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Royal Clifton Hotel

3.0 star property

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Exterior
Meeting facility
Indoor wedding
Individually decorated, individually furnished, desk, iron/ironing board
2 restaurants, lunch served

Reviews

7.6 out of 10
Good

Popular amenities

  • Parking available
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Bar
  • Housekeeping
  • Free WiFi

Explore the area

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The Promenade, Southport, England, PR8 1RB
  • Place, Splash World
    ‪4 min walk‬
  • Place, Southport Pier
    ‪6 min walk‬
  • Place, Southport Theatre
    ‪9 min walk‬
  • Airport, Liverpool (LPL-John Lennon)
    ‪56 min drive‬

Room options

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Individually decorated, individually furnished, desk, iron/ironing board

Standard Double Room

7.6 out of 10
Good
(19 reviews)
  • 18 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Individually decorated, individually furnished, desk, iron/ironing board

Standard Twin Room, 2 Single Beds

9.2 out of 10
Wonderful
(7 reviews)
  • 18 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

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Individually decorated, individually furnished, desk, iron/ironing board

Standard Single Room

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(1 review)
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

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Individually decorated, individually furnished, desk, iron/ironing board

Family Room

8.2 out of 10
Very good
(11 reviews)
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Twin Bed and 1 Double Bed

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Individually decorated, individually furnished, desk, iron/ironing board

Standard Double Room, Partial Sea View

8.0 out of 10
Very good
(2 reviews)
  • Partial sea view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Individually decorated, individually furnished, desk, iron/ironing board

Family Room, Partial Sea View

  • Partial sea view
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed and 1 Twin Bed

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Individually decorated, individually furnished, desk, iron/ironing board

Deluxe Double Room

  • Lake view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Standard Twin Room, Partial Sea View

Standard Twin Room, Partial Sea View

  • Partial sea view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

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Individually decorated, individually furnished, desk, iron/ironing board

Family Quadruple Room, Partial Sea View

  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Double Bed and 2 Twin Beds

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About the area

Southport

With a stay at Royal Clifton Hotel in Southport, you'll be in a shopping district, within a 10-minute walk of Splash World and Southport Pier. .This hotel is 0.4 mi (0.7 km) from Floral Hall and 0.5 mi (0.7 km) from Southport Theatre.

What's nearby

  • Southport Marine Lake - 2 min walk - 0.2 km
  • Splash World - 4 min walk - 0.4 km
  • Southport Pier - 6 min walk - 0.5 km
  • Southport Theatre - 9 min walk - 0.8 km
  • Floral Hall - 9 min walk - 0.8 km

Getting around

  • Southport Station - 11 min walk
  • John Lennon Airport (LPL) - 52 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪The Sir Henry Segrave - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪Starbucks - ‬4 min walk
  • ‪Barons Bar - ‬4 min walk
  • ‪Spender's Bar Humbug! - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪Maloneys - ‬4 min walk

About this property

Royal Clifton Hotel

Hotel with 2 restaurants, 7-minute walk to Splash World
Royal Clifton Hotel offers 120 accommodations with complimentary toiletries. Each accommodation is individually furnished and decorated. 19-inch flat-screen televisions come with satellite channels. Bathrooms include bathtubs or showers.

Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access (speed: 25+ Mbps). Business-friendly amenities include desks and phones. Housekeeping is offered daily and irons/ironing boards can be requested.

Stay in one of 120 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 complimentary toiletries. Conveniences include phones, as well as desks and electric kettles.
Satisfy your appetite at Pavilion Restaurant, one of the hotel's 2 restaurants. Need to unwind? Take a break with a tasty beverage at one of the 2 bars/lounges. English breakfasts are available daily from 7:00 AM to 9:30 AM for a fee.
Featured amenities include a 24-hour front desk, luggage storage, and a safe deposit box at the front desk. Planning an event in Southport? This hotel has 150 square feet (14 square meters) of space consisting of conference space and meeting rooms. Self parking (subject to charges) is available onsite.
English breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 7:00 AM and 9:30 AM.
Pavilion Restaurant - This restaurant serves dinner only. A children's menu is available.
Conservatory - This bistro serves lunch and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. A children's menu is available.
Chatsworth Lobby - Onsite lobby lounge.

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • In-room WiFi speed: 25+ Mbps
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • Parking on site (GBP 5 per night)
  • Limited on-site parking

Food and drink

  • Daily English breakfast available 7:00 AM to 9:30 AM for a fee: GBP 12.50 for adults and GBP 8 for children
  • 2 bars/lounges
  • 2 restaurants

Restaurants on site

  • Chatsworth Lobby
  • Conservatory
  • Pavilion Restaurant

Conveniences

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

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)

Business services

  • 150 square feet of conference space
  • Meeting rooms

Accessibility

  • No lift

More

  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Bathtub or shower
  • Free toiletries
  • Private bathroom
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • 19-inch flat-screen TV with satellite channels

Food and drink

  • Electric kettle
  • Tea bags/instant coffee

More

  • Desk
  • Heating
  • Individual decor
  • Individual furnishings
  • Iron/ironing board on request
  • Phone

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 4:00 PM; Check-in end time: midnight
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 10:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Fee for English breakfast: approximately GBP 12.5 for adults and GBP 8 for children
  • Self parking fee: GBP 5.00 per night

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

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; cash is not accepted

We should mention

This property does not have elevators

Property is also known as

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Royal Clifton Hotel Reviews

Reviews

7.6

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 302 out of 1001 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 352 out of 1001 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 181 out of 1001 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 89 out of 1001 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 77 out of 1001 reviews

8.0/10

Cleanliness

8.4/10

Staff & service

7.0/10

Amenities

6.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Steven

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

8/10 Good

Claire

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

Good hotel

Easy to walk into town. Parking available at a fee. Excellent breakfast. Friendly staff. Hope hotel continues to be refreshed
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025

6/10 Okay

Matthew

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Neil

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

A little gem

I booked a sea view room. Stunning views over the Promenade. Look, it’s a very old hotel, so maintenance is needed constantly. Creaking floor boards and dated corridors. That comes with the territory. My room was superb, clean and bright. I was pleasantly surprised by the breakfast (12.50) if a walk in. Piping hot, good selection, spotlessly clean. Comfortable bed, nice and quiet, very helpful reception staff.
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Graham

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

Royal Clifton

Great location a few minutes walk into town nice view from the hotel on the promenade. This hotel is now dated and requires some general maintenance, but the rooms and general areas are all very clean plus nice freindly staff and environment. Would i stay here again yes definitely.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025

2/10 Terrible

Salija

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Old building and smelly rooms
Stayed 5 nights in May 2025

6/10 Okay

Paul

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
My son and myself stayed for 2 nights. There was no hot water, it was luke warm at best.No plug sockets in single bedroom ???. Remote for tv didnt work. We'll probably avoid this one next year.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Graham

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

Well located 'grand' style hotel.

A very good location overlooking the promenade, but only a few hundred yards from Lord Street - Southport's main street. It's a hotel in the 'grand' style, rather too big now and some parts are clearly in need of modernisation and repair, but all public areas are clean and very nicely decorated. Large lounge/bar area. Full breakfast available, with plenty of choice. Lots of parking space at the front of the hotel.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

6/10 Okay

Susan

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Our room was clean and beds comfortable, the furniture old but adequate, bathroom was old, white toilet seat on an old salmon coloured suite, both sink taps leaked, tiles and grouting in need of replacing and nothing like the pictures I saw online. Carpets through the main lobby very stained. I feel the hotel is in need of refurbishment inside and out, however, the Staff were very helpful and friendly; the breakfast was fine.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Eddie

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Dr Rohit

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
It was an amazing experience to visit royal clifton hotel. I had an amazing experience with staff. The only cons was the shower wasn’t working properly. The flow was intermittent
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

6/10 Okay

Helen

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Reasonable stay for the price. The first room we were given had stains on the walls and animal fur all over the carpet but we were offered another room when we complained. The second room was more acceptable. The bathroom was smaller, tired with poor water pressure.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

4/10 Poor

PHILIP

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
I was not very impressed with not having any hot water in our room on arrival
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

2/10 Terrible

Eleanor Joan

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The shower was excellent. The building was tired and shabby inside and out. The room did not have a sea view, or tissues, or usable toilet tissues, or a fridge or a safe. The windows were filthy. The bed was comfortable. The bedside lights were so far from the bed you had to get up to turn them on or off. There was no fresh drinking water in the room or available. The breakfast looked inedible so I didn’t eat it. The bins in the room were not emptied in the 4 days I stayed there. The hand wash was in the shower so you couldn’t use it and there was no shelf in the shower for shower gel etc. I would not recommend it but the bed was comfortable and the shower was large and the water hot.
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

John

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

6/10 Okay

Denise

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort

Short break

The only contact we had with the staff,was when we checked in, the receptionist was pleasant. I stayed at the Royal Clifton over 20 years ago,in a larger family room,I remember it being quite grand upstairs. To be fair we booked a basic two night stay,which we got,sadly the exterior looks worse for wear.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Andrew

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

John

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Value for money, we enjoyed our stay
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Jayne

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

6/10 Okay

Hayley

Travelled with family, Travelled with family and small children
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Empty Thatchers cider bottles left in the wardrobe, which is still there now. Didn’t throw them out. No parking on hotel property so had to pay for street parking. Costing a small fortune. The surrounding areas are run down and derelict. A lot of buisnesses are run down or shut down. We had things to do in the area, we stayed for Blackpool pleasure beach but if we hadn’t booked that, there is VERY little to do. Someone attempted to get into the room, trying the door at 1am. Shoulder barging the doors. We left a day earlier than we should have.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Kathryn

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

Fantastic Breakfast

For what we paid it was better than expected. Beds were comfy, bedroom & bathroom very clean Breakfast is definitely worth purchasing at check in at £9.95, it was lovely.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Christopher

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Nice clean comfy room. Friendly staff. Shower was very poor sadly with no pressure and not very warm. You can hear full blown conversations outside the door. Attention to detail wouldn't go a miss in parts of the room aswell.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

2/10 Terrible

Kim

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

mark

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This is a good hotel, pleasant staff, easy check-in. Room was clean, tidy, spacious. This hotel has a nice feel to it an a little bar with comfy seating space. It is in a good location, most amenities within walking distance. Would stay here again.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

4/10 Poor

Geoffrey

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025