Lancaster House Hotel is a deluxe 4-star hotel, a short drive away from the historic city of Lancaster, with its castle and brewery, and a few minutes from Junction 33 of the M6. If it’s the great outdoors you’re after, the Forest of Bowland, the Crook O’Lune, the Lake District and the Yorkshire Dales are all within a 30 minute drive.

Lancaster House offers luxurious accommodation, with studio suites featuring a separate lounge area and a stand-alone bath. The award-winning Foodworks Restaurant treats guests to delicious cuisine, including the region’s favourite dishes, prepared from fresh, local produce.

The Sandpiper Club includes a 15-metre indoor pool and a high-spec Star Trac fitness suite. Guests can enjoy a full range of treatments and an outdoor hot tub with idyllic countryside views at the on-site beauty salon. From the moment you step inside Lancaster House, the magnificent minstrels gallery, with its grand open fireplace and flagstone floor, extends you a warm Lancashire welcome.

  • Free Wi-Fi
  • Free parking (130 cars)
  • EV charging points
  • Health club
  • Beauty salon
  • Hair salon
  • Restaurant
  • Bar
  • 99 Bedrooms
  • 16 Meeting rooms
  • Check-in: 15:00
  • Check-out: 11:00
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  • 24-hour front desk
  • Express check-out
  • Room service
  • Concierge
  • Safe deposit
  • Luggage storage
  • Laundry service
  • Dry cleaning
  • Accessible public areas
  • Packed lunches
  • Electric vehicle charging

  • AA Rosette for fine dining
  • Green Tourism Gold Award

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Bedrooms & Suites

Classic Twin or Double

This room includes a flat-screen TV, access to Wi-Fi internet, and an en suite bathroom with luxury White Company toiletries. Thoughtful touches such Egyptian Cotton bed linen & choice of pillows complement your stay.

Superior King Double Room

This superior room includes a flat-screen TV, access to Wi-Fi internet, and an en suite bathroom with luxury White Company toiletries. Thoughtful touches such Egyptian Cotton bed linen & choice of pillows complement your stay.

Superior Family Room

This family room includes a flat-screen TV, access to Wi-Fi internet, and an en suite bathroom with luxury White Company toiletries. Thoughtful touches such Egyptian Cotton bed linen & choice of pillows complement your stay

Classic Double or Twin Room with Single bed

This room includes a flat-screen TV, access to Wi-Fi internet, and an en suite bathroom with luxury White Company toiletries. Thoughtful touches such Egyptian Cotton bed linen & choice of pillows complement your stay

Luxury Double

Large en-suite studio suites Separate lounge area with sofa bed and extra luxury touches. Guests can relax in a comfy Super King bed or take a soak in the free-standing bath. Modern features such as smart LCD TV's and free wi-fi come as standard. Thoughtful touches such Egyptian Cotton bed linen & choice of pillows complement your stay. White Company toiletries and a turndown service add that bit extra luxury.

Accessible Classic Twin or Double

This accessible room includes a flat-screen TV, access to Wi-Fi internet, and an en suite bathroom with luxury White Company toiletries. Thoughtful touches such Egyptian Cotton bed linen & choice of pillows complement your stay. All of these rooms are on the ground floor with no steps between reception and the room. One has a wet room with shower seat and the remaining all have shower over baths with grab rails. Should you have any questions about any of the specifications of the rooms, please contact the hotel team directly on 0333 2203 198.

One Bedroom Apartment

This One-Bedroom Apartment offers a king-size bed, a separate lounge area, a flat-screen TV, a sofa and a fully equipped kitchen along with a washing machine. The private bathroom has a shower over a bath.

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Food & Drink

Foodworks Restaurant

Lancaster House's award-winning Foodworks Restaurant affords guests the opportunity to experience fine dining in the heart of Lancashire with a brasserie-style menu that offers traditional regional classics, such as lamb hotpot, plus new, imaginative dishes. Leading from the minstrels gallery, the restaurant’s stylish light fittings, dark wood interior and mural graphics of flat-capped Lancashire locals sets the tone for enjoying delicious cuisine prepared from fresh, regionally-sourced ingredients - fish, meats, cheeses, ice creams and ales - to support Lancashire farmers and artisan producers.

Please reserve a table for dinner in advance.

Sandeman's Bar

Guests can retreat to the hotel's bar and lounge area where a central feature fireplace is lit in the winter months and a wide selection of light meals - freshly made hot paninis, market fresh salads and mains, including 'Sandeman’s Famous Fish & Chips,' with homemade tartare sauce - are served throughout the day.

Al Fresco Dining

In the summer, dining at Lancaster House reveals an altogether different flavour. Take a seat in the fresh open air - sunny or shade - and dine al fresco. The Sandeman's bar features a sheltered inner courtyard that makes for pleasurable al fresco dining in the summer months.

Private Dining

The unique surroundings of Lancaster House present a wonderful setting for private dinners and celebrations. The hotel caters for reunions, anniversaries, family gatherings, birthday parties, charity and club events, and business dinners. Choose from a range of private rooms, each with its own individual character. Call Classic British Hotels on 0844 967 0984 for advice and let us help you organise a memorable private dinner.

Spa & Health

Health Club | Beauty Salon

The Sandpiper Club is the hotel’s superb leisure complex with a 15 metre indoor pool, with bubble burst and fountain spray, and a fitness suite equipped with Star Trac low impact machines. There is also a beauty salon with a sublime outdoor hot tub, including a decking area overlooking the rolling Lancashire countryside.

  • Indoor pool
  • Children’s pool
  • Spa pool
  • Outdoor hot tub
  • Steam room
  • Sauna
  • Sunshower
  • Treatment suites
  • Hair salon
  • Gymnasium
  • Personal trainers

Spa Treatments

A full range of spa treatments, using Repêchage and Hydra products, are available to book.

  • Massages
  • Facials
  • Body wraps & scrubs
  • Skin rejuvenation
  • Manicures & pedicures
  • Eyebrows & lashes
  • Make-up
  • Waxing
  • Tanning
  • For men

The Hair Sanctuary

International expertise and decades of experience combine to create a fantastic look for both men and women, with a special emphasis on bridal hair and wedding packages. Handmade hair accessories are available to buy.

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Location

Green Lane, Ellel, Lancaster, Lancashire LA1 4GJ, Great Britain

M6/J33

  • Lancaster Train Station (4 miles)

  • Blackpool Airport (31 miles)
  • Manchester Airport (57 miles)

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Meetings & Events

Bowland

200

Theatre

140

Cabaret

160

Banquet

60

Boardroom

60

Classroom

50

U-Shape

3.54m

High

  • Ground floor
  • Natural daylight
  • Air-conditioned
  • Wheelchair access

Dalton

120

Theatre

90

Cabaret

110

Banquet

48

Boardroom

50

Classroom

42

U-Shape

4.00m

High

  • Ground floor
  • Natural daylight
  • Air-conditioned
  • Wheelchair access

Training Rooms 1-3

96

Theatre

50

Cabaret

70

Banquet

36

Boardroom

50

Classroom

28

U-Shape

3.50m

High

  • Ground floor
  • Natural daylight
  • Air-conditioned
  • Wheelchair access

Ashton

32

Theatre

16

Boardroom

18

Classroom

10

U-Shape

2.60m

High

  • Ground floor
  • Natural daylight
  • Air-conditioned
  • Wheelchair access

Bailrigg

36

Theatre

20

Boardroom

24

Classroom

14

U-Shape

2.60m

High

  • Ground floor
  • Natural daylight
  • Air-conditioned
  • Wheelchair access

Syndicates 1A; 1B; 2A; 2C; 3A; 3C

20

Theatre

10

Boardroom

12

Classroom

2.60m

High

  • Ground floor
  • Natural daylight
  • Air-conditioned
  • Wheelchair access

Syndicates 2B; 3B

24

Theatre

12

Boardroom

12

Classroom

11

U-Shape

2.60m

High

  • Ground floor
  • Natural daylight
  • Air-conditioned
  • Wheelchair access

Syndicate 1C

32

Theatre

16

Boardroom

18

Classroom

10

U-Shape

2.60m

High

  • Ground floor
  • Natural daylight
  • Air-conditioned
  • Wheelchair access

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