The Penny Farthing

Lovely place to stay very difficult to find, it's behind the giggling squid, so the entrance is behind the marks & spencer car park, staff very friendly & helpful

Very comfortable bed, Peter the porter was very helpful,the location was great for days out and local visits.

Very much the classic three-star hotel. Strong points? The front-of-house staff were really friendly and attentive, can't fault them during our stay. Weak points? Frankly, the rooms could do with some TLC. We stayed in two different rooms over two separate stays - both showed signs of wear-and-tear, especially the second one. Both had broken air conditioners. The second's 'double bed' was really two singles pushed together - not really a big deal per se, but the cover obviously didn't fit and frankly the mattress looked like it could have used a clean. TV was on the blink too. It certainly wasn't a bad stay but it definitely wasn't great - like I say, the classic three-star hotel.

The staff and location just about saved this place (the front of house staff really tried to be as attentive as possible), however... The standard double room had two twin beds shoved together, not even a double matress, which was uncomfortable as the beds were on wheels. The bed sheets were not changed (I tested it twice after becoming suspicious) which is rather grim. I noticed the cleaning was generally poor (tooth brushing splatter in the bathroom from previous guests etc). Worst of all, when we moved to a "superior" room, we were placed in one with an unusuable and frankly dangerous shower. We tried two different times of day (the staff tried to pass it off as due to the old building/everyone showering at once). But both of us experienced a solid 40 minutes of adjusting the damn thing millimetre by millimetre to find something between the temperature of Hell and an Arctic tundra. Definitely not worth the money and I'm surprised Oakman Inns attached their name to such a shoddy facility. Will not be staying again and have advised others against it.

Our stay here was pleasant but there were a few issues that lose a couple of stars.

First of all, the interior was great, really nice carpets and decoration. Pleasant service too. Great little hidden retreat with a courtyard for drinks and food etc.

Our room however smelled of weed when we checked in which wasn’t very nice and I had to call up reception twice at gone midnight due to noise in the courtyard which still continued afterward which would prevent me booking a room here again unfortunately.

Good value, linen clean and towels really fluffy but room incredibly tired, furniture basic and old, bathroom the same, just very tired - nice toiletries though, (stained dressing chair). Very helpful, pleasant evening receptionist, quickly sorted out doubles into twins without a fuss. Make sure to use postcode for car park next to Waitrose car park, to find the hotel. No breakfast available but a lovely artisan cafe not too far away.

I had a pleasant stay nice facilities and good breakfast.. a couple of issues there was a couple think the bloke was called Dan Hurley he’s a local apparently he was in a room opposite me and knocked on my door at 3am asking if I had any beers in my mini bar:. He also had a lady in the room and let’s just say the head board probably needs replacing.. after speaking to reception I was glad to find out he was being escorted out of the hotel.. other than that I’d have left 5 stars

place was quite difficult to find, we were driving around for a bit before we have found it ( by chance after taking wrong turn ! ) lovely reception staff, great location, walking distance to pubs and restaurants. Room and bathroom both clean although bathroom quite mouldy, also smell of mould in the bedroom. Overall good value for money.