The Sleepwell Inn

I found this to be a really clean, modern, well appointed room. It’s better than a lot of big chain hotels I have stayed in. I had a ground floor room and the window looked out to the car park but had frosted glass so that I could still enjoy real light which I thought was good. I didn’t experience any noise at all. Nothing from the corridor (and I think there was a wedding on in main hotel so I was braced) and nothing from the street (it was Good Friday so I was braved for that as well). Parking is a bit of a faff but it’s a city centre hotel. I strongly suggest calling reception before you check in - the hotel seems to have a lot of parking dotted about and they’ll be able to tell you where to go. I think they try to downplay it to avoid disappointment but worth a call- they staff are lovely. This isn’t in the main building of the hotel, it’s about a 2 minute walk (if that). You get exactly the same level of service so I suppose it just depends if you’re bothered about walking past a reception desk and paying extra for that. I absolutely wasn’t. I would definitely stay here again.

The rooms we had were good, basic rooms, although over priced for what they are. The accessible room had three large single beds in it which did make it impossible to get the chair into the main open space by the bathroom. However the main downside is that the walls are not sound proofed. As a result the exuberant drunken voice of our neighbour until mid, with load clattering of toilet and TV on until 2pm, were all clearly audible. In addition there is a constant background noise. It sounded like the heating system or the boiler. With the added hassle of all the main facilities being down the high street and no parking available the score of three might seem generous but comfy beds, clean rooms, good breakfast and pleasant staff deserve their recognition. However I wont be staying here again.