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The Royal Oak Hotel
Middlesbrough
📍 123 High Street, Middlesbrough, TS9 6BW
🚆 Nearest station: · 0.7 mi
Photo: Gordon Hatton (CC BY-SA 2.0)
- Traditional 17th-century coaching inn with original beams and log fires
- Home-cooked food served in a warm, relaxed environment
- Newly refurbished ensuite rooms with tea/coffee facilities and TVs
- Family room available for up to four guests
- Located just off the Cleveland Way, ideal for walkers and cyclists
The Royal Oak Hotel is a traditional country pub and hotel in Great Ayton, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, dating back to the 17th century and full of original beams and cosy log fires. Your hosts offer home-cooked food and a range of gins, wines and cask ales, with families and pets all welcome, including dogs in the Bistro Bar. The newly refurbished ensuite rooms include tea and coffee making facilities, televisions and free WiFi, plus a family room for up to four guests. Sitting just off the Cleveland Way, it suits walkers and cyclists, with secure bike storage on site. Nearby you'll find Great Ayton station, the Captain Cook Schoolroom Museum just 0.1 miles away, the Captain Cook Birthplace Museum, and Newham Grange Leisure Farm.
How far to…
- Station
- 0.7 miles
- Captain Cook Schoolroom Museum
- 0.1 miles
- Captain Cook Birthplace Museum
- 4.4 miles
- Newham Grange Leisure Farm
- 4.6 miles
Practical details
- Pets
- Dogs welcome in the Bistro Bar
- Families
- Families and pets are all welcome
- Open
- Monday to Thursday 10am – 11pm
- Parking
- Safe and secure bike storage facilities
Accommodation on site
- Rooms
Details taken from the operator's own website on 16 Oct 2026 — check current terms when you book.
Facilities
- ✓ Bar
- ✓ Restaurant
- ✓ Takeaway Food
- ✓ Pet Friendly
- ✓ WiFi
- ✓ Parking
- 🚌 Near a Bus Stop
- 🚆 Near a Train Station
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