Best Western Walworth Castle Hotel

I have stopped at a few B.W. hotels, but Walworth Castle was exceptional. Set in beautiful grounds. Although it was only an overnight stay as soon as we entered the hotel everything was relaxed and friendly, receptionist was informative and had a lovely sense of humour. The hotel was very busy as there was a wedding taking place, but that did not effect the attention we was given. Our room was well set out and very comfortable. Evening meal was good quailty ingrediants cooked to perfection. When paying our account we showed our B.W. gold card and was told that we must always show it when first booking in, as we would be entiled to a upgrade if a room was available. No one as ever mentioned this to us before. Thank you so much for a lovely stay. Hope to return in the neat future for a longer stay. Chris less

This hotel is possibly the best all round hotel that I have stayed at in recent years. I am a regular business traveller and have stayed at BW and non BW hotels all over Europe. Walworth Castle has tremendous curb-side appeal. This carries on throughout the entire hotel. Walworth Castle has been featured on the BW TV advert and this is a well deserved accolade. The staff are all extremely friendly and helpful. They are all locals and have good knowledge of the local area. The staff exhibit a sense of pride in their jobs this is rarely seen these days. The restaurant service is 5*+ and a lot of the food ingredients are locally sourced. The breakfast is to die for!! I strongly urge anyone considering a stay at this hotel to do so. You won't be disappointed. I have stayed many times, always on business, I am however planning to visit as a vacation destination and am very much looking forward to this. In conclusion, in my opinion this hotel is a real Gem!! less

We loved Walworth Castle for so many reasons so I’ll leave the one personal negative to the end of this review. We’d always wanted to stay in a castle and with its location, history (1189 AD) and value for money this one came up to expectations. The staff were amazing from the Manager Mike to Julie at reception to the dining and cleaning staff. Mike gave us a private tour of the dungeon and volunteered showing us the best and most interesting route to our next stop in Edinburgh. Walworth Castle isn’t actually a castle in the way you might think of Edinburgh or Stirling Castles and there is no evidence it has ever seen battle. It was intended more as a home and since it was built in 1189 has had many lives including a school and POW camp. Now it’s clearly a hotel with some pretty nice surrounds. Our room in the main castle rather than the annex was gorgeous. Light and bright with a draped high four poster bed and a huge bay window overlooking the lovely gardens. Breakfast was great with lots of choice and cooked dishes prepared freshly for each guest rather than the usual buffet. Now, reluctantly for the negative. You would expect a castle to have good soundproofing, but no. On the second night of our three night stay we couldn’t sleep till after midnight because our neighbour was watching a movie and the sound of the movie and then his ablutions easily travelled through the walls and were quite off-putting. Also – there is a general policy of playing music through all the public spaces in the hotel which we personally found intrusive and aggravating especially as it was often quite loud. The choice of music played was also generally inappropriate for the historic ambiance. Music can really work but this didn’t for us. We are admittedly sensitive to noise and unfortunately our lovely room was directly above the dining room where music was played most of the time. It was impossible to escape the low insistent bass, and piercing beat even when it was quite soft. In fairness, the staff were very patient and accommodating with our pleas to turn it down – as happened when we tried catching up on our sleep with an afternoon nap on the 3rd day! The trouble was they would turn it down and then the system automatically would turn it up again after a little while. So although we loved the castle and had a wonderful stay if you want quiet avoid room 28. And check if there is a wedding or other function scheduled as from other reviews we see that this can also be a a noise problem. less

Visited the castle tonight for a meal with friends after a visit to the fabulous Walworth Castle Bird of Prey Centre. Good service, great food and fabulous surroundings. Wouldn’t hesitate to recommend. less

Stopped for early evening meal with my elderly mother on 11/5/19 and had a great time. We didn't book a table but were catered for all the same. We ate a Platter for two which is chicken breast, lamb rump, belly pork and Yorkshire pudding with roasties and mash with veg. It was outstanding. We also topped this off with the largest glass of Gin and tonic that my Mam has ever seen. The kitchen is a new addition and well set up, the staff were great, the food spot on so thanks to everyone. less