Beechwood Hotel
North Walsham, Norfolk
Good Hotel Guide Review
There is no mystery to the appeal of Emma and Hugh Asher’s ‘comfortable, most welcoming’, country hotel with strong Agatha Christie associations. Standing in ‘beautiful gardens’, near the north Norfolk coast, it is ‘well liked by traditionalists’, also by rock stars and petrolheads (past guests include Eric Clapton and Jeremy Clarkson). Bedrooms have dark furniture, heavy floral fabrics, some a carved four-poster, a Victorian-style bathroom with slipper bath and ‘roomy, powerful’ walk-in shower. Hotel photographs capture Christie staying here with doctor friends in the 1930s, talking plots and poisons, when this was The Shrubs. Evening drinks in the lounge can be ‘a drawn-out affair’, say readers in 2019. However, on the night of a big match, ‘the kitchen kindly agreed to open early so we could eat and go to watch the football’. In the restaurant, with its Art Deco flourishes, Steven Norgate’s locally sourced dishes include beef fillet, baby spring vegetables, potato pavé, green and pink peppercorn sauce. Vegetarians enjoy a separate menu. ‘The food was very good, portions were huge.’ Breakfast brings a ‘lovely buffet, a decent cooked choice’. (Sara Price, MC)
Hotel details
Address
20 Cromer Road
North Walsham
Norfolk
NR28 0HD
England
Telephone
01692 403231
Bedrooms
18. 4 on ground floor.
Open
all year except 27/28 Dec.
Facilities
bar, 2 lounges, restaurant, free Wi-Fi, in-room TV (Freeview), 100-metre landscaped garden (croquet).
Background music
all day in public rooms.
Children
all ages welcomed.
Dogs
allowed, not in restaurant.
Credit cards
Amex, MC, Visa.
Prices
per room B&B single £90, double £100–£175, D,B&B £140–£215. À la carte £40.
Good Hotel Guide articles about
Beechwood Hotel
- Eastern Daily Press: 10 of the top hotels to visit in Norfolk in 2019
- Norfolk Magazine: 10 Dog-friendly hotels in Norfolk
- Conde Nast Traveler: England’s Luxury Hotels with Literary Heritage
The hotel has a beautiful garden. The food was very good and portions were huge so that we sometimes had two starters rather than a starter and a main course. Our bedroom was large with a four poster bed, and a decent bathroom. Our friends' room was somewhat smaller but comfortable.
Sara Price - July 2018
Last updated:
April 04, 2019
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