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4 out of 5
Hamsteels Hall
Hamsteels Lane, Quebec, Durham, England

Reviews

9.2

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 32 out of 54 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 19 out of 54 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 3 out of 54 reviews" "
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9.0/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

8.0/10

Amenities

8.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

TIMOTHY

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely accommodation in a beautiful place with a warm welcome.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Robert

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 6 nights in Jun 2022

8/10 Good

Ian

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Lovely peaceful location
The location was excellent for us and the building was very nice and well laid out with plenty of room, a few things needed fixing light bulbs were out in the bedroom and the lamp in the living room, the bedroom was full of cobwebs round the ceiling, the towel rail kept coming off its bracket, these were all small quick fixes because the property is really nice
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2021

8/10 Good

Andrew

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Bull Pen
Owner friendly and approachable and seemed happy to sort out any issues. Bull Pen was clean, tidy and had the kitchen and bathroom facilities needed for a mini break. Would happily stay again.
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2021

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very Nice
Great location and very friendly and helpful hosts. Will be staying again
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hen House
Very pleasant stay, everything we needed was provided and the cottage was very comfortable.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2021

10/10 Excellent

Ben

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Lovely cottage not far from Durham.
This was an excellent place. Very quite and incredibly clean. Communication was great and everything was straightforward. I stayed in the miners cottage and it was more than i could have asked for.
Stayed 5 nights in May 2020

10/10 Excellent

Richard

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
March 2020
A perfectly clean and tidy house. Very friendly and helpful hosts with a welcome (very welcome) bottle of wine. Not our first stay may I add, which shows how happy we were of the accommodation. Well recommended.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2020

8/10 Good

Denise

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Recommended
Really good facilities for the price. Plenty of space and very comfortable. One of the radiators didn't work and the bathroom shower area could have been more thoroughly cleaned. The surroundings were very scenic, it was lovely and quiet with only a five minute drive to the nearest town (Langley Park). We would definitely stay here again and have already recommended it to others.
View from lounge window
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2019

10/10 Excellent

Joyce

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A great location for trips out
Wonderful quiet location near to Beamish and good access to the M1 motorway. A great week seeing the sights of Durhan and Newcastle. Local pub just up the road with good food. A great location for trips out.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2019

8/10 Good

Norman

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2019

8/10 Good

Sue

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very peaceful
Bull Pen Cottage was very comfortable, cosy and clean. You can park your car right outside and there is a patio area with lovely views of the countryside. There is a kettle, toaster, microwave, cooker and fridge/freezer in the kitchen area which is adequately stocked with crockery and cutlery. The lounge furniture is extremely comfortable and there is a small dining table. The bed is comfortable and warm and there is plenty of storage in the bedroom.
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2018

10/10 Excellent

Mike, Hampshire

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Cosy farm cottage in beautiful countryside
Hamsteels Hall is a collection of farm cottages, modern barn conversions, set in the rolling countryside of County Durham. It is 5 minutes by car from Lanchester with good pubs, restaurants and shops, and only 15 minutes drive to Durham or the Beamish Museum, or 30 minutes to Newcastle. It is in excellent walking country, an ideal base for a week or more. The rooms are cosy but not too small, well-equipped and clean. The hostess could not have been more helpful, fixing a couple of minor gripes or omissions. Rates are reasonable. We will return!
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2018

8/10 Good

Timothy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Hen House
the owner was very friendly and helpful. The accommodation was a little dated and cold have done with a few more crockery items.The shower was a bit dangerous if you had children as it could get very hot.Overall it was acceptable for the price we paid. Wifi was ok but could only get a good reception in the bedroom.
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2018

10/10 Excellent

Jade, Slough

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely cottages beautiful scenery. (The Clydesdale)Cottage spacious clean and felt like home. This was our 3rd visit to hamsteels hall all 3 visits have been great we stayed in the smaller cottage 1st time the bull pen which was lovely but a bit small for us and our 1 year little boy(at the time) but couldn't fault it perfect for a couple. Stayed in thr granary 2nd visit lovely homely and very comfortable. June the owner very lovely friendly and very helpful with little 1 and the dog who we took on our 1st and most recent visit. Highly recommend hamsteels hall if visiting the north east. We will hopefully be returning again next year for another visit.
Stayed 7 nights in May 2018

8/10 Good

E, UK

Liked: Room comfort
Disliked: Cleanliness
Cosy but not very clean
Cosy and nice looking cottage in the heart of Durham countryside. Our accommodation was very spacious, designed for up to 9 people sharing although there were only 3 of us. Comfy living room with a dining area and open kitchen; disabled friendly. In the living room there was a nice looking fireplace, no real fire though. The television was a bit small for the size of the room and the free view was not working very well; only a few channels were accessible, the others were crashing constantly. The kitchen was well equipped in everything you might need in a self-catering place. The beds were comfy but a bit too soft for me. The whole place had an excellent heating so despite all cold weather we were cosy and warm inside. The only issue with the boiler was hot water in showers. Especially in the evening it was almost impossible to get hot shower, although all taps were fine for this. No idea what the problem was. Another little thing was the cleanliness... I have no idea how that place managed to keep 4 stars. Dust was everywhere, the top of the fridge, inside of the fridge-freezer, room corners, showers and the bath and even the interior doors were just dirty and looked like nobody gave them a proper clean for a long time. If I had something like that in a 4 star hotel, I would complain to the manager. But at the Hamsteels Hall there was actually nobody to talk to most of the time. It is a working farm and the owners are just busy with other things. Staying at the farm had its
Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2018

10/10 Excellent

Mary, Milton Keynes

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Highly Recommended
We stayed in the Hen House, which is a lovely, one bedroom cottage across the yard from the main building. The cottage itself is beautifully decorated and well furnished with plenty of room for sitting down to chat or watch TV in the evening and a separate dining area with table and chairs for four people. The kitchen is small but perfectly good for cooking a simple evening meal. The bedroom is also nicely furnished and decorated and the beds (one double and one single) are very comfortable. The area, very rural, is quite beautiful and there are villages a few miles in either direction for shops/restaurants. The owners are friendly and helpful. I'm so glad we found it.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2017

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great base for exploring Durham and its surrounds
Easy to get to beautiful quite location
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2017

10/10 Excellent

Carole

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2017

10/10 Excellent

Hugh

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very nice, spacious self-catering accommodation in a beautiful area. Would love to come back.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2017

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very nice cottage close to Durham.Owners were very welcoming
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2017

10/10 Excellent

Steve, Amersham

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Extremely happy return visit!
This is our second visit and we can't wait to come back. Everything is really good and comfortable here. The accommodation (converted farm buildings) is very suitable and well-fitted out with literally every home comfort you could want. The countryside view are really appealing and spectacular in high summer. Staying there was a very happy time in an otherwise quite stressful period!
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2017

10/10 Excellent

Clare

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
An Inexpensive Gem
Comfortable and affordable accommodation. Great value for money. A homely feel to the accommodation. Lovely relaxing location. Ideal for Durham and beamish. Owners unobtrusive but you know they are there if required. Wifi hit and miss but good 4G reception on at least 2 networks, so not an issue. Dog friendly Would highly recommend and will be back
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2017

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great farm stay
Fabulous friendly reception and cottage preparation. Lovely outlook from cottage, a real farm feeling

8/10 Good

Mark, Vancouver Island, BC

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Sweet cottage in a beautiful setting
This is a great place to stay when visiting Durham and environs. It's worth the short drive out into the countryside. (Must have a vehicle!) Beautiful scenery and fun to see the sheep close up. Host was extremely helpful--went out of her way for us. Only critique is you have to know to bring your own hand and dish soap.

10/10 Excellent

Kathryn

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Sensational
Absolutely lovely cottage - the space has been well-designed and the location is perfect. We had a sensational time.

10/10 Excellent

Lee, Nottingham

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Peaceful and friendly
We stayed here for our visit to Kynryn and it's far enough away to not have all the hustle and bustle but close enough to still have plenty of places to visit in the area. The family running the farm are great and always happy to help and your free to come and go as you please. The Hen House where we stayed was lovely and roomy and perfect for myself, my wife and my son.

8/10 Good

pomaussies, melbourne australia

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Comfortable cottages.Peaceful and quiet setting
Nice and friendly owners.Very laidback place and slow pace for a lovley break. Stayed in both the granary and hen house both comfortable and all that you need for a break away or a base to go places from.Unlike the granary the hen house didnt have a washing machine but the owner was happy to do a load of washing and drying for us.Which was handy as the laundrettes were closed.Our kettle was broken but as soon as we told owner she gave us a replacement

8/10 Good

Dawn, Whittington

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Located not too far away from Durham.
Nice location and not too far away from Durham, which is where we wanted to be as it was our daughters Graduation. We also had the option of taking our dog. It was also good that they could accommodate 3 people. The taxi costs £15 from Hamsteels Hall to Durham (for 3 passengers). We struggled to get WIFI. The coffee in the container looked like it had been in there for years! It would have been nice to have had coffee and tea - we had to go out and buy some, along with some fresh milk. A bottle of wine was there as a welcome gift, however we would have preferred tea, coffee and milk. Nice views of the countryside from the one side.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Holiday stay
The overall stay was good. The hostess was nice and helpful.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A very nice place but it's a self catering cottage, not a hotel.

10/10 Excellent

mark, warrington

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
lovely peaceful country place
this place is a little bit out of durham (15 minutes drive) the settings are very relaxing if you like the countryside and if you like the outdoor life. very relaxing time in a lovely building that has been restored. there are a couple of villages closer if need shopping. the accommodation is very spacious and worth visiting and has various size of accommodation for couples or families. excellent

8/10 Good

sharon, telford

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
quiet cottage in the countryside
plenty of space and good facilities. Close enough to Durham yet in the contryside

8/10 Good

Ashley, Darwen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice short break
Great two nights which we booked as fairly close to the Beamish museum,Had all home from home facilities with plenty of space and comfort and at the same price as a hotel room with no facilities. Friendly owners opposite in the farm who were very accommodating.Will definitely be back later in the year.

10/10 Excellent

Jane, Tyne and Wear

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect Stay
There were 8 people staying over. There was plenty of room and great views. Perfect day and night enjoyed by all both young and old

10/10 Excellent

Julie, Nuneaton Warwickshire

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great home comforts
Very comfortable cottage great to relax after being out all day. |Home comforts very relaxing, dog welcome so that was a bonus. |Owner very obliging and helpful. Would recommend especially if you want peace and quiet.

8/10 Good

Lynn, Wirral

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice weekend break
Convenient to both Beamish Museum and Durham. On arrival we received a warm welcome from the owner, June. Cottage was comfortable, well furnished and had everything we needed for the weekend. Very slight dog smell in living room but as the property is advertised as pet friendly this was not unexpected. On the whole a good property in a great location and reasonably priced.

10/10 Excellent

gary, worcestershire

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
weekend stay
we arrived to a warm large cottage.With everything you would need to stay in comfort Sadly the free wifi was a bit hit and miss, but that really didn't bother us so much.The free bottle of wine was a lovely touch.We shall be returning in the future to this farm.

10/10 Excellent

Sarah, Norwich

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely Self Catering cottage
We stayed for 3 nights when visiting the area for a wedding. Lovely little cottage in a beautiful area.

10/10 Excellent

Janet, York

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good location
Our stay here in the Bull pen was perfect great location and base for our needs and very relaxing in peaceful location, would recommend to family and friends.

8/10 Good

Moriyike, Nigeria

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Country hamsteel
Although the wifi didn't work, the place was roomy and comfortable just like home. Its self catering. It's far away from anything so take everything along with you before you get there. Don't forget this.

8/10 Good

Richard, St. Helens

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
short break in the wilds of Co. Durham
A comfortable couple of nights, peaceful in a beautiful part of Co. Durham. Made very welcome by our host with a bottle of wine to greet us. Will visit again.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Few days away
Lovely stay in the Bull Pen, very clean and spacious (not a four poster bed as advertised but very comfortable). Considering it is a working farm it was very quiet, just what we wanted. Our daughter loved it and wants to go back.

6/10 Okay

joe, Dorchester

Liked: Staff & service
Good value for money
Stayed here for a couple of days to explore the surrounding area. Its in a very quiet location, but only a few minutes by car from shops, restaurants etc. It was much larger than I expected for the price. My only complaint would be that the mattress was not very comfy, and there was a smell of damp. There is free internet, but it is very unreliable, so if it matters, pack a dongle.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Very quaint little cottage. Quite romantic. We enjoyed a weekend stay here.

10/10 Excellent

Steve, Amersham, UK

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent self catering experience on working farm
We had a great time at Hamsteels Hall and in some ways it was the highlight of our time away. We arrived in bright afternoon winter sunshine to find a lovely place to stay with really nice views of open countryside and lambing in progress. One of the lambs was being fed as we drove up. The suite was fully up to date, extremely practical and at the same time discreet, with the accommodation separate from the main farm buildings. The heaters had been switched on and the rooms were warm for us. Everything about the accommodation was first rate. The staff could not have been more hospitable. We really enjoyed it, and feel it was a real find. We will definitely stay again.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Country retreat
It's sheer calm and comfort and the owners are very amiable . Antique Delight

10/10 Excellent

HL, Lancashire

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Brilliant place to stay, slightly remote but lovely for children to see a working farm in action. Owner very friendly and if bigger/better apartments are not booked at the same time she upgrades you for free. We paid for the cheapest apartment and stayed in one of the more expensive ones which was brilliant (the apartment was bigger than our actual home). The public footpath down the road leads to a massive pile of cow poo and the farmer doesn't maintain right of way very well, which is a shame. Easy to get to shops in Langley Park (short drive) and we found it an easy drive into Durham city. We enjoyed a home cooked meal one night and used the patio for a bbq the next. We would definitely stay here again and have recommended it to friends.

10/10 Excellent

williams, wales

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
very friendly and helpful perfect accommodation for us

10/10 Excellent

Bart, Leuven

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect, ook met kinderen
Prachtige verblijven, zeer goed uitgerust (keuken, salon, eetkamer, tv, wifi) en bijzonder vriendelijke mensen, als je op ze toestapt, want ze respecteren je privacy 100%. We hebben leuk met hen gebabbeld en ze hebben ons hun hele prachtig verbouwde huis laten zien. Als we meer tijd hadden gehad, wilden ze ons zelfs de streek tonen. Ze gaven tips voor restaurants etc. We waren later dan gepland en zij waren afwezig, maar ze hadden gewoon de sleutels aan de buitenkant op de deur laten steken zodat we in het gastenverblijf konden. Het onze was het kleinste van de 5, maar het was enorm groot.