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Park Head Hotel & Oak Room Restaurant

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Bishop Auckland, Durham

Official Rating
★★★
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Park Head Hotel and Restaurant is the latest addition to The Auckland Project, a regeneration charity with a difference. We aspire to change lives in the historic town of Bishop Auckland by putting people at the heart of everything we do. By staying at Park Head Hotel and visiting The Auckland Project’s unique collection of heritage attractions, you will help us to create a bright future for Bishop Auckland and its people.

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Park Head Hotel & Oak Room Restaurant
Park View Terrace, BISHOP AUCKLAND, Durham, DL14 8QB

Features

Rooms
  • En-suite rooms annex: 24
  • En-suite rooms: 38
  • Family rooms: 4
  • Bedrooms Ground: 19
  • Free TV
  • Broadband available
  • WiFi available
  • Hearing loop installed
Children
  • Children welcome
  • Ironing facilities
  • High chairs
  • Children's portions or menu
Facilities
  • Outdoor parking spaces: 50
Accessibility
  • Accessible bedrooms: 2
  • Walk-in showers
Room rates
  • Single room, minimum price: £60
  • Double room, minimum price: £70
Opening times
  • Open all year

About the area

Discover Durham

If the Prince-Bishops of Durham had set out to make their cathedral the greatest tourist attraction in the northeast, they could not have done better. In a sense, that is exactly what they did set out to do. For some five centuries, until the Protestant Reformation, pilgrimages were big business. The bones of St Cuthbert and the skull of St Oswald attracted the halt (disabled), the lame and the old to Durham in the hope of a miraculous healing.

The cathedral and the castle were what Durham was all about, from the early Middle Ages onwards, but even without these landmarks the city of Durham would be spectacular. From whichever side you approach, Durham is a magnificent sight. It’s a city that needs to be explored the hard way – on foot.

Dining nearby

Restaurants and Pubs
The Hammer & Pincers

Regulars at the former Blacksmiths Arms swiftly simplified its new name to The Hammers, where traditional, home-cooked meals begin with a selection of small plates and tapas – duck pancakes, and trio of fishcakes, for example – at three for a tenner...
The County

Prettily perched on the village green, this inn’s smart restaurant and terrace are lovely places to eat, as is the homely bar where you can sup a pint of Black Sheep or Cocker Hoop. With superb local produce on the doorstep, pub offers seasonally...
Duke of York Inn

On the tourist route (A68) to Scotland, the Duke of York is a former drovers’ and coaching inn dating from 1749. It is appointed inside and out to a high standard, keeping the traditional country feel with contemporary touches. Look for Camerons...
The Italian Farmhouse

New landlord Mark Hird now runs what used to be the Clarence Villa. It remains the home of Sonnet 43 Brewhouse, named for "How do I love thee?", the famous poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, who was born locally in 1806.

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