The Griffin Inn Hotel

3.0 star property
Travelers relax on idyllic grounds at this welcoming hotel, where expertly brewed coffee awaits and outdoor games entertain guests of all ages

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The Griffin Inn Hotel offers a retreat where travelers unwind on the sun-drenched terrace or explore the charming garden. Enjoy excellent brews at the coffee shop and stay connected with in-room WiFi. Past guests praise this comfortable base for exploring nearby attractions.

Reviews

8.2 out of 10
Very good

Popular amenities

  • Pet friendly
  • Parking included
  • Free WiFi
  • Restaurant
  • Business services
  • Bar

Room options

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Showing 3 of 3 rooms

Basic Double or Twin Room

Highlights

Individually furnished
Individually decorated
Heating
Flat-screen TV
Hair dryer
Private bathroom
Electric kettle
Coffee/tea maker
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

Basic Single Room

Highlights

Individually furnished
Individually decorated
Heating
Flat-screen TV
Hair dryer
Private bathroom
Electric kettle
Coffee/tea maker
  • 86 sq ft
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

Basic Double Room

9.0 out of 10
Wonderful
(10 reviews)

Highlights

Individually furnished
Individually decorated
Heating
Flat-screen TV
Hair dryer
Private bathroom
Electric kettle
Coffee/tea maker
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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About the neighborhood

Map
Church Lane, Eccleston, St Helens, England, WA105AD

What's nearby

  • Knowsley Safari Park - 5 min drive - 1.7 miles
  • Citadel Arts Centre - 6 min drive - 1.7 miles
  • Cineworld St Helens - 6 min drive - 1.9 miles
  • Darkstar Ultimate Laser Arena - 7 min drive - 2.1 miles
  • Theatre Royal - 7 min drive - 2.1 miles

Getting around

  • Thatto Heath Station - 5 min drive
  • John Lennon Airport (LPL) - 24 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Cricketers Arms - ‬3 min drive
  • ‪The Crispy Cod - ‬15 min walk
  • ‪The Seven Stars - ‬12 min walk
  • ‪The Griffin Inn - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪chipmunk - ‬4 min drive

About this property

The Griffin Inn Hotel

Inn near Knowsley Safari Park
You can look forward to a terrace, a coffee shop/cafe, and a garden at The Griffin Inn Hotel. In addition to a playground and a bar, guests can connect to free in-room WiFi.
You'll also find perks like:
  • Free self parking
  • 1 meeting room, outdoor furniture, and smoke-free premises
Room features
All guestrooms are individually furnished, and offer amenities such as free WiFi.
More amenities include:
  • Bathrooms with bathtubs and free toiletries
  • Electric kettles, heating, and daily housekeeping

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Property amenities

Internet

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

Parking and transportation

  • Free self parking on site
  • Limited onsite self parking

Food and drink

  • A bar/lounge
  • A coffee shop/cafe
  • A restaurant
  • Snack bar/deli

Things to do

  • Playground

Family friendly

  • Playground
  • Snack bar/deli

Conveniences

  • Limited-hour front desk

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)

Business services

  • 108 square feet of conference space
  • Meeting room

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • Outdoor furniture
  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Wheelchair accessibility
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)

More

  • Smoking not allowed

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Bathtub
  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Toilet paper
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • Flat-screen TV

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Electric kettle
  • Limited room service
  • Restaurant dining guides

More

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

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; Check-in end time: 11:00 PM
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from 11:00 AM - 11:00 PM
Front desk staffed during limited hours
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

Pets allowed for an extra charge of GBP 10 per accommodation, per night
Service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees
Welcoming dogs only
Restrictions apply; for more information contact the property at the number on the booking confirmation
Food and water bowls are available

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome

Property payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Pet fee: GBP 10 per accommodation, per night
  • Service animals are exempt from fees

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, debit cards, and cash

Property is also known as

The Griffin Inn Hotel Inn
The Griffin Inn Hotel St Helens
The Griffin Inn Hotel Inn St Helens

Frequently asked questions

Is The Griffin Inn Hotel pet-friendly?

Yes, dogs are allowed at this property. There's a fee of GBP 10 per accommodation, per night. Service animals are exempt from fees. Some restrictions may apply, so please contact the property for more details.

How much is parking?

Self parking is free at this property.

What time is check-in at The Griffin Inn Hotel?

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; Check-in end time: 11:00 PM. After-hours check-in is not available.

What time is check-out at The Griffin Inn Hotel?

Check-out is at 11:00 AM.

Where is The Griffin Inn Hotel located?

Located in Eccleston, this inn is 2.9 mi (4.7 km) from Knowsley Safari Park and within 6 mi (10 km) of Dream and Bowring Park Golf Course. Mecca Bingo and Croxteth Hall & Country Park are also within 6 mi (10 km).

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Reviews

The Griffin Inn Hotel Reviews

8.2

Very Good

8.6

Cleanliness

8.0

Amenities

8.4

Staff & service

8.0

Eco-friendliness

8.2

Property conditions & facilities
Rating 10 - Excellent. 67 out of 130 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 30 out of 130 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 14 out of 130 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 13 out of 130 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 6 out of 130 reviews

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Margaret

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Great stay, extremely comfortable and very clean.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Stephen

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

Great stay will be back

Very good service from the staff, clean room, good shower, amazing space In the bar area and a field over the road for the dog
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Sandra

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Fab place. Staff are amazing. It's our third stay and we really enjoyed it. Food is out of this world.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

8/10 Good

barry

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Warm welcome, clean bedroom and linen, comfy bed.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

8/10 Good

Ian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Really, comfortable, nice room, staff great at check-in but had limited chance to sample anything else as 1 day trip and away early. Getting to Liverpool and back more of a challenge than expected on public transport, especially journey back after 11 so maybe budget for a cab if that's your plan.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Deborah

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great staff, great food, nice place
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

Catherine

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Clean well equipped rooms ideal for overnight stay to attend family party .
Stayed 1 night in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Tremayne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely hotel and a very clean and tidy room
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

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

Excellent overnight stop

Very comfortable bed, room was nicely dark and peaceful too once the live band finished about 10.45pm. Only 1 working plug socket in room 10 but we coped. We would certainly stay again.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

8/10 Good

Malcolm

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
OK for an overnight stay. Our room had a view of a shipping container in the yard - not the hanging gardens of Babylon or a herd of wildebeast that we'd hoped for! (The reception staff member was too young to remember Fawlty Towers, so the comment went over his head....). Had to ask at the bar for glass tumblers for water needs in the night and to hold toothbrushes. Some noise from Friday night entertainment but stopped at 11pm so not an issue.
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

PETR

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

Good value for money

Spacious, comfortable and clean room, comfortable bathroom (shower)
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Neil

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
This is a very friendly pub that is very busy the only reason I didn’t give 5 * was the pub has kids birthday parties and live music which both are quiet loud
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Kevin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Car park has around 20/30 spaces which got full quick as it is a busy pub. Rooms very clean and spacious
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Room comfort

Shower issue

On arriving to hotel, was impressed with what we so. We Checked in at around 3.o'clock was shown to our room 8 first floor. Room clean with all we needed. 1st thing to do was have a shower to get ready for our evening out with family. Stepped into shower all fine until water stopped running and went into a dribble so not a great experience. The wife followed me in shower that was still dribbling. This was reported to manager when we went do stairs, his reply was somebody stayed in there yesterday and never had a problem? Perhaps its water pressure issue. I will let maintenance know. We did have shower the morning after and all was fine? So perhaps there is a water issue that needs resolving.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

L

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

Lovely stay

One night stay to attend concert in Liverpool. Check in was smooth, staff member showed me to room and showed fire exits etc, he was very polite. Room was ideal for what we needed. Clean and comfortable. Bathroom was clean and modern, shower prowerful, towels and toiletries provided. Free parking on site to the back of the pub. The area was quiet with minimum passing traffic. We didn’t drink or eat in the pub but it looked nice enough.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

4/10 Poor

Wendy

Disappointing ☹️

We booked for 3 reasons - a quiet overnight stay, somewhere with parking and breakfast the next day. Don't expect a quiet overnight stay if you're booking for a Saturday night - the venue itself is lovely but is near to a local housing estate. The noise levels are way too much - inside and out. People all shouting at over each other. Live music which goes on until gone 11pm. The food was delicious but our idea of a quiet meal was ruined by the group of 8-10 people who deemed it acceptable to all talk and shout over each other despite being in close proximity. Parking isn't always available. You can park in the housing estate if you're comfortable with that. We didn't as we weren't local to the area. No breakfast served at all despite being advertised on Hotels.com Bedroom - cracks in the ceiling, a missing drawer within a set of drawers, tatty headboard, even a small stain found on the mattress bedsheet. Bathroom - clean and spacious with lovely shower area but despite working perfectly the night before, the morning we were due to leave the shower itself was bearly a trickle and even stopped working whilst in the middle of a shower! Checking out - no one around from the night before, left our key with the cleaner! It's a lovely venue/restaurant that does really nice food but I think that's all it should be as there seems to be little attention to the upkeep of the rooms and also it's very impersonal for those that book a stay as there's no personal attention as such.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Barry

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very welcoming, staff very helpful, room couldn't be better.
Stayed 5 nights in Nov 2025

10/10 Excellent

Simon

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

Nice hotel

Stayed for 1 night. Rooms very comfortable. Food and beer great
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Louise

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

Nice place to stay

Room was very clean and well decorated, bed was comfy. Tea and coffee provisions. Very nice pub reasonably priced with live music
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2025

8/10 Good

Anthony

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
We often stay at the Griffin, comfortable, friendly, good location, we will be there again
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2025

6/10 Okay

Martin

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities

Good stopover

It's a lovely venue The bed was a bit hard
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Clean and very good staff very helpful
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Antonia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Brilliant stay would come back!
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

4/10 Poor

Penelope

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
The bedroom was a goid suze and the bsthroom
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025

2/10 Terrible

melvyn

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
There was a band on both nights which I wasn’t told off so sleep wasn’t great very noisy should of told me bands on when booking check first
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2025