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The Black Bull Hotel

2.0 star property

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Garden
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Double Room, Ensuite
Restaurant
Shared kitchen

Reviews

7.8 out of 10
Good

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Housekeeping
  • Free WiFi
  • Restaurant

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38 Market Street, Kirkby Stephen, England, CA17 4QW
  • Stainmore Railway Company Ltd.
    ‪17 min walk‬
  • Yorkshire Dales National Park
    ‪3 min drive‬
  • Brough Castle
    ‪7 min drive‬

Room options

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Double Room, Ensuite

Double Room, Ensuite

8.8 out of 10
Excellent
(3 reviews)
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Twin Room, Ensuite

Twin Room, Ensuite

  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

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Superior Suite, Ensuite (Sleeps 3)

Superior Suite, Ensuite (Sleeps 3)

  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Twin Bed and 1 Double Bed

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About the area

Kirkby Stephen

With a stay at The Black Bull Hotel in Kirkby Stephen, you'll be within a 5-minute drive of Yorkshire Dales National Park and Lesley Rowe. .This inn is 0.1 mi (0.2 km) from Kirkby Stephen Library and 0.8 mi (1.3 km) from Stainmore Railway Company Ltd..
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What's nearby

  • Stainmore Railway Company Ltd. - 17 min walk - 1.5 km
  • Yorkshire Dales National Park - 3 min drive - 1.6 km
  • Brough Castle - 7 min drive - 7.5 km
  • Barnard Castle - 26 min drive - 36.8 km
  • Wensleydale Creamery - 27 min drive - 34.0 km

Getting around

  • Kirkby Stephen Station - 3 min drive
  • Durham (MME-Teesside Intl.) - 60 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪The Taggy Man - ‬3 min walk
  • The Black Swan
  • ‪The Mulberry Bush - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪The La’l Nook - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪Bay Horse Inn - ‬2 min drive

About this property

The Black Bull Hotel

Inn with a restaurant, near Yorkshire Dales National Park
The Black Bull Hotel offers 9 accommodations. Housekeeping is provided daily.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
Make yourself at home in one of the 9 guestrooms.
Take in the views from a garden and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access.
At The Black Bull Hotel, enjoy a satisfying meal at the restaurant. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at the bar/lounge.
Limited parking is available onsite.
The Black Bull Hotel has a restaurant on site.

Languages

English

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • Limited on-site parking

Food and drink

  • A bar/lounge
  • A restaurant

Conveniences

  • Luggage storage

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)

Outdoors

  • Garden

Accessibility

  • No lift

More

  • Smoke-free property

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; Check-in end time: 9:00 PM

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome

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/debit cards

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
This property's policy is to refuse certain bookings for the purpose of group events or parties, including pre-wedding stag/bachelor and hen/bachelorette parties

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The Black Bull Hotel Reviews

Reviews

7.8

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 47 out of 135 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 47 out of 135 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 24 out of 135 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 14 out of 135 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 3 out of 135 reviews

8.2/10

Cleanliness

8.2/10

Staff & service

6.8/10

Amenities

7.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

6.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

4/10 Poor

Natalie

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The member of staff checking us in was brusque and unwelcoming. The first thing she said was that there was no kitchen tonight. She didn’t say sorry or advise other places locally. She practically threw the key at us and told us to fill in the breakfast order form as soon as possible as she wanted to finish her shift. Her attitude made us think we wouldn’t be having a drink there either so we went to the Pennine Inn a few doors down where they had polite staff and decent food. The member of staff that provided breakfast was polite and pleasant. Our room (1) on the top floor was next to the airing cupboard and boiler tank so was stifling hot all night. We were the only guests staying there so have no idea why we were put in that room. We only stayed one night as we were doing the C2C. Wouldn’t stay there again even if desperate. I would advise the manager that it may be courteous to advise a potential guest in an email that the kitchen isn’t open when they are staying.
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

6/10 Okay

Robert

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Impossible to contact from the time of our booking (Jan) until close to arrival
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

8/10 Good

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

8/10 Good

Thomas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Made to feel welcome

Overnight stay, check in seamless comfortable room can’t comment on the breakfast as had to leave early Can’t fault the staff and Full on Fran is a star 🌟 😁
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great stay for two night break on the coast to Coast trail. Staff was friendly and helpful. Friday nights are very loud with karaoke so be prepared! Food was good, but basic pub food. Breakfast had several choices and the avocado and poached egg was especially good. There's an awesome Indian restaurant called the mango tree just a few buildings down. Laundromat behind the Black Bull hotel which was very convenient. About 6 pounds to run the washer and one or two for the dryer. There's a tourist info place in the same area also and they have taxi information if you want to bypass the boggy part of the hike from Kirkby Steven to Keld. No buses on Sunday.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024

6/10 Okay

Cornelius

Travelled with group

Okay for hijers

Just right for our needs, hiking the Coast to Coast. Could have done with a bit more breakfast but hey…..
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

6/10 Okay

Colin G

Business traveller
Central location, but in need of updating and tidying up.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

4/10 Poor

Jonathan

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

6/10 Okay

Jason

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service

I wouldn’t stay again

It was ok but I wouldn’t stay again, I went down for food at 7pm and they stopped serving not sure why it wasn’t busy. In the morning I didn’t know where to go for breakfast and the second morning I came down at 7:45 no one there apart from me.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

6/10 Okay

Jessica

Travelled with group
Liked: Amenities
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

4/10 Poor

Alan

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

6/10 Okay

Paul

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Cold couple ❄️

This hotel was nice and clean with everything you could need for a night away. The only issue was that we were on the top room and the heating wasn’t working on our room. Once we came in the room was freezing this impacted my asthma the next day and we had to leave quickly in the morning. The room and service was great however.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

6/10 Okay

Carol

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Quite pricey for a small double room (bed up against the wall) with no breakfast, bed was comfortable room lovely and warm
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Manuel

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

2/10 Terrible

Robert

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Iain

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

6/10 Okay

Philip

Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Scott

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Tired building
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Very tired, dirty floor and walls no staff to accommodate in the morning of checkout and only person that works in morning didn’t speak English so not helpful when needing to ask questions
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Linda

Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023

4/10 Poor

Richard J

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities

Disappointing.

Check in was via the bar staff, and although there were only two of them, this was ok and we were taken to our rooms. I was in Room 1. I was disappointed to find no light bulbs in the reading lights over the bed. In the bathroom, the towel rail was loose on the wall, and only just held by two screws. It had a rail missing as well. Also, there was no toilet roll holder. In addition, for the double bed there was only one bedside table, but there would have been no room for one anyway. The cooked breakfast was fine, but I had to ask for marmalade/ jam to go on toast. In general, breakfast service was poor. And to check out, we had to search the property for someone to hand over the keys to. For the price I paid -£144 - I felt it was very bad value. The saving grace was the location, which was excellent.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

4/10 Poor

Mr J W

Disliked: Staff & service

Worst hotel breakfast experience ever

Room ok. Wi-Fi needed signing up to Sky and giving name and address and date of birth and accepting ads, which was unacceptable. Filled in breakfast form and put 9am. This was our choice as breakfast was available until later. Came down at 9.20 to find 2 plates of cold cooked breakfast on table. No cereal or toast. Some stewed filter coffee. Only person there was a cleaner who said that she doesn’t speak English. Found chef in kitchen wearing dirty T shirt who said that he wasn’t paid to stay longer and put out food at 9. Left most of my food. No one there when we checked out. Seems like they have some serious staffing problems and would advise anyone else to avoid
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

6/10 Okay

John

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Very tied property need updating
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Andy

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Good value base

Worked well as an overnight stop for a wedding.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023