The White House
✓ Restaurant
✓ Historic 1923 building fully refurbished with nine charming rooms
Peterlee
Photo: Chensiyuan (CC BY-SA 4.0), via Wikimedia Commons
Some holidays are better when nobody cooks. These County Durham stays have a restaurant on site — dinner is a stroll, not a drive, and the washing up is somebody else's.
✓ Restaurant
✓ Historic 1923 building fully refurbished with nine charming rooms
Peterlee
✓ Restaurant
✓ Award-winning conversion of historic 18th-century stable buildings
County Durham
✓ Restaurant
✓ Beach front hotel at the mouth of the River Tyne
🏖️ 0.27 miles from Littlehaven Beach (Poor water quality)
South Shields
✓ Restaurant
✓ Victorian country manor house renovated to a high standard
Bishop Auckland
✓ Restaurant
✓ Central Sunderland hotel surrounded by shops and restaurants
🏖️ 1.72 miles from Roker - Sunderland (Excellent water quality)
Sunderland
✓ Restaurant
✓ Eight bedrooms named after constellations with heritage charm
Spennymoor
✓ Restaurant
✓ Located in Newcastle city centre near shops and attractions
Newcastle upon Tyne
✓ Restaurant
✓ Sits overlooking Longsands Beach in Tynemouth
🏖️ 0.27 miles from Tynemouth Long Sands North (Excellent water quality)
North Shields
✓ Restaurant
✓ 17th-century Georgian mansion set in County Durham parkland
Darlington
✓ Restaurant
✓ Set on the banks of the River Wear with countryside scenery
Bishop Auckland
✓ Restaurant
✓ Set in Upper Teesdale beside England's most spectacular waterfall
Barnard Castle
✓ Restaurant
✓ Stadium view rooms overlooking St James' Park and Gallowgate
Newcastle upon Tyne
✓ Restaurant
✓ 13 individually-themed bedrooms, from Gin to James Bond
Leyburn
✓ Restaurant
✓ Grade II listed Georgian townhouse hotel with historic character
Darlington
✓ Restaurant
✓ Boutique townhouse hotel in the heart of Darlington town centre
Darlington
✓ Restaurant
✓ Overlooks Longsands beach, an iconic North East coast hotel since 1872
🏖️ a few minutes' walk from Tynemouth Long Sands South (Excellent water quality)
North Shields
✓ Restaurant
✓ Victorian hotel in the heart of Newcastle city centre
Newcastle upon Tyne
✓ Restaurant
✓ Independent hotel with bar and lounge in Sedgefield
Stockton-on-Tees
✓ Restaurant
✓ Ideally located between Newcastle, Sunderland and Durham
County Durham
✓ Restaurant
✓ Surrounded by Hardwick Country Park parkland setting
Stockton-on-Tees
Itineraries
Haunted Britain
Park restaurants get busy at peak times — many take table bookings for the week when you check in, which regulars do on day one. Carvery Sundays sell out first.
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At busy times, usually yes — most park restaurants take bookings at reception or via their app. Book the meals that matter to you early in the week.
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