Recommendations for Hotels in Norwich?

[tjs98jetta]

I'm going to be at conference at UEA for a few days in the week before Christmas. Any recommendations for a reasonably-priced hotel in the city? Not necessarily close to the University, but walking distance to the town center

[GasketsGone]

hi tjs

i guess it depends on your budget but... expensive ish first - down to budget last.... and as per your request in town...cos a cab to UEA from any of them will only be 30 mins (ish) in traffic and usually a lot less....

St Giles House Hotel

Nelson Hotel

Maids Head Hotel

Travel Lodge

out of town but not too far is Dunston Hall - probably the best hotel in the area...

there are of course a bunch of bed and breakfast places around town, but until you got me thinking about it there are not really that many hotels in norwich centre to choose from....strange really as its quite a tourist attraction these days....

you should see if you can line up a trip to the factory/motorsport service centre, cos you know its literally down the road!!!!???????

you should prob also check out the 800 year old cathedral and castle (amoung other historically interesting places i take for granted on a daily basis )

Edited November 6, 2007 by GasketsGone

[simonf]

I'm going to be at conference at UEA for a few days in the week before Christmas. Any recommendations for a reasonably-priced hotel in the city? Not necessarily close to the University, but walking distance to the town center

Trevor,

Forget the St Giles, its very expensive and not all that! If i were you i would stay in one of the brand new travel lodges. save your money and spend it on beer!

Let us know when you are definately in town and i will get some of the local LEFers to take you out for a few beers and maybe a curry!

[red vtec]

I stayed at the travel lodge for a wedding, there clean warm and safe thats all you really need , juts get a room at the front as the bus station is at the back and it can be noisey.

[Kimbers]

Beer! Curry! I sense an AEG welcome coming on!

Try this one! My collegue got a great rate (around

[sandwer]

The travelodge - fits both criteria - close to the city centre and reasonably priced.

http://www.travelodge.co.uk/find_a_hotel/h.../NorwichCentral

I've stayed there a few times - and its ok. There is a Holiday Inn Express over by Carrow Road, but I've not tried that.

Edit : Kimbers is having a slower morning than me

Edited November 6, 2007 by RichardS3

[Tentenths]

If the Norwich Travelodge is anything like the one on the M4 near Castle Combe I'd avoid it like the plague. Complete and utter shite

[bigsi]

i can whole heartedly not reccomend the wensum..

[Bibs]

If the Norwich Travelodge is anything like the one on the M4 near Castle Combe I'd avoid it like the plague. Complete and utter shite

That was a spectacularly shit hotel!

[WayneB]

Cant believe no-one is recommending the Wensum! :laughing:

[Kimbers]

Faulty Towels?

[John V6]

Always stayed at the Travel Lodge.

You know what you get and never had a problem.

[tjs98jetta]

Thank you everyone for the great responses. I looked at some of the web sites. Catton Hall looks interesting, but it's out of the town centre and I was thinking of doing some tourism without a car. I'll continue to think on that. The conference is Monday-Wednesday 17-19th Dec, and I'm thinking of perhaps staying through Thursday night. Beer and curry Thursday night sounds like a good idea if anyone is around :-).

[Paul C]

i can whole heartedly not reccomend the wensum..

...if you want to spend the next day running to the toilet every half hour,

in between being insulted by the owner while he reduces your missus to

tears.

It's the place to be!

[Katie]

No one going to recommend the Wensum then????

[mayevora]

Whats the name of the Hotel we stayed at for Kimbers 40th? Really nice place that didn't break the bank. (avoid room 4 - Mats Nequay brown ale did some decorating )

[simonf]

Thank you everyone for the great responses. I looked at some of the web sites. Catton Hall looks interesting, but it's out of the town centre and I was thinking of doing some tourism without a car. I'll continue to think on that. The conference is Monday-Wednesday 17-19th Dec, and I'm thinking of perhaps staying through Thursday night. Beer and curry Thursday night sounds like a good idea if anyone is around :-).

Trevor,

Thursday 10th December ia in my diary! I am sure Kimbers will be up for it too (likes a beer does Kimbers!) i am going to post the idea on our AEG(anglian esprit group - part of lotus esprit factfile) post in events to see if any of the other locals will give you the famous AEG welcome!

[tjs98jetta]

Trevor,

Thursday 10th December ia in my diary! I am sure Kimbers will be up for it too (likes a beer does Kimbers!) i am going to post the idea on our AEG(anglian esprit group - part of lotus esprit factfile) post in events to see if any of the other locals will give you the famous AEG welcome!

This would be Thursday 20th December, actually. It sounds great!

Cheers, Trevor

[simonf]

This would be Thursday 20th December, actually. It sounds great!

Cheers, Trevor

Yep sorry Trevor - typo!

Trevor,

I have posted a new topic in events under AEG -Curry Night, Keep an eye on that thread for further details!!

[andydclements]

Whats the name of the Hotel we stayed at for Kimbers 40th? Really nice place that didn't break the bank. (avoid room 4 - Mats Nequay brown ale did some decorating )

The trouble is the local transport, both busses etc and roads.

Between te 2 points it's about 10 miles (I think), it could take 10 mins, or if a buttefly has flapped its wings (or any other unrelated incident happened) you'll find there will be a traffic jam, it will take 30- 45 mins to et to the A47 and a further 30 mins to get the next 3 miles to the UEA.

Then comes the brain wave, busses, they have bus lanes and bypass the traffic jams. Unfortunately they're not great around Norwich, mainly due to a poor road infra-strcuture.

[tjs98jetta]

Yep sorry Trevor - typo!

Trevor,

I have posted a new topic in events under AEG -Curry Night, Keep an eye on that thread for further details!!

That's great, I'll keep an eye on that thread and let you know as my timetable gets finalized.

I'm looking forward to meeting some of you guys,

Trevor