Norbreck Castle Hotel (Blackpool)

This is a review of the Norbreck Castle Hotel. They are part of the Britannia Hotels chain. We went in a party of six for my parent's wedding anniversary in September this year. It was the first weekend they turned on the lights so we were expecting it to be busy. The reason we chose Blackpool was that we always went there every year when we were younger so it has many happy memories for us! We booked online at a total cost of approx £700 pounds. So that works out £60 ish per person per night (including breakfast) and we stayed Friday - Sunday. The hotel was busy when we arrived so it took us almost an hour to check in. What added to the ...  Read the complete review

This review was originally written and published on Ciao in 2003 just after our visit to the Norbreck Castle Hotel in Blackpool and I had forgotten all about it until I read a more recent review over there and realised that this hotel doesn't appear to have improved since our visit! 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. The hotel was built in the 60's or 70's, I can't exactly remember when but I do remember seeing it ...  Read the complete review