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The Royal Oak

3.0 star property
your current months are December, 2024 and January, 2025.
December 2024
January 2025

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Exterior
Exterior
Standard Double Room, Ensuite
Garden
Restaurant

Reviews

9.2 out of 10

Wonderful

Popular amenities

  • Breakfast available
  • Bar
    Bar
  • Pet-friendly
    Pet-friendly
  • Parking included
    Parking included
  • Free WiFi
    Free WiFi
  • Restaurant
    Restaurant

Explore the area

Map
1 Commercial Street, Durham, England, DH7 9BN
  • Diggerland
    6 min drive
  • Hall Hill Farm
    8 min drive
  • Holmside Park
    10 min drive
  • Newcastle (NCL-Newcastle Intl.)
    48 min drive

Room options

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Standard Suite, Ensuite

Standard Suite, Ensuite

  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Double Bed and 2 Twin Beds

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Standard Double Room, Ensuite

Standard Double Room, Ensuite

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Standard Twin Room, Ensuite

Standard Twin Room, Ensuite

  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds OR 1 Double Bed

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About the area

Durham

With a stay at The Royal Oak in Durham, you'll be within a 15-minute drive of Durham University and Diggerland. .This guesthouse is 3.7 mi (5.9 km) from Hall Hill Farm and 4.8 mi (7.6 km) from Chapman's Well Local Nature Reserve.
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What's nearby

  • Diggerland - 6 min drive - 6.0 km
  • Durham University - 12 min drive - 11.2 km
  • Durham Castle - 13 min drive - 12.6 km
  • Durham Cathedral - 14 min drive - 12.8 km
  • Beamish Open Air Museum - 16 min drive - 15.2 km

Getting around

  • Durham Station - 18 min drive
  • Newcastle Intl. Airport (NCL) - 48 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪The New Board Inn - ‬5 min drive
  • ‪The Green Billy Row - ‬11 min drive
  • ‪Cross Keys Inn - ‬3 min drive
  • ‪The Travellers Rest - ‬8 min drive
  • ‪Broom House Farm - ‬12 min drive

About this property

The Royal Oak

Guesthouse in Durham with a restaurant and a bar
The Royal Oak offers 7 accommodations.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
Make yourself at home in one of the 7 guestrooms.
Take advantage of recreation opportunities such as karaoke, or other amenities including complimentary wireless internet access and a picnic area.
At The Royal Oak, enjoy a satisfying meal at the restaurant. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at the bar/lounge. Breakfast is available for a fee.
Free self parking is available onsite.
The Royal Oak has a restaurant on site.

Languages

English

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and public transport

  • Free self-parking on site

Food and drink

  • Breakfast available for a fee
  • 1 restaurant
  • 1 bar

Things to do

  • Billiards/pool table
  • Karaoke

Guest services

  • No housekeeping

Business services

  • Computer station
  • A meeting room

Outdoors

  • BBQ grill(s)
  • Picnic area

Accessibility

  • This property does not have any lifts

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 12:00 PM; Check-in end time: 10:30 PM

Check-out

Check-out before 10:00 AM

Pets

Pets allowed
Service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome

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

We should mention

This property does not have elevators

Property is also known as

Royal Oak Durham
Royal Oak Inn Durham
Royal Oak Inn Durham
Royal Oak Durham
Inn The Royal Oak Durham
Durham The Royal Oak Inn
The Royal Oak Durham
Royal Oak Inn
Royal Oak
Inn The Royal Oak
The Royal Oak Durham
The Royal Oak Guesthouse
The Royal Oak Guesthouse Durham

The Royal Oak Reviews

Reviews

9.2

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 112 out of 173 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 52 out of 173 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 5 out of 173 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 2 out of 173 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 173 reviews" "

9.4/10

Cleanliness

9.6/10

Staff & service

9.0/10

Amenities

8.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Christopher

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Fantastic pub/hotel. Room clean and spacious. Staff were all helpful. Bed comfortable. Full English breakfast was amazing. Lovely stay.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

John

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Staff were all very helpful and friendly. There was a good variety of reasonably priced food on the menu and drinks at the bar. Rooms were clean, the shower and hot water all worked well. Full English breakfast very good. Handy for visiting Durham, Newcastle, Beamish, Diggerland and Kynren.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Michaela

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great rooms, reasonably priced.Excellent breakfast
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Christine

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Simon

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Full marks!
Friendly owners and staff. Clean. Dog friendly. No extra pet charge. Good value. Nice breakfast. Recommended!
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Victoria

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

2/10 Terrible

Graeme

Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Rosetta B

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great hotel
Great food very friendly staff
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Anna

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Came up to stay on my own as daughter graduating uni. Easy to find and was greeted warmly by staff. Sonia, Ian and Dylan were all so friendly and welcoming. Food was amazing and lots to chose from in the evening. Breakfast was good and you could pick and chose what you wanted. Locals were friendly and chatty. Would Definitely stay again. The guests that I met were all friendly. Highly recommend, not expensive and good location if you don’t want to stay in Durham and explore surrounding area. Will be back!
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

6/10 Okay

Guy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Fab staff. Really friendly and proud or the job they do. Road noise and noise from the bar (until closing) were down sides.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Maggie

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A warm welcome and great food
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jon

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great little rural pub with nice restaurant working away and really enjoyed my overnight stay great meal sleep & breakfast and staff
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Anthony

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Excellent staff, welcoming, friendly, helpful, good food, nothing a problem and dog friendly 👍👍👍
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Roger

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
very friendly
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Robert

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great people, great place, great price. Made me feel very welcome, Thank you very much
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Winter break
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Angela

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Home from home fab food and THEE comfiest bed I've ever slept in. Fantastic owners and staff who really just seem like your parents and siblings .. warm family feel with exceptional options on the menu definitely something for everyone and portions are definitely fit for a king or queen ... Will defo stay again
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Peter

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Nice country pub
Nice, friendly pub in an interesting area with plenty to do. No real ale, which is a shame and means we probably wouldn't stay again. Also, a lot of single use plastic and not up to speed with sustainability.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Helen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Danielle

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Vicky

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Had a lovely stay, staff friendly and welcoming, rooms clean. Only down side advertised as having a pool table which was the reasoning for booking as travelled with my 12 year old son. Thought it would be something we could do in the evening instead of just being in our room. Picture showed a pool table and in description but was not one and had not been for a few years.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Mark

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great breakfast
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Andrew

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
A Fantastic place to stay, nothing was to much to please the 2 of us. One of the best stays ever
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Richard

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023