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Weston-Super-Mare • • • St. Ives Falmouth • Torquay • • Bournemouth Isle Of Wight • Bognor Regis • Eastbourne • • Scarborough • Blackpool • Llandudno Criccieth • Porthcawl • Dunoon • Fort William The Best of

Welcome to the world of Leisureplex Hotels. Situated in stunning locations from St. Ives to Fort William, Leisureplex offers a range of quality hotels where prime locations and premium service come at a very affordable price. Bringing you Doing things differently the best of the At Leisureplex we understand that “one size doesn’t fit all.” Our British seaside hotels are as characterful, unique and charming as the resorts in When we say our hotels enjoy which they are situated. So once you’ve chosen the resort and hotel the best possible positions in that most suits you, we do our very best to provide you with a their respective resorts, we personal service that meets your individual needs. really do mean just that. In And don’t just take our word for it. Take a look at our reviews on Trip most cases, the beach or sea Advisor or Laterooms - Leisureplex Hotels come highly recommended! front is just across the road Our careful quality control ensures a consistent and reliable standard with spectacular views from but it is the feedback from our guests which really keeps us on track. many rooms. Week in week out, we compile detailed reviews of all our hotels based You’ll find attractions and on the comments, opinions and suggestions put forward by our guests. places of interest all within Over the years we have played host to millions of satisfied guests. easy reach and when you tire of Many come back to visit a favourite hotel year after year and enjoy exploring, there are welcoming being greeted by our friendly staff. Others prefer to meet old friends bars and comfortable lounges and new in a variety of locations, sampling new hotels and new where you can relax and horizons but with the assurance of the consistent quality for which watch the world go by. Leisureplex hotels are famous.

2 Reservations: 08451 305666 Groups: 08451 305888 the British Seaside

Be our guest From a warm welcome on arrival to the very last minute of your stay, our helpful staff will be on hand to make your stay pleasurable. Our quality hotels are matched by professional, efficient staff who represent the very best of the UK hospitality industry. Friendly staff are a key part of a stay within our hotels and we try our very hardest to ensure your every need is met. From engaging front of house staff to experienced management and back of house support teams, we work hard to make your stay memorable. Your comfort is paramount and at Leisureplex we’re thrilled when you tell us how you’ve enjoyed your well earned break. Accommodation Most of our hotels are listed buildings of great character and as a result public rooms and guest bedrooms vary considerably. However, we pride ourselves on delivering the same standards throughout our hotels: clean rooms, good quality décor, bright Explore the UK modern bathrooms and attention to the small details that make all the difference to your stay. In this brochure we have tried All hotels have a ballroom or large area for dancing and most to provide details not just of have comfortable lounges, sun lounges or games areas where our hotels but also of the you’re free to while away the hours. Many guest rooms boast resorts and the rich choice of fabulous sea views, and all are immaculately presented and excursion possibilities in the provided with a bath or shower & WC, central heating, hair dryer, surrounding area. It is easy to tea/coffee making facilities and television with radio channels. forget that Great Britain is one of the best developed tourism destinations in the world with an incredible variety of things Booking to do and places to see. For individual bookings, please visit our Leisureplex website www.leisureplex.co.uk, telephone your chosen hotel or complete the Booking Form on page 47 and forward it to the hotel. For special package rates, please contact our associated ABTA tour operator, “ Alfa Travel, on 08451 305666 or visit the Alfa Travel web site: We were very, www.alfatravel.co.uk. The Alfa web site also contains a lot of very impressed additional hotel information and details of late offers. by the high Group Bookings standards of To make a booking for a group of 20 people or more, please contact the staff, and our Head Office Groups Department on 08451 305888 or visit the hotel our web site www.leisureplex.co.uk which also has details ” of special offers and late availability for groups.

www.leisureplex.co.uk 3 Great dining...

Breakfast Menu Good Morning! Dinner Menu Tea or Coffee To Start White or Wholemeal Toast Chilled Orange or Apple Juice with Preserves Tuna, Sweetcorn & Bean Pasta *** Chicken Waldorf Salad Fabulous dining at Starters Minestrone Soup with grated Leisureplex Hotels Chilled Orange Juice parmesan cheese Chilled Apple Juice *** Good food is at the heart of a Grapefruit segments Main Course Leisureplex break. Well appointed Weetabix, Home Roasted Ham dining rooms are the perfect Prunes, served with (or without) backdrop for pleasurable meal times. Cornflakes, a creamy onion sauce For a more relaxed dining Rice Krispies Grilled Rainbow Trout with experience, all guests are allocated or Fruit & Fibre dill butter Freshly prepared Seasonal Salad individual times and all meals are Scotch Porridge Oats Vegetarian Option waiter service, leaving you to sit Please note that we use Chef’s back and leisurely choose your next semi skimmed milk. Special of the Day course from our extensive set menus. *** *** Served with Chips Main Courses We serve a traditional British Broccoli Florets breakfast each morning to set you Traditional British breakfast Buttered Broad Beans up for the day. Light snacks and bar with your choice of fried, scrambled or poached eggs & *** meals are available at lunch times grilled bacon, pork sausage, Puddings (packed lunches are also available baked beans & tomato Apple & Blackberry on request). Scotch kipper fillet Crumble Tart Double Chocolate Gateau In the evening, relax with our *** British & Continental Cheeses Cold ham and cheeses substantial menus which offer plenty with accompaniments Fresh fruit of choice and a selection of wines. Ice Cream selection If you have a special dietary request Fruit Salad then we can cater for most needs. Typical Leisureplex menus: *** Tea or Coffee

4 Reservations: 08451 305666 Groups: 08451 305888 and great entertainment!

Here to entertain you All hotels have entertainment at least four evenings and up to six evenings per week. All our hotels are large enough to provide both cosy relaxing lounge areas where you can enjoy a tranquil glass of wine and fabulous entertainment rooms where you can take a spin around the dance floor or enjoy the cabaret. No smoking policy Smoking is not permitted anywhere inside our hotels (including all hotel bedrooms) and smokers are only able to smoke outside the buildings. Accessibility and clients with special requirements Our buildings are full of character and it has not always been possible to eliminate every potential obstacle for mobility impaired clients. However, we pride ourselves on our service for clients with special needs and we can usually find a suitable solution. Extensive information is available on our website regarding the accessibility of both hotels and resorts and we strongly advise Child reductions clients to consult that information. Although most of our The key to success is tailoring our service to your exact needs. So clients are aged over 40, we if members of your party have a special requirement, whether it is offer substantial reductions due to a mobility impairment or some other need, please contact for children at all hotels our Customer Care team before you make your booking. You can (please see page 47). telephone on 01257 248134 or email [email protected]. Several of our hotels are ideal for a traditional family seaside holiday and grandparents holidaying with their grandchildren is also a popular holiday option.

“Great location, tasty food and very enjoyable entertainment ”

www.leisureplex.co.uk 5 Anchor Head Hotel Weston-Super-Mare • Avon

Anchor Head Hotel Reservations Claremont Crescent Hotel: 01934 620880 Weston-Super-Mare, Avon BS23 2ED Groups: 08451 305888 Tel: 01934 620880 Fax: 01934 621767 Email: [email protected] www.leisureplex.co.uk

6 Somerset’s best known holiday resort

Your Hotel Splendidly situated overlooking Weston Bay and close to the boating slipway and a small beach; the promenade walk starts right next to the hotel. Dining & Entertainment • Delightful Anchor Bar with Your Resort Town Centre dance floor Weston-Super-Mare is The town centre has a • Entertainment provided situated in a sheltered bay at pedestrianised High Street most evenings the foot of the Mendip Hills and indoor Sovereign • TV lounge with views across the Shopping Centre. Intriguing • Superb views from all Channel to South Wales. antiques, books and public rooms There are many Victorian craftworks are amongst Bedrooms and Edwardian terraces Weston’s narrow side streets. interspersed with colourful Bristol city centre is just half • All 52 bedrooms have central parks and gardens. Attractions an hour away. heating and bath or shower include the magnificent &WC Grand (which was Beach & Gardens • All rooms have tea/coffee completely rebuilt in 2010), The resort’s beach and making facilities, hair dryer a Sea Life centre, dancing at gardens provide an excellent and TV with radio channels the famous Winter Gardens environment for relaxation Additional and top class cabaret and big with deckchairs, bowling star names performing at the lawns and music from the Information Playhouse theatre. Weston is bandstands. Weston's clean, • No smoking throughout close to the historic cities of sandy beaches stretch over the hotel Bath and Bristol and the a mile along the recently • Lift to all floors (2 stairs resort’s position, nestling remodelled seafront. Its between lift and restaurant) between the Mendip Hills and gardens are well kept and are • Ground floor rooms available the Bristol Channel, means frequent contenders in the • Limited free on street parking there is some lovely scenery contest. and many opportunities for rambling and water sports.

Out & About Events Nearby • Grand Pier Jun-Aug - Sand Sculpture Festival • Bath • Playhouse Theatre Jun - Men’s Open Bowling Tournament • Wells • Weston Heritage Centre Jul - Helicopter Show • Cheddar Gorge • Court Farm Country Park Jul - Frome Festival • Street • Weston Helicopter Museum Aug - Women’s Open Bowling • Taunton • Bishop’s Palace - Wells Tournament • Minehead • Bristol Historic Docks Nov - Weston Carnival • Bristol

7 Imperial Hotel Ilfracombe •

Imperial Hotel Reservations Wilder Road Hotel: 01271 862536 Ilfracombe, Devon EX34 9AL Groups: 08451 305888 Tel: 01271 862536 Fax: 01272 862571 Email: [email protected] www.leisureplex.co.uk

8 A coast of contrasts and beautiful moorland

Your Hotel Situated in one of the best positions in Ilfracombe, opposite the splendid Landmark Theatre and Conference Centre, close to the Tunnels Beaches and shops and only a short almost level walk from the harbour. Dining & Your Resort Town Centre Entertainment Ilfracombe is the premier The town centre provides • Dance floor resort in , excellent shopping • Entertainment most evenings situated between the breath opportunities with its blend • Attractive cocktail bar taking scenery of to of well-known high street • TV lounge the east and the spectacular retailers and antique and • Sun lounge beaches of Croyde and gift shops. Woolacombe to the west. Bedrooms The town nestles amongst Beach & Gardens • 104 rooms with central heating the hills of Capstone and Near to the hotel are the and bath or shower & WC Hillsborough which overlook famous Tunnels Beaches and • All rooms have tea/coffee the picture perfect harbour. the shingle and pebble beach making facilities, intercom, There are plenty of local at Wildersmouth. Further hair dryer and TV with radio shops and the regional centre, afield we find the breath channels , with its taking beaches of remarkable Pannier Market, Woolacombe and Croyde. Additional is a short drive away. Boat Ilfracombe has some Information trips operate to magical delightful gardens, including • No smoking throughout Lundy Island and a trip to Runnymede and Jubilee the hotel nearby and Lynmouth Gardens, as well as fabulous • Lift to all floors (stairs to some - the ‘Little Switzerland’ of walks along the coastal path. rooms on split level floors) - with their unique • Limited on site car parking connecting water operated • Coach parking is available a cliff railway is a “must” short walk away (500 yards) during your stay.

Out & About Events Nearby • Landmark Theatre May - Ilfracombe Beer Festival • Lynton and Lynmouth • Tunnels Beaches May - Walking Festival • • Chambercombe Manor Jun - Victorian Week • Lundy Island • Barnstaple Heritage Centre Aug - Bird Man Competition • Barnstaple • Ilfracombe Aquarium Sep - Folk Festival • Exmoor Steam Railway • Watermouth Castle Oct - Exmoor Food Festival • Exmoor Zoo • Exmoor Zoo •

9 Eliot Hotel Newquay • Cornwall

Eliot Hotel Reservations Edgcumbe Avenue Hotel: 01637 878177 Newquay, Cornwall TR7 2NH Groups: 08451 305888 Tel: 01637 878177 Fax: 01637 852053 Email: [email protected] www.leisureplex.co.uk

10 The finest beaches in Europe

Your Hotel Very well situated close to Great Western and Tolcarne beaches only a few yards from the sea front and within easy walking distance of the shops and harbour. Dining & Entertainment • Bar & ballroom with Your Resort Town Centre entertainment provided Newquay is Cornwall’s Newquay has a good most evenings premier holiday resort selection of both high street • Extensive lounge areas boasting some of the finest and local stores. Bank Street, • Games room coastline in Europe with no Newquay’s main high street, • Outdoor swimming pool less than eleven beaches! The is mostly pedestrianised, with (heated May – September) town is an ancient one - the interesting alleyways housing Bedrooms ‘new quay’ from which it little craft and antique shops. takes its name dates back There is also a great variety • 76 bedrooms with central to the fifteenth century, of tea shops and cafés for heating and bath or shower when it was known as a refreshing break. &WC ‘Towan Blystra’. As well • All rooms have tea/coffee as being Britain’s surfing Beaches making facilities, hair dryer capital, it offers wonderful Newquay beaches are and TV with radio channels cliff and beach walks, a numerous and varied. Additional picturesque harbour and a Tolcarne and Great Western variety of activities including are the most popular, with Information golf, squash, tennis, putting, safe bathing and golden sand. • No smoking throughout the hotel bowls, surfing and even Fistral beach is a surfer’s • Lift serves most rooms shark fishing! There paradise and hosts many although all floors (inc. ground are also hidden coves and national and international floor) are split level with some atmospheric smugglers’ pubs competitions each year. intermediate stairs which are a living reminder • Large car park of the more colourful side of • Coach parking on site Cornwall’s history.

Out & About Events Nearby • Newquay Zoo May - Padstow Spring Festival • Eden Project • Lappa Valley Steam Railway May - Helston’s Flora Day • St. Ives • Cornish Birds of Prey Centre May - Run to the Sun Festival • Penzance and Land’s End • Trerice Jun - Royal Cornwall Show • Bodmin • Trewithen House & Gardens Jul - Newquay Lions Carnival • Tintagel • Lanhydrock House Aug - Fowey Regatta • Padstow

11 Cottage Hotel St. Ives • Cornwall

Cottage Hotel Reservations Boskerris Road Hotel: 01736 795252 Carbis Bay, St. Ives, Cornwall TR26 2PE Groups: 08451 305888 Tel: 01736 795252 Fax: 01736 798636 Email: [email protected] www.leisureplex.co.uk

12 Quaint cobbled streets and breathtaking bays

Your Hotel Situated in extensive grounds overlooking Carbis Bay, 300 yards from the beach and two minutes’ walk from Carbis Bay railway station which is a delightful 5 minute journey from St. Ives. Dining & Entertainment Your Resort Town Centre • Large ballroom with St. Ives is a strikingly The streets of St. Ives are entertainment most evenings picturesque town with three steep, narrow and winding, • Two bars, snooker table & glorious beaches close to with a wealth of quaint shops TV lounge town plus the spectacular and cosy tea-rooms. St. Ives • Outdoor swimming pool beach at Carbis Bay. Its rocky is a magnet for artists, who (heated May - September) headlands, bustling harbour flock here to catch the town’s • Restaurant and sun lounge have and the remarkable quality of unique light and there are lovely views of the bay its light have made it a haven several galleries dotted Bedrooms for artists and there are around town. numerous exhibitions and • 80 rooms with central heating a spectacular branch of the Beach & Gardens and bath or shower & WC Tate Gallery overlooking The town’s beaches are • All rooms have tea/coffee making Porthmeor beach. With extensive and varied with facilities, intercom, hair dryer exclusive boutiques and Porthmeor beach providing and TV with radio channels restaurants, St. Ives is a very the surf and excitement Additional fashionable , whilst the quieter beaches at visited by royalty and the Harbour, Porthminster Information celebrities. Despite its and Carbis Bay provide • No smoking throughout the hotel popularity it still retains sheltered bathing. Located • 2 lifts serve most bedrooms its old-world charm with just outside the heart of (although entertainment room innumerable antique and the town, Trewyn Gardens is only accessible via stairs) craft shops. In short, St. Ives regularly win Britain in • Large car park is the perfect mixture of Bloom awards for their • Coach parking on site culture and outstanding incredible floral displays. natural beauty.

Out & About Events Nearby • St. Ives Leisure Centre May - Helston’s Flora Day • Land’s End • Tate Gallery May - St. Ives Mayday Festival • Eden Project • Flambards Village - Helston Aug - End of the Road Show • St. Michael’s Mount • Paradise Park Aug - Newlyn Fish Festival • Penzance • Barbara Hepworth Museum Sep - St. Ives September Festival • Scilly Isles • Trengwainton Gardens Nov - Writing on the Wind • Newquay • Heligan Gardens • The Lizard

13 Madeira Hotel Falmouth • Cornwall

Madeira Hotel Reservations Cliff Road, Falmouth, Hotel: 01326 313531 Cornwall TR11 4NY Groups: 08451 305888 Tel: 01326 313531 Fax: 01326 319143 Email: [email protected] www.leisureplex.co.uk

14 Cornwall’s sailing capital, awash with Atlantic light

Your Hotel Beautifully situated on the sea front with attractive gardens and splendid views to Pendennis Castle and across Falmouth Bay. Dining & Entertainment • Restaurant with large dance floor and entertainment most Your Resort Town Centre evenings • Delightful cocktail bar Falmouth boasts one of the Falmouth is well-known for • Sun lounges with large picture highest average sunshine its fascinating mixture of windows overlooking the sea records in Britain and in buildings and shops which winter has a climate vary from modern stores to Bedrooms comparable to that of the much older listed buildings, • 51 rooms with individual Mediterranean. Located at often occupied by antique heating and bath or shower the southern end of the Fal and craft shops, which lie in &WC estuary, it has beautifully laid picturesque alleyways • All rooms have tea/coffee out exotic gardens, a large leading down to the harbour. vibrant harbour and a Tudor making facilities, hair dryer Beach & Gardens and TV with radio channels castle overlooking the bay. Other attractions include a Castle Beach lies directly Additional growing arts centre and the in front of the hotel and Information state-of-the-art National Gyllyngvase Beach is a five Maritime Museum, which minute walk away. • No smoking throughout documents Falmouth’s Falmouth’s gardens, which the hotel historic Cornish past and are dotted around the town • Lift to all floors plays host to the town’s include a sprinkling of sub- • Large car park cultural events. Further up tropical plants and provide an • Coach parking on site the Fal estuary, the riverside excellent backdrop for • Ground floor rooms available is interspersed with tiny reflection and relaxation. villages and hamlets, creeks and coves which may be seen by taking a cruise on the River Fal.

Out & About Events Nearby • Falmouth Art Gallery May - Fal River Festival • St Mawes • Pendennis Castle May - Helston’s Flora Day • Fowey • National Maritime Museum Aug - Falmouth week • Eden Project • Glendurgan Gardens Sep - Truro Carnival • Heligan Gardens • Trebah Gardens • Roseland Peninsula • National Seal Sanctuary • Newquay • Trevarno Estate Gardens • St. Austell

15 Regina Hotel Torquay •

Regina Hotel Reservations Victoria Parade Hotel: 01803 292904 Torquay, South Devon TQ1 2BE Groups: 08451 305888 Tel: 01803 292904 Fax: 01803 290270 Email: [email protected] www.leisureplex.co.uk

16 Queen of the English Riviera

Your Hotel Wonderfully situated on the harbour-side, with the principal shops and theatre a gentle stroll away. Part of the Regina is particularly interesting as the home for three years of the poet, Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Dining & Your Resort luxury yachts and beautiful footbridge across the inner Entertainment Torquay is one of Britain’s harbour. • Bar lounge with dance floor and most famous resorts, situated entertainment most evenings at the heart of 22 miles of Town Centre • Lounge bar looking out on to unspoilt coastline known as The heart of the town is the the lively harbour the ‘English Riviera’ because harbour which has many • Air conditioned restaurant of its mild climate, sparkling shops along its edges. blue waters, blue-flag The town is hilly but the Bedrooms beaches, attractive gardens location of the Regina Hotel • 68 bedrooms with central and palm tree lined seafront. is on the flat harbourside and heating and bath or shower Torquay has been fashionable the shops, promenade and &WC since Victorian times and is Pavilion Theatre are all a • All rooms have tea/coffee the former home of Elizabeth level walk from here. making facilities, hair dryer Barrett Browning as well as and TV with radio channels crime author . Beaches & It offers variety, day and Additional night, from its bustling Gardens Information harbour and marina to its has excellent bathing • No smoking throughout the hotel exclusive shops, sophisticated beaches at , • Lift serves most rooms (except restaurants and bars. and . Barrett Browning’s former Torquay’s spectacular Torre Abbey Gardens make a house) modernised waterfront pleasant walk along the sea • Limited car parking with public provides a continental front from the hotel. car park across the road atmosphere with its attractive cafes and shops,

Out & About Events Nearby • Babbacombe Model Village May - Heritage Festival • • Torquay Museum Jun - All Saints’ Festival of the Sea • • Bygones Victorian Museum Jul - Torbay Carnival • South Devon Railway • Oldway Mansion & Gardens Aug - Torbay Week • Paignton • Sep - Agatha Christie Festival • • Living Coasts •

17 Cavendish Hotel Exmouth • Devon

Cavendish Hotel Reservations The Esplanade Hotel: 01395 272528 Exmouth, Devon EX8 1BE Groups: 08451 305888 Tel: 01395 272528 Fax: 01395 269361 Email: [email protected] www.leisureplex.co.uk

18 Two miles of golden sands and a World Heritage Coast

Your Hotel This delightful hotel is wonderfully situated on the level seafront next to Exmouth’s fine golden sands, a few minutes’ walk from the shops. Dining & Entertainment • Bar lounge with dance floor & Your Resort Town Centre entertainment most evenings Exmouth developed as a Exmouth has good shopping • Games room with snooker, resort in Georgian times and with an indoor market and a darts & large screen TV was once probably the most pedestrianised high street, • Quiet lounge with sea views select resort in Britain. as well as Georgian pubs Bedrooms Today it offers golden sands, and high quality restaurants colourful gardens and a serving a variety of local and • 78 rooms with central heating bustling harbour side. Its international dishes. The and bath or shower and WC two mile long promenade newly developed yacht • All rooms have tea/coffee provides a range of activities harbour and railway station making facilities, hair dryer from boating, amusements are both within a few and TV with radio channels and crazy golf to dancing minutes’ walk of the Additional and entertainment at the Cavendish Hotel. Exmouth Pavilion. There are Information boat trips along the estuary Beach & Gardens • No smoking throughout and riverside pubs, as well Exmouth’s sandy beach is the hotel as a miniature railway and directly across the road from • Lift serves most rooms (a few Country Life centre. The the Cavendish Hotel. There stairs to some rooms on split coast from Exmouth to are well kept parks just a level floors. 4th floor not Dorset has been officially short walk away, including served) ranked alongside the Grand the Strand Gardens and • Ground floor rooms available Canyon and Great Barrier Manor Gardens, both well- • Extensive car parking Reef as one of the natural known for their beautiful wonders of the world. floral displays.

Out & About Events Nearby • The World of Country Life May - Exmouth Festival • • Exmouth Museum Jul - Exmouth Summer Funtime • Seaton • Beer Quarry Caves Aug - Sidmouth Folk Week • Exeter • Knightshayes Court Oct - Exmouth Winter Parade • Torquay • Bicton Gardens Dec - New Year’s Eve Fancy • Lyme Regis • Exmouth model railway Dress Parade • Teignmouth &

19 Devon Towers Bournemouth • Dorset

Devon Towers Hotel Reservations 58-62 St.Michael’s Road Hotel: 01202 553863 Bournemouth, Dorset BH2 5ED Groups: 08451 305888 Tel: 01202 553863 Fax: 01202 315265 Email: [email protected] www.leisureplex.co.uk

20 England’s most international resort

Your Hotel Ideally situated on the West Cliff, a short walk from the sea front, International Centre, shops and pier. Dining & Entertainment • Spacious entertainment room with dance floor where entertainment is provided most evenings Your Resort Town Centre • Attractive entrance lounge Bournemouth is superbly The Avenue shopping centre • Delightful bar lounge with TV situated on the sunny south has a number of department coast on top of spectacular stores and High Street names, Bedrooms chalk cliffs which overlook its whilst Westover Road, • 60 bedrooms with individual golden sands. It is probably known as the ‘Bond Street heating and bath or shower Britain’s most international of Bournemouth’, has a &WC resort with a cosmopolitan selection of boutiques and • All rooms have tea/coffee atmosphere, attractive smaller retailers along a making facilities, hair dryer boulevards and lively street stylish tree-lined boulevard. and TV with radio channels cafés. A recent addition is the ‘Bournemouth Eye’, Beach & Gardens Additional a tethered balloon which Bournemouth offers seven Information rises to 160 metres over the miles of clean, safe Blue magnificent Gardens, giving Flag bathing beaches. • No smoking throughout a bird’s eye view of the town. Bournemouth’s award- the hotel There are many outstanding winning gardens include the • Lift to all floors attractions including Lower Gardens, ’s • Limited car parking museums, an art gallery, two Italianate Gardens, with • Coach parking available nearby and a wealth of evening Roman-style colonnades, entertainment ranging from and the Alum Chine gardens, world class classical music to which occupy a superb cliff- top name summer shows. top position.

Out & About Events Nearby • Oceanarium Jun - Bournemouth Live • Weymouth • Bournemouth Eye Jun - Wimborne Folk Festival • Poole • Bournemouth International Centre Jul - Bournemouth Carnival • Salisbury • Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Aug - Flowers by Candelight • Wimborne Minster • Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum Sep - Great Dorset Steam Fair • New Forest & Beaulieu • Compton Acres • Stonehenge

21 Bayshore Hotel Sandown • Isle of Wight

Bayshore Hotel Reservations 12-16 Pier Street Hotel: 01983 403154 Sandown, Isle Of Wight PO36 8JX Groups: 08451 305888 Tel: 01983 403154 Fax: 01983 406574 Email: [email protected] www.leisureplex.co.uk

22 Magnificent seaside and unspoilt countryside

Your Hotel Situated in a magnificent position on the seafront, opposite the beach and pier and close to the shopping centre. Dining & Entertainment • Large dance floor where entertainment is provided Your Resort Town Centre most evenings • Cocktail bar and restaurant The Isle of Wight has superb Regular markets take place overlooking the sea sandy beaches, stunning on Sunday and Monday in • TV lounge and sun lounge countryside and exhilarating summer to supplement overlooking the sea coastal walks. Sandown Sandown’s shops, cafés • Games room including table became fashionable in the and restaurants. tennis and pool Victorian period and today remains the island’s principal Beach & Gardens Bedrooms resort offering a wealth of Sandown boasts a clean, • 80 bedrooms with central heating entertainment. It has an safe and extensive beach and bath or shower & WC excellent beach and is with miles of golden sands. • All rooms have tea/coffee surrounded by a varied Its esplanades and seawall making facilities, hair dryer landscape of gentle downs walks stretch from Yaverland and TV with radio channels and majestic cliffs. Other southwards through Lake to attractions include the pier, Shanklin Chine. Its gardens Additional which is right in front of our include Los Altos, Sandham Information hotel, Brown’s Pleasure Park, Grounds and the delightful the award-winning Big Cat clifftop garden at Ferncliff. • No smoking throughout Sanctuary and the Museum the hotel of Geology. Dinosaur Isle • Lift serves most rooms although offers life-like dinosaur all floors are split level models and skeletons and is • Parking available nearby popular with all ages. Nearby Brading has a Doll Museum and a Roman Villa complete with mosaic floors.

Out & About Events Nearby • Amazon World Jun - Isle of Wight Festival • Ryde • Isle of Wight Natural History Centre Aug - Isle of Wight Walking • Shanklin Chine • Tiger & Big Cat Sanctuary Festival • Isle of Wight • Dinosaur Isle Aug - Skandia Cowes Week Steam Railway • Heights Leisure Centre Aug - Garlic Festival • Carisbrooke Castle • Alum Bay Aug - Isle of Wight Scooter Rally • Brading Roman Villa • Osborne House • Ventnor

23 Royal Hotel Bognor Regis • West Sussex

Royal Norfolk Hotel Reservations The Esplanade, Bognor Regis, Hotel: 01243 826222 West Sussex PO21 2LH Groups: 08451 305888 Tel: 01243 826222 Fax: 01243 826325 Email: [email protected] www.leisureplex.co.uk

24 Quintessential English landscapes and brilliant seascapes

Your Hotel This magnificent Georgian hotel is situated on the sea front, very close to the pier and a short walk from the shops. Dining & Entertainment • Nelson’s Restaurant looks out across the hotel’s gardens to the sea • Cocktail bar Your Resort Town Centre • Goodwood Suite also has a Bognor Regis is one of The town centre shops are bar where entertainment is England’s oldest resorts approximately 10 minutes’ provided having begun its walk from the hotel and the • Flexible function and transformation from fishing pier is just 250 metres away. meeting rooms village to seaside resort in The famous Butlins Resort is the 1780s. Its long flat sea the largest holiday centre in Bedrooms front is perfect for that the south of England and • 61 bedrooms with central most traditional of seaside welcomes day visitors. heating & bath or shower & WC occupations – strolling • All rooms have tea/coffee along the prom! There are Beach & Gardens making facilities, intercom, traditional rides and The hotel looks over its hair dryer & TV amusements and some own extensive gardens • Most rooms have trouser press delightful parks and gardens. on to the beach which is There are many lively sea predominantly pebbly with Additional front cafes, bars and pubs clean and inviting waters. Information which give it a very relaxed There is an attractive atmosphere. The surrounding promenade separate from • No Smoking throughout the hotel countryside is full of interest the road which makes • Lift serves most rooms (although – just a few miles inland are walking along the prom a real there are stairs between some some of England’s finest pleasure! Nearby Hotham rooms and the lift) stately homes and of Park provides lots of • Extensive car & coach parking course the spectacular South amenities and is a delightful • Coach parking on site Downs – England’s newest spot to spend an afternoon. • Ground floor rooms available National Park.

Out & About Events Nearby • Bentley Motor Museum May - Aug Glyndebourne Festival • Worthing • Portsmouth Historic Dockyard May - Oct Chichester Festival • Brighton • Arundel Castle & Gardens July - Goodwood Festival of Speed • Portsmouth • Amberley Heritage Museum July - Glorious Goodwood • Arundel • Chichester Cathedral Aug - Arundel Festival • Chichester • Goodwood House Sep - Bognor Regis Seaside Festival • Isle of Wight • Sheffield Park Gardens Sep - Goodwood Revival • Hever Castle

25 Queens Hotel Eastbourne • East Sussex

Queens Hotel Reservations Marine Parade Hotel: 01323 722822 Eastbourne, East Sussex BN21 3DY Groups: 08451 305888 Tel: 01323 722822 Fax: 01323 731056 Email: [email protected] www.leisureplex.co.uk

26 Elegant gardens and a wealth of excursions

Your Hotel This magnificent Victorian hotel is situated in an outstanding position overlooking the pier. Dining & Entertainment • Princes Suite with its own bar where entertainment is provided most evenings • Cocktail bar, snooker room, sun Your Resort Town Centre lounge and two restaurants Eastbourne is one of Britain’s Shoppers find high street • Excellent function facilities more elegant resorts, enjoying names amongst the town’s a glorious sunny location on flower-lined pedestrianised Bedrooms the south coast in the shelter streets and its main indoor • 125 bedrooms with central of Beachy Head. It has five centre, the Arndale Centre. heating and bath or shower miles of promenade and the Little Chelsea Quarter sells &WC famous Carpet Gardens line antiques, hand-made • All rooms have tea/coffee the seafront. Activities furniture, jewellery making facilities, intercom, include bowls, museums, and ceramics. hair dryer and TV with radio cinemas and dancing at the channels Winter Gardens. Beachy Head Beach & Gardens has panoramic views, from Eastbourne has clean, Additional Brighton in the west to inviting beaches, Information Dungeness in Kent in the east. predominantly of shingle This Area of Outstanding leading to sand at low tide, • No smoking throughout Natural Beauty is close to the which offer excellent bathing. the hotel historical sites of Hastings Its award-winning gardens • Two lifts serve all floors and Battle and a short drive range from the striking (although the ground and lower from lively Brighton. There’s Carpet Gardens along the sea- ground floors are split level and plenty to do with excellent front, to the rockery of Helen some stairs are unavoidable) shops, museums, shows, Gardens and the shingle • Extensive car parking concerts, cinema and dancing based Sovereign Park with its • Coach parking on site as well as outstanding sports 130 different species of wild facilities. flowers.

Out & About Events Nearby • Allchorn Pleasure Boats Bandstand Events throughout • Hever Castle • Sovereign Harbour Marina the season • Brighton • Eastbourne Miniature Steam May - Magnificent Motors • Kent and East Sussex Railway Aug - Eastbourne Air Show Railway • ‘How We Lived Then’ Shop Museum Aug - Medieval Festival • Leeds Castle • Observatory Science Centre - Sep - Victorian Festival • Hastings & Battle Hailsham Oct - Eastbourne Beer Festival • Sheffield Park Gardens

27 New Beach Hotel Great Yarmouth • Norfolk

New Beach Hotel Reservations 67 Marine Parade Hotel: 01493 332300 Great Yarmouth, Norfolk NR30 2EJ Groups: 08451 305888 Tel: 01493 332300 Fax: 01493 331880 Email: [email protected] www.leisureplex.co.uk

28 East Anglia’s liveliest resort

Your Hotel Situated in Great Yarmouth’s most central and lively location, on the sea front opposite and adjacent to the shops and resort amenities. Dining & Entertainment • Entertainment most evenings Your Resort Town Centre • Spacious cocktail bar/lounge Described by The main shopping streets, • Magnificent restaurant with as “...the finest place in found just off the ancient large dance floor the universe” today Great harbour, offer high street Bedrooms Yarmouth is East Anglia’s stores and traditional seaside top seaside venue. Set on shops; there is excellent • 75 bedrooms with central 15 miles of wide, flat golden variety and quality to keep heating and bath or shower & sand with sunny dry weather shoppers happy. There is WC and a lively promenade, a large open air market • All rooms have tea/coffee it offers a huge range of on Fridays. making facilities, intercom, hair entertainment, sports and dryer and TV with radio shopping. There are two Beach & Gardens channels piers, a Model Village, Great Yarmouth boasts 15 Additional Butterfly Centre and a ’Sea miles of safe golden sands Life Centre’. Stroll along the which have won several Information prom or catch the unique awards for cleanliness. The • No smoking throughout horse-drawn landaus. At attractive Anchor Garden, the hotel night the resort is illuminated so called because of its huge • Small lift serves most rooms and renowned for its live anchor shaped flowerbed, • On street car parking can be entertainment with a wide and St. Georges Park both arranged at no extra charge if variety of shows and provide seating for a quiet booked in advance concerts. moment of rest and • Please note that it can be noisy relaxation. in the street outside the sea facing rooms

Out & About Events Nearby • Thrigby Wildlife Gardens Jul - Lowestoft Sea Front Air Festival • • Merrivale Model Village Jul - Royal Norfolk Show • Suffolk Villages • Great Yarmouth Pottery Aug - Great Yarmouth Maritime Festival • Norfolk Broads • Sea Life Centre Aug - Great Yarmouth Carnival Procession • Lowestoft • Race Course Aug & Sep - Festival of Bowls • Caister • Greyhound Stadium • Cromer

29 Hotel De Paris Cromer • Norfolk

Hotel De Paris Reservations High Street Hotel: 01263 513141 Cromer, Norfolk NR27 9HG Groups: 08451 305888 Tel: 01263 513141 Fax: 01263 515217 Email: [email protected] www.leisureplex.co.uk

30 Victorian charm amid flint cottages and unspoilt beaches

Your Hotel A delightful and unusual hotel, occupying the finest position in Cromer, close to the shops and historic parish church and directly overlooking the pier and beach. Dining & Entertainment Your Resort Town Centre • Delightful restaurant with Cromer was once a small The quaint narrow streets are small dance floor fishing village (it is still home to some delightfully • Entertainment most evenings famous for its crabs) but in atmospheric pubs and the • Attractive reception lounge the Victorian period it was many shops sell all manner of and cocktail bar patronised by royalty and goods, from household items • Games room and TV room became a distinctly upper to the delicious Cromer crabs • Excellent views from most class holiday resort. Today, for which the town is well bedrooms it is full of character with known. Bedrooms narrow, twisting streets and a lovely promenade Beach & Gardens • 61 bedrooms with central overlooking its predominantly Cromer’s sand and shingle heating and bath or shower sandy beach. Colourful beach is popular with both &WC gardens offer quiet relaxation bathers and surfers and • All rooms have tea/coffee but if you are feeling offers clean waters and safe making facilities, hair dryer energetic there are leisure bathing. The pretty gardens and TV with radio channels facilities including bowling along the cliff are well Additional greens, tennis courts, squash stocked and also feature pitch and golf. The famous Pier and putt and the bowling Information Pavilion puts on a unique green. • No smoking throughout summer show. The Norfolk the hotel countryside with its leafy • Lift (few stairs to some rooms) lanes and flint cottages is a • Limited car parking delight and you are never far away from the remarkable Norfolk Broads.

Out & About Events Nearby • The Pavilion Theatre & May - Folk on the Pier • Great Yarmouth • Cromer Museum Jul - Royal Norfolk Show • Norwich • Felbrigg Hall Jul - Sheringham Beer Festival • Bure Valley Railway • Hillside Horse and Pony Sanctuary Aug - Cromer Carnival Week • Blickling Hall • Lifeboat Museum Sep - Great Yarmouth • Thursford Collection • Royal Cromer Golf Club Maritime Festival • Sheringham

31 Cumberland Hotel Scarborough • North Yorkshire

Cumberland Hotel Reservations Belmont Road, Scarborough Hotel: 01723 361826 North Yorkshire YO11 2AB Groups: 08451 305888 Tel: 01723 361826 Fax: 01723 500081 Email: [email protected] www.leisureplex.co.uk

32 Britain’s oldest resort, the gem of the Yorkshire coast

Your Hotel Very well situated on the South Cliff a few minutes walk from the Spa complex, beach and town centre with excellent views of the town from the north facing rooms. Dining & Entertainment • Bar lounge with dance floor Your Resort Town Centre where entertainment is Scarborough is arguably Scarborough offers a very provided most evenings Britain’s oldest seaside resort wide range of shops of all • Attractive restaurant - it was a resort more than shapes and sizes. The • Quiet lounge a century before Regency Brunswick Shopping Centre Bedrooms Brighton. It has two bays has a great selection of high divided by a rugged headland street names. Bar Street, • 86 bedrooms with central on which sit the remains of a charming cobbled area, heating and bath or shower a medieval castle. The busy is traffic-free and offers a &WC harbour is home to a welter selection of smaller shops. • All rooms have tea/coffee of fishing boats and there are making facilities, hair dryer the usual seaside pursuits a- Beach & Gardens and TV plenty on the South Bay Scarborough offers two Additional promenade which leads to sheltered bays of golden the Spa Complex, close to our sand which are ideal for safe Information hotel. The steep hillsides are bathing. This premier floral • No smoking throughout beautifully landscaped and resort has a number of the hotel there are many attractive stunning gardens, in • Lift (few stairs to some rooms) parks and gardens. There are particular South Cliff and the • On street car parking using lots of shops, restaurants and remarkable Peasholm Park complimentary permit cafés and of course the with its oriental influences. available at reception famous Stephen Joseph Theatre.

Out & About Events Nearby • Eden Camp Apr - Scarborough Dance Festival • Whitby • Sea Life Centre and Marine May - Continental Market • York Sanctuary Jul - Scarborough Fayre • Bridlington • Scarborough Bowls Centre Aug - Whitby Regatta • Beverley • Stephen Joseph Theatre Sep - Scarborough Jazz Festival • Castle Howard • Market Hall & Vaults • Hull & The Deep • Scarborough Millenium Aquarium

33 Queens Hotel Blackpool • Lancashire

Queens Hotel Reservations 467-469 Promenade Hotel: 01253 336980 Blackpool, Lancashire FY4 1AY Groups: 08451 305888 Tel: 01253 336980 Fax: 01253 407196 Email: [email protected] www.leisureplex.co.uk

34 Britain’s capital of fun

Your Hotel Perfectly placed on the sea front between Central and South Piers, a short walk from the Pleasure Beach and the spectacular Sandcastle Water Park. Dining & Entertainment • Magnificent Theatre Bar with Your Resort Town Centre dance floor and entertainment Few resorts anywhere in the Blackpool has a wide most evenings world can rival the selection of shops and an • Attractive Foyer Bar popularity of Blackpool - indoor mall in the famous • Comfortable Cocktail Bar and Britain's capital of fun! The Houndshill shopping centre. relaxing lounge world famous Tower, three Its splendid theatres include • Games room with pool tables piers, miles of golden sands, the Grand Theatre, the Winter • Large restaurant the spectacular Pleasure Gardens and the Tower • Fitness centre with gym, sauna, Beach with its breath taking Ballroom which host major solarium & indoor pool "white knuckle" rides, international artists, dance Bedrooms atmospheric trams, horse festivals and national events. drawn carriages, Punch and There are cinemas, a Sea Life • 102 bedrooms with central Judy shows, Louis Tussaud’s Centre, the Tower Circus and heating & bath or shower & WC Waxworks, a Zoo Park, an Art of course, the Tower. • All rooms have tea/coffee making Gallery - Blackpool has them facilities, hair dryer & TV all. Make sure to save some of Beach & Gardens • Many rooms have superb sea your energy for the evening Blackpool has miles of golden views and sample the terrific sands, broken only by its Additional summer shows, lively bars three piers. Splendid Stanley and pubs, for it is at night Park offers numerous Information that Blackpool really stands sporting facilities, extensive • No smoking throughout the hotel out as the most exciting of all gardens and a bandstand • Lift serves all floors (although Britain's resorts. hosting musical events. several stairs to some rooms) Blackpool’s rapidly • Extensive free car and coach developing zoo is also parking well worth a visit.

Out & About Events Nearby • Grand Theatre May - Blackpool Dance Festival • Ribble Valley & Pendle Witch • Blackpool Tower June - Totally Transport Classic Country • Tower Festival Headland Car Event • Trough of Bowland • Blackpool Zoo July - Town Criers’ Championship • Southport • Lake District • Pleasure Beach Aug - Blackpool Triathlon • Yorkshire Dales • Sandcastle Water Park Blackpool Air Show • Lancaster • Fleetwood Sept & Oct - Illuminations • Lytham St.Annes

35 Hydro Hotel Llandudno • Gwynedd

Hydro Hotel Reservations Neville Crescent Hotel: 01492 870101 Llandudno, Gwynedd LL30 1AS Groups: 08451 305888 Tel: 01492 870101 Fax: 01492 870992 Email: [email protected] www.leisureplex.co.uk

36 Elegant boulevards between mountains and sea

Your Hotel Ideally placed on the sea front, close to the Aberconwy Centre and a short walk from Llandudno’s wonderful shops, the Pier and Happy Valley gardens. Dining & Entertainment • Large entertainment suite with Your Resort Town Centre dance floor and entertainment Lying on a peninsula between The town centre consists most evenings the Great Orme and Little of carefully preserved • Superb “Looking Glass” bar Orme Heads, Llandudno has architecture within a superb with views over the bay two great beaches. The natural setting. The Victorian • Sun lounges and games room shingly North Shore (outside Shopping Centre is one of with snooker our hotel) is the busier of the the largest indoor shopping Bedrooms two with its Victorian Pier, centres in Wales, offers boat trips, donkey rides and quality, value and award- • 120 bedrooms with central much more. The sandy west winning restaurants. heating and bath or shower & WC shore is quieter with • All rooms have tea/coffee spectacular views of nearby Beach & Gardens making facilities, hair dryer Snowdonia. A Victorian The resort has two superb and TV with radio channels tramway and cable car offer bathing beaches and Additional routes to the summit of Great spectacular gardens. The Orme with its fabulous views lively north shore has a Information and fascinating wildlife. shingle beach and Victorian • No smoking throughout the hotel Llandudno is Wales’ largest pier whilst the west shore • Lift serves most floors (split and most elegant resort boasts golden sands and level floors mean some stairs offering tree lined streets and panoramic views. to most rooms) elegant shops. There are two • Some ground floor rooms golf courses, bowling greens, • Limited car & coach parking art galleries, exhibitions and theatre at Venue Cymru.

Out & About Events Nearby • Great Orme Bronze Age May - Llandudno Transport Festival • Llangollen Copper Mines May - Llandudno Victorian Extravaganza • Caernarfon • Alice in Wonderland Centre Jul - Llangollen International Eisteddfod • Betws-y-Coed • Welsh Mountain Zoo Jul - Llangollen Fringe Festival • Conwy Castle • Great Orme Tramway Jul - Victorian Week • Anglesey • Bodnant Gardens Aug - Conwy River Festival • Bangor

37 George IV Hotel Criccieth • Gwynedd

George IV Hotel Reservations 21-25 High Street Hotel: 01766 522168 Criccieth, Gwynedd LL52 0BS Groups: 08451 305888 Tel: 01766 522168 Fax: 01766 523340 Email: [email protected] www.leisureplex.co.uk

38 The Pearl of Wales on the shores of Snowdonia

Your Hotel This atmospheric hotel is situated on the High Street in the centre of Criccieth with magnificent views towards the sea and castle from many bedrooms. Dining & Entertainment • Attractive restaurant Your Resort giving an easy route to • Delightful cocktail bar explore the world famous Criccieth lies on the south • Entertainment room with Ffestiniog and the recently coast of the Llyn Peninsula, additional bar completed Welsh Highland where the edge of Snowdonia • Comfortable lounges Railway. National Park meets the sea, Bedrooms with spectacular views over Town Centre Cardigan Bay. The medieval • 79 bedrooms with central Criccieth has a selection of castle, originally Welsh but heating and bath or shower & family run shops and some later taken and reinforced by WC (most have bath & shower) good pubs and restaurants. the Normans, dominates the • All rooms have tea/coffee There is plenty of parking town. The castle headland making facilities, intercom, hair and some pleasant walks divides the seafront into two dryer and TV with radio around town. with a pebbly bay to the west channels and a sheltered mainly sandy Beach & Gardens bay to the east. This area of Additional Criccieth boasts two Blue Wales is ideal for walking, Flag beaches which are clean Information from the gentle rolling hills and safe for families. There is • No smoking throughout of the Llyn Peninsula in the a range of watersports such the hotel west to the soaring majesty of as sailing and fishing and the • Large lift serves all floors Snowdonia in the east with area is also renowned for its • Ample car parking delightful gardens and castles spectacular sunsets. Due to • Coach parking available nearby at every turn. its temperate climate, the Criccieth railway station town is awash with floral provides a great way to visit colour almost all year round. Porthmadog or Pwllheli on the Cambrian line as well as

Out & About Events Nearby • Criccieth Castle Apr - Academi ty Newydd Festival • Snowdonia National Park • The Lloyd George Museum May & Jun - Criccieth Fair Days • Portmeirion Village • Brynkir Woollen Mill Jun - Criccieth Festival • Porthmadog • Porthmadog Maritime Sep - Barmouth Walking Festival • Llechwedd Slate Caverns Museum • Harleach • Welsh Highland Railway • Dolgellau

39 Seabank Hotel Porthcawl • Glamorgan

Seabank Hotel Reservations Esplanade, Porthcawl Hotel: 01656 782261 Mid Glamorgan CF36 3LU Groups: 08451 305888 Tel: 01656 782261 Fax: 01656 785363 Email: [email protected] www.leisureplex.co.uk

40 The heart of the South Wales Heritage Coast

Your Hotel This landmark building commands coastal views to the east, south and west, yet is only a short walk from the centre of Porthcawl. Dining and Entertainment • Attractive restaurant • Spacious split level cocktail Your Resort ensures there is often bar lounge excellent surfing. • Large entertainment room Porthcawl lies on a beautiful with additional bar stretch of coast with sandy Town Centre beaches and rocky cliffs, yet • Two small lounges with The town centre is just a is only a short drive from the sea views short walk from the hotel fascinating cities of Cardiff and has a variety of attractive and Swansea. It is famous Bedrooms shops. Nearby Bridgend for its many golf courses • 89 bedrooms with central offers a wide selection of including the world famous heating & bath or shower & WC shops and a designer outlet Royal Porthcawl. A rocky • All rooms have tea/coffee shopping mall. The striking promontory with spectacular making facilities, hair dryer Grand Pavilion was originally sea views separates the golf &TV designed as a Palm Court but course from the main part • Most rooms have intercom today offers a wide variety of the town including the & trouser press of top class entertainment harbour and the expansive including theatre, comedy, sandy beach to the east Additional variety and musicals. Information behind which lies a fairground with a variety • No smoking throughout Beach & Gardens of rides and amusements. the hotel Porthcawl has several There is an attractive high • Lift serves most rooms (few beaches and some lovely street with numerous shops stairs to some front rooms) countryside walks. The town and the fascinating Grand • Extensive car and coach is well kept and there is a Pavilion offers theatre and parking small harbour. a pleasant bar. There is good bathing from several beaches and the Atlantic swell

Out & About Events Nearby • Swansea National Waterfront Apr - Porthcawl Jazz Festival • Tenby • Swansea • Cardiff Museum Jul - Porthcawl Carnival • Barry Island • Laugharne • Kenfig National Nature Reserve Jul – Bridgend County Show • St. Fagan’s National History • Numerous golf courses Aug - Porthcawl Sea Festival Museum • Kidwelly Industrial Museum Sep - Porthcawl Elvis Festival • Brecon Beacons • National Botanic Gardens • Blaenavon World Heritage • Gower Peninsula Site

41 Selborne Hotel Dunoon • Argyll

Selborne Hotel Reservations Clyde Street Hotel: 01369 702761 Dunoon, Argyll PA23 7HT Groups: 08451 305888 Tel: 01369 702761 Fax: 01369 704032 Email: [email protected] www.leisureplex.co.uk

42 A window on the outstanding scenery of the Highlands

Your Hotel Superbly situated looking south across the Clyde with pleasant lawns reaching down to the promenade and water’s edge. All the public rooms and many of the bedrooms offer uninterrupted views of the river which is a constant source of interest. Your Resort include an indoor swimming pool, bowling greens, tennis Dining & Set in Scotland’s first courts and golf courses. There Entertainment National Park, Dunoon is is a cinema and in the season, • Bar lounge with dance floor two great resorts in one: a range of entertainment at where entertainment is a traditional seaside resort the Queens Hall. The resort provided most evenings with marvellous sea views stages international jazz and • Ground floor areas include a TV and plenty of amenities and a dance festivals and hosts the lounge, bar lounge, quiet lounge base from which to explore Cowal Highland Gathering, and games room the rugged mountains of the biggest highland Argyll - some of the most games festival. Bedrooms spectacular scenery in • 98 bedrooms with central Scotland. It has lovely Town Centre heating & bath or shower & WC gardens, the remains of a Dunoon has one of the • All rooms have tea/coffee castle, a four mile promenade largest town centres in making facilities hair dryer and and a 19th Century pier with the area. Its main street is TV with radio channels panoramic views across the partially pedestrianised and • Some ground floor rooms Clyde. Pleasure cruises run is filled with shops selling throughout the summer an array of goods, from fresh Additional months sailing to destinations bakery items to outdoor Information ranging from Loch Goil to clothing. • No smoking throughout the hotel Largs and Rothesay. You may • Lift serves almost all rooms even catch the last sea-going • Car parking available paddle steamer in the world, • Coach parking on site the Waverley, which is still a regular visitor to Dunoon. Nearby sports facilities

Out & About Events Nearby • Benmore Botanic Gardens Apr - May Bute Jazz Festival • Inveraray Castle • Queen’s Halls Jun - Arts Feast Cowal & Jail • The Castle House Museum July - Tarbert Seafood Festival • Helensburgh • Cowal Golf Club Aug - Cowal Highland Gathering • Oban • Ardkinglas Woodland Garden Sep - Dunoon Highland Dancing Festival • Bute • Bishop’s Seat and Fairy Glen Nov - Country & Western Extravaganza • Loch Lomond • Trossachs

43 Croit Anna Hotel Fort William • Inverness-shire

Croit Anna Hotel Reservations Achintore Road Hotel: 01397 702268 Fort William, Inverness-shire PH33 6RR Groups: 08451 305888 Tel: 01397 702268 Fax: 01397 704099 Email: [email protected] www.leisureplex.co.uk

44 Outdoor Capital of the UK

Your Hotel Situated in an isolated position on the shores of Loch Linnhe with spectacular views across the loch from all of the public rooms and most of the bedrooms, the Croit Anna offers a comfortable and friendly base in which to relax. Your Resort lots of places within half an hour’s drive including Dining & Fort William, the “Outdoor Glenfinnan and, of course, Entertainment Capital of the UK” is the breathtaking Glencoe. • Entertainment most evenings largest town in the western • Panoramic lounge and two bars Highlands. It is situated at Town Centre • Lovely loch views from the the southern end of the Great Fort William is a busy market restaurant and lounge Glen, on the shores of crystal town. It boasts a fine array clear Loch Linnhe beneath of shops and an interesting Bedrooms towering Ben Nevis, Britain’s selection of bars and • 92 bedrooms with central highest mountain. Nearby restaurants catering for most heating and bath or shower Aonach Mor ski-resort offers tastes. At its centre, Cameron &WC Britain’s only alpine cable Square is the focus of • All rooms have tea/coffee car, rising over 2000 feet with entertainment and is the making facilities, hair dryer superb views of the Great venue for many live concerts. and TV with radio channels Glen. The surrounding The Nevis Centre hosts shows countryside has some of and also has a ten pin Additional Britain’s most spectacular bowling alley. Information and romantic scenery and its • No smoking throughout torrid history has produced the hotel more than 30 battlefields in • No lift but many ground floor the Lochaber area alone. As rooms are available a touring centre, it is simply • Extensive car parking unparalleled: Inverness, • Coach parking on site Oban, Skye, Iona and Speyside all make superb full day excursions and there are

Out & About Events Nearby • West Highland Museum Mar - Fort William Mountain Festival • Loch Ness • Lochaber Leisure Centre May - Scottish Six Day Motorcycle Trials • Mallaig • Fort William Cruises Jun - Road to the Isles Agricultural Show • Oban • Aonach Mor Cable Car Mountain Bike World Cup • Isle of Skye • Jacobite Steam Train Jul - Lochaber Highland Games • Inverness • Clan Cameron Museum Aug - Glenfinnan Gathering & Games • Speyside Sep - Ben Nevis Race

45 Tariffs 2013 Daily terms for room and full British breakfast per person

Departures on/or between Jan 1 - Good Fri - May 25 - Jun 29- Aug 31 - Oct 1 - Nov 1 - Mar 28 May 24 Jun 28 Aug 30 Sep 30 Oct 31 Dec 31 Wales Llandudno Hydro £30 £33 £41 £41 £38 £32 £32 Criccieth George IV £30 £34 £42 £42 £39 £32 £32 Porthcawl Seabank £30 £34 £42 £42 £39 £33 £33 England - South West Weston-S-M Anchor Head £28 £31 £39 £39 £35 £29 £29 Ilfracombe Imperial £28 £31 £38 £38 £35 £30 £29 Newquay Eliot £28 £31 £39 £39 £35 £30 £29 St.Ives Cottage £29 £33 £42 £42 £38 £32 £31 Falmouth Madeira £31 £35 £44 £44 £40 £34 £33 Torquay Regina £28 £32 £39 £39 £36 £30 £29 England - South Coast Exmouth Cavendish £31 £35 £42 £42 £39 £34 £33 Bournemouth Devon Towers £29 £33 £40 £40 £37 £32 £32 Sandown Bayshore £28 £31 £39 £39 £36 £30 £30 Bognor Regis Royal Norfolk £31 £35 £44 £44 £40 £34 £33 Eastbourne Queens £31 £35 £44 £44 £40 £34 £33 England - East Coast Gt Yarmouth New Beach £28 £31 £38 £38 £35 £30 £29 Cromer De Paris £31 £35 £44 £44 £40 £34 £34 Scarborough Cumberland £31 £35 £41 £41 £38 £34 £32 England - North West Blackpool Queens £29 £33 £39 £39 £42 £42 £32 Scotland Dunoon Selborne £28 £31 £38 £38 £36 £30 £29 Fort William Croit Anna £30 £34 £40 £40 £40 £32 £32

Table d’hote Dinner: £14 (reduced to Child Discounts (sharing room with one or more adults): £10 per night if booked prior to arrival) Age 0-2 years: *Deduct £30 per night from above tariffs Single Supplement: £7 per night Age 3-11 years: Deduct £20 per night from above tariffs Single Supplements are doubled where *minimum charge zero a Double/Twin room is used as a Single Sea/Castle View Supplement: £5 per person per night (All hotels have sea view rooms except Newquay, Bournemouth and Scarborough. Only Criccieth has Castle View Rooms). These tariffs are valid for stays of any duration (except Christmas and New Year). Special rates apply during Goodwood Festivals at Bognor Regis and the Cowal Games at Dunoon. Bookings should be made directly with your chosen hotel. TARIFFS ARE INCLUSIVE OF VAT AT 20%

Groups Package Rates - 3, 4 & 7 Nights Tariffs for groups of 20 or more Discounted dinner, room and breakfast package tariffs for 3 night people are available on request. weekend, 4 night Monday-Friday and 7 night Saturday-Saturday Please contact our Groups and Sunday-Sunday stays are available through our associated Department by email at ABTA bonded tour operator, Alfa Travel. Please visit the Alfa [email protected] Travel web site at www.alfatravel.co.uk or call 08451 305666 or telephone 08451 305888 (local call rate) and ask for the Alfa Travel brochure. (local call rate).

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6 WESTON-SUPER-MARE 22 ISLE OF WIGHT 30 CROMER ANCHOR HEAD HOTEL BAYSHORE HOTEL HOTEL DE PARIS Claremont Crescent, Pier Street, Sandown High Street, Cromer Weston-Super-Mare, Avon BS23 2ED Isle of Wight PO36 8JX Norfolk, NR27 9HG Tel: 01934 620880 Fax: 01934 621767 Tel: 01983 403154 Fax: 01983 406574 Tel: 01263 513141 Fax: 01263 515217 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] 8 ILFRACOMBE 24 BOGNOR REGIS 32 SCARBOROUGH IMPERIAL HOTEL ROYAL NORFOLK HOTEL CUMBERLAND HOTEL Wilder Road, Ilfracombe The Esplanade, Bognor Regis Belmont Road, South Cliff Devon EX34 9AL West Sussex PO21 2LH Scarborough, YO11 2AB Tel: 01271 862536 Fax: 01271 862571 Tel: 01243 826222 Fax: 01243 826325 Tel: 01723 361826 Fax: 01723 500081 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] 10 NEWQUAY 26 EASTBOURNE 34 BLACKPOOL ELIOT HOTEL QUEENS HOTEL QUEENS HOTEL Edgcumbe Avenue, Newquay Marine Parade, Eastbourne 467-469 Promenade Cornwall TR7 2NH East Sussex BN21 3DY Blackpool, Lancashire FY4 1AY Tel: 01637 878177 Fax: 01637 852053 Tel: 01323 722822 Fax: 01323 731056 Tel: 01253 336980 Fax: 01253 407196 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] 12 ST. IVES 28 GREAT YARMOUTH 36 LANDUDNO COTTAGE HOTEL NEW BEACH HOTEL HYDRO HOTEL Boskerris Road, Carbis Bay Marine Parade, Neville Crescent, Llandudno St. Ives, Cornwall TR26 2PE Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR30 2EJ Gwynedd, LL30 1AS Tel: 01736 795252 Fax: 01736 798636 Tel: 01493 332300 Fax: 01493 331880 Tel: 01492 870101 Fax: 01492 870992 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] 14 FALMOUTH 38 CRICCIETH MADEIRA HOTEL GEORGE IV HOTEL Cliff Road, Falmouth 23-25 High Street, Criccieth Cornwall TR11 4NY Gwynedd LL52 0BS Tel: 01326 313531 Fax: 01326 319143 Tel: 01766 522168 Fax: 01766 523340 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] 44 16 TORQUAY 40 PORTHCAWL REGINA HOTEL SEABANK HOTEL 42 Victoria Parade, Torquay Esplanade, Porthcawl South Devon TQ1 2BE Mid Glamorgan CF36 3LU Tel: 01803 292904 Fax: 01803 290270 Tel: 01656 782261 Fax: 01656 785363 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] 18 EXMOUTH 42 DUNOON CAVENDISH HOTEL SELBORNE HOTEL Morton Crescent, The Esplanade, 34 32 Clyde Street, Dunoon Exmouth, Devon EX8 1BE 36 Argyll, PA23 7HT Tel: 01395 272528 Fax: 01395 269361 38 Tel: 01369 702761 Fax: 01369 704032 Email: [email protected] 30 Email: [email protected]

20 BOURNEMOUTH 28 44 FORT WILLIAM DEVON TOWERS CROIT ANNA HOTEL St. Michael’s Road, 40 6 Achintore Road, Drimarben Bournemouth, Dorset BH2 5ED 8 Ft. William, Inverness-shire PH33 6RR Tel: 01202 553863 Fax: 01202 315265 10 Tel: 01397 702268 Fax: 01397 704099 18 20 24 12 26 Email: [email protected] 14 16 22 Email: [email protected]

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