife is still open though I have not found any recent reviews.
It would seem that the Ye Olde Dursley Hotel is still open, but I do not know if it still a hotel.
Pitcairlie House in Fife would seem to be a private home now.
Kemback House near Cupar has no entries for accommodation and is assumed to be a private home.

The Dolphin Hotel in Southampton is now earmarked for student accommodation.

The Jolly Crispin in Boston seems to be closed. The latest news is that it was plans had been submitted to convert it into "a laundrette and house of multiple occupation."
I can find no evidence that Castle Stuart near Dalcross is now used as a hotel.
Knockhill House near Lockerbie now seems to the home of a company (Morgan Bellows.)

The Priory Bay on the Isle of Wight looks less likely to be refurbished (which was mooted for 2019) after a spate of thefts.

The Crewe Arms Hotel is confusing; it was used to house asylum seekers but an application for alcohol and music was submitted in 2024. The website says that it is closed until further notice but there are reviews from a few months back, so who knows?

A glut of closures found during my review of existing entries: The Ship Albion in Spalding and The George at Baldock.

The Wessex Royal Hotel in Dorchester is now called The Sleeping Bear Hotel Dorchester.

I've finally got round to summarising Andy Owens letter in issue 453 of "The Fortean Times" concerning The Francis Hotel in Bath; "The correspondent was Adrian De Waal and he regaled Mr Owens with the story of the busts above. He notes that "one [ghost] that seems to be recurring is a phantom lady sitting in bed in one of the rooms. I have yet to see her as I hardly have cause to go up to that particular room at night. However at least three of my colleagues have told me their stories. It's always the same in the same room; a staff member goes up and when they enter the room there seems to be a lady sitting in the bed right by the door. Fearful of interrupting a guest, they apologise and back out and then they come back to reception to find out who is in the room that is supposed to be empty. When checked the room *is* empty, and bed is made. One of the waiters has seen a lady in black turn down a corridor, but when he turned down it himself, there was no sign of her, and he heard no doors open and close. She just disappeared. My colleague on the night shift swears that she keeps feeling someone put an arm around her shoulders or squeeze the top of her arm. It seems to be a gesture of reassurance or comfort." Adrian notes that the history of the building doesn't have any recorded instances of maids hanging themselves, however two local men died in the hotel the night it was bombed...it's believed they were the night staff taking shelter in the basement. Adrian mentions that if you end up working on the night shift then you might hear ghostly voices that accompany you when you do your rounds, but then they stop when you stop to listen."

The Red Car Hotel is closed.

Poppy's Guesthouse in Plymouth is marked as "temporarily closed" but I am guessing that this is due to the season!

The Shelley's Hotel in Lewes has been closed for a long time - I am guessing permanently. Happier news for The Royal Clarence Hotel (formerly the ABode Exeter) which will be rebuilt starting in 2025 but will no longer offer guest accommodation.

Rushpool Hall in Saltburn no longer seems to offer accommodation; it is purely a wedding venue (?). The Old Bulls Head in Ware is listed on whatpub as having accommodation but I can find no proof of this.

Branston Hall is now known as The Vedanta.

The Devonshire Arms in Bath is listed on whatpub as having accommodation but I have no proof of this, so it shall remain listed as a pub in my inventory for the time being.

The Kirkstone Pass Inn in Ambleside has been closed for a long time and shows no sign of reopening soon.

The Bishop's Table in Farnham is closed. I can find no confirmation that The Warren Cottage Guest House in Willesborough is still open (the reviews are old) but I am erring on the side of caution.

I can find nothing to suggest that The Great Hall at Mains near Little Singleton is still open! Again, I have erred on the side of caution. Similarly, whatpub says that the Holman Clavel Inn near Culmhead has rooms but I can neither confirm nor refute this. On another note The George Hotel in Reading is still listed as closed as it is housing asylum seekers.

I am not sure if The Manor House in Leamington Spa is open or closed. More certain is the fate of The Crown in Pishill which is now closed.

It looks unlikely that The Grand Hotel in Folkestone will re-open (as a hotel anyway.) The Cleveland Tontine is closed for refurbishment.

The Fortean Forum has an interesting comment about The Marsden Grotto: "The manageress a couple [of years ago?] stayed in one of the rooms but fled in the middle of the night because they were woken up with bangs on their door and the sound of foots steps and things moving around downstairs in the bar."
The Shoe Inn in Plaitford was recently sold as auction with plans for a big refurbishment. I have kept my listing on this property "open."

The Prince Albert in Eastbourne is now closed. I am not sure if the Whoop Hall Hotel in Kirkby Lonsdale is open or not.

Bylfeet Manor, famous for "Downton Abbey" no longer offers accommodation (as far as I can see.) The Great Northern Hotel in Peterborough is still closed, probably because of its use in processing asylum seekers.

The Deans Place Hotel will reopen soon after a refurishment and under a new name - The Alfriston, named after the nearby town. However, I am confused as to whether Walton Hall Farm is still open (for camping). Again I have proceeded with caution here and assumed that it is.

The Bird in Hand 1774 in Ironbridge, Telford is closed. The incredibly haunted Plas Nanteos near Aberystwyth is closing for good as of March 5th 2025.

The Staincliffe Hotel in Seaton Carew is closed and looks like it may become residential apartments.

I am unsure if The Kings Arms in Monkton Farleigh is open or not.

The Grange Blooms Hotel in London has closed its doors, and The Zetter Bloomsbury seems to be taking its place (opening the end of 2025). I am unsure as to whether Ramada Crawley Gatwick (aka The George Hotel) in Crawley is still open. I assume that it is.

The Forest Inn Hotel in Auchtermuchty is now called The Boar's Head and no longer offers accommodation.

The property previously called ABode Glasgow has been renamed Arthouse Hotel Glasgow.

Whitworth Hall now seems to be a wedding venue, although it does provide bridal suites. The Manor House Hotel in Ferryhill is now closed as is The Boar's Head in Long Preston. On a happier note, The Eden Arms (formerly the Bay Eden Arms) in Rushyford has just re-opened
Karli Potts, the general manager at The Ancient Unicorn in Barnard Castle emailed me on January 8th, "We do have some sightings at the hotel..." Incidentally, this was in reply to an email that I sent out on 11th January - 2024!

Tower House Hotel in Master Lane, Halifax is closed.

East Lodge Country House Hotel in Rowsley is closed, as is The Castle Inn in Haltoft End. However, the Ring O'Bells in Halifax now has rooms.

The Black Bull (aka PJ'ZZZ at the Black Bull) in Stamford is closed.

The Madeley Court Hotel near Telford is closed as it is being used to house asylum claimants. I can find no evidence that Bosworth Hall (aka The Old Hall Bed & Breakfast) near Husbands Bosworth is still open; similarly with The Willows in Bucknell. The Talbot Hotel in Leominster is also closed after concerns were raised about its structural safety. The Hardwicke Arms in Arrington is also shut.

The Walnut Store in Prestbury is closed.

I can find no evidence that The Old Gaol in Abingdon is still open.

The White Horse in Storrington is shut. The The Royal Albion Hotel in Brighton is closed following fire damage and has been partially demolished.

The Bear Hotel in Chippenham is now (partially anyway) occupied by La Vecchia Orsa restaurant. The Mercure Bristol Holland House Hotel and Spa in Bristol is now closed while it processes asylum seekers. The Birch Selsdon Hotel is also closed.

The Dusthole in Shepton Mallet seems to be closed now. The Citylodge hotel in Salisbury is now called The Merchant's House Hotel. The William Caxton in Tenterden has been renamed The Print House. The Rustica Trattoria in Washington also offers rooms, in addition to being an Italian restaurant and bar.

Court House Manor in Painswick is now a private home.

The Buddle Inn in Niton now offers accommodation.