Old Palace Lodge Hotel

3.0 star property

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Standard Double Room
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Reviews

7.8 out of 10
Good

Popular amenities

  • 24/7 front desk
  • Housekeeping
  • Parking included
  • Free WiFi

Explore the area

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Church Street, Dunstable, England, LU5 4RT
  • Place, Dunstable Downs
    ‪3 min drive‬
  • Place, ZSL Whipsnade Zoo
    ‪7 min drive‬
  • Place, Kenilworth Road Stadium
    ‪9 min drive‬
  • Airport, London (LHR-Heathrow)
    ‪49 min drive‬

Room options

Standard Double Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

Deluxe Room

7.6 out of 10
Good
(4 reviews)
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Executive Twin Room

8.0 out of 10
Very good
(1 review)
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

Basic Quadruple Room

8.0 out of 10
Very good
(1 review)
  • Sleeps 4
  • 4 Twin Beds

Executive Double Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

Honeymoon Suite

  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed

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About the area

Dunstable

With a stay at Old Palace Lodge Hotel in Dunstable, you'll be within a 10-minute drive of ZSL Whipsnade Zoo and Dunstable Downs. .This hotel is 10.7 mi (17.2 km) from Woburn Safari Park and 14.2 mi (22.9 km) from Bletchley Park.

What's nearby

  • Dunstable Downs - 3 min drive - 2.0 km
  • ZSL Whipsnade Zoo - 7 min drive - 6.9 km
  • Kenilworth Road Stadium - 9 min drive - 6.9 km
  • Luton Mall - 10 min drive - 8.2 km
  • University of Bedfordshire - 10 min drive - 8.6 km

Getting around

  • Luton Station - 10 min drive
  • Heathrow Airport (LHR) - 61 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪McDonald's - ‬7 min walk
  • ‪Greggs - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪Mother Hubbard’s Dunstable - ‬5 min walk
  • ‪The Gary Cooper (Wetherspoon) - ‬8 min walk
  • ‪Hoi Wan - ‬9 min walk

About this property

Old Palace Lodge Hotel

Hotel in Dunstable with free parking
Old Palace Lodge Hotel offers 85 accommodations with coffee/tea makers and hair dryers. Flat-screen televisions come with satellite channels.

Bathrooms include bathtubs or showers. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Housekeeping is provided daily.

Stay in one of 85 guestrooms featuring flat-screen televisions. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and satellite programming is available for your entertainment. Bathrooms have bathtubs or showers and hair dryers. Conveniences include desks and coffee/tea makers, and housekeeping is provided daily.
This hotel has 3 floors in 1 building and offers designated smoking areas.
Featured amenities include a 24-hour front desk, luggage storage, and a safe deposit box at the front desk. Free self parking is available onsite.

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • Free self parking on site
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking available

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • 2 accessible parking spaces
  • Upper floors accessible by stairs only
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
  • Wheelchair-accessible lounge
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking

More

  • 1 building
  • 3 floors
  • Designated smoking areas

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Bathtub or shower
  • Hair dryer
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • Flat-screen TV with satellite channels

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker

More

  • Connecting rooms available
  • Desk
  • Iron/ironing board

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; Check-in end time: anytime
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property

Renovations and closures

The following facilities are closed on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday:
  • Dining venue(s)
  • Fitness facility
The following facilities are closed on Saturday and Sunday:
  • Dining venue(s)
  • Fitness facility

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available

Payment types

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards, and cash
Cashless transactions are available

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation

National rating

This establishment has received its official star rating from VisitEngland, the National Tourist Board for England.

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Old Palace Lodge Hotel Reviews

Reviews

7.8

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 173 out of 459 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 151 out of 459 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 77 out of 459 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 30 out of 459 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 28 out of 459 reviews

8.4/10

Cleanliness

8.4/10

Staff & service

7.0/10

Amenities

7.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

6.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

2/10 Terrible

john

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Lots of children running around the corridors and crying and screaming. Woman sobbing all night I couldn't sleep.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2025

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Not a great hot

Hotel was boiling hot, room was very hot and basic, for an executive room. Just a bar of soap in the bathroom, although reception gave me a shower gel when I asked and supplied a fan for the room. Shower was awful would only adjust to boiling hot or freezing cold. Front of house staff were friendly
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

4/10 Poor

Anth

1 towel Only 2 small pillows Toilet barely flushed No toilet brush No glasses
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

2/10 Terrible

Lee

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Can honestly say this was one of the grimmest hotels? I’ve had the misfortune to stay in in a long time. Despite apparently being a four star hotel, what they don’t tell you is this hotel appears to be a migrant hotel which also allows paying guests. Both the restaurant and bar are permanently shut, everywhere you go all you hear is screaming children, rubbish thrown everywhere, facilities all closed and the externals haven’t been cleaned in a long time. Our room not only had a waterfall shower that didn’t work, but the makeshift showerhead that was fitted was both broken and didn’t allow the mixing of cold and hot and therefore it was either freezing or scolding and no in between. The toilet you had to flush six times to get it working. The room was so hot that we literally couldn’t sleep in it and ended up having to spend time sitting in our car outside with the air-conditioning on just a cool back down. When we got into the room, there was one towel between the two of us when we asked for another towel we got the smallest bath towel possible which has stain stains on it, there was a very poor fan in the room however all the plug sockets were so badly positioned. We ended up having to move the bed so that we could actually get some air from this fan. Upon moving the bed we found half a packet of nuts left across the floor that hadn’t been cleaned and dust that I’ve been there for ages. This hotel is at best a two star and is an absolute lie that it’s a four. Avoid!!
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

8/10 Good

usman

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

4/10 Poor

Andrew

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Room was dirty with toe nail clippings across the floor. Cabinets in the room were broken. No fan or air conditioning Website stated there was a gym and well maintained garden area. No gym and the garden was completely run down. Windows in the hotel were covered with sheets. Dark and smelly.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

6/10 Okay

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Room size was good and clean but pretty dated. No electric points nor light switch near bed. Electric points were in odd places. Drawers in room instead of desk to sit at. Bed was comfortable enough but walls pretty thin - could here music and snoring from rooms next to me. Walk to room was pretty long and lifts out of order. Made for a tiring trip from car to room with baggage. Staff were warm and friendly.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

4/10 Poor

Mark

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Gone drastically down hill since the last time i stayed there , the place is very dirty The room was clean enough but very tired Still housing a lot of homeless people
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

2/10 Terrible

Greg

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

2/10 Terrible

Richard

Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Not a hotel

No bar, no restaurant, lift doesn’t work and full of families living in the rooms. Staff were really nice and the room was actually nice but it’s not a hotel. 90% occupied by people living in the rooms whilst awaiting being housed elsewhere. That’s fine but should not be advertised as a hotel on hotels.com!
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

8/10 Good

Philip

Stayed 3 nights in May 2025

4/10 Poor

James

Business traveller, Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We had 2 rooms. One was OK, the other was appauling! No furniture, useless shower and not clean. Add on no food or drink facility worth giving a miss until they restore this once great hotel back to a standard expected.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2025

6/10 Okay

Ai Ling, Winchester

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

6/10 Okay

Tony

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Peters

Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Peters

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Really amazing
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

6/10 Okay

Karen

Business traveller
Was a nice hotel I’m sure, but they is lots of noise from screaming kids now and no place for breakfast.
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

8/10 Good

Zainab

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely room. Spacious and clean.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Jacqueline

Stayed 1 night in May 2025

6/10 Okay

Peter

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Cheap but poor

Cheap accommodation but decor tired. Whole hotel smelt strongly of curry. Very uncomfortable bed and poor shower. It was clean though and staff were nice
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

8/10 Good

Marcus

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very pleasant, recently renovated hotel in a quiet location in Dunstable. Rooms were clean and comfortable, bathroom was great. Only downside (for a recent reno) - no USBs in the room. Almost everyone carries a USB rechargeable device these days, and it's remit of hotel not to provide USB ports, and require us to carry an adaptor. Also, my room had no bedside lights whatsoever and no way to turn off the room light from the bed. Currently no food or drink on site. Though there are walkable options.
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

2/10 Terrible

Victoria

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Terrible! Curtains all closed downstairs. No food or drinks available. Only 2 bulbs working in the bathroom and 1 was flashing on and off. The shower head was broken and only two out of the 20 parts filtering water were working. The temperature outside was 25 degrees yet the hotel still had the heating piping out and it was a ridiculous temperature inside the hotel itself. It was impossible to sleep. The hotel was housing immigrants and they were cooking food for themselves inside the hotel. It was a terrible experience and would never visit again!
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

6/10 Okay

Kevin

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
AC didnt work in the room and he room stank of cigarette smoke
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

8/10 Good

Tracy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Amenities
Very nice room and nice staff. The entrance hall when we areived was very dark and there was stairs that you could of easily tripped over on as so dark.
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

6/10 Okay

Dave

OK
Stayed 1 night in May 2025