Whalley Abbey - B&B and Retreat House

Our Holiday finished a day early and we couldn't enjoy our booking at Whalley Abbey but the understanding of the staff was 5⭐ look forward to a rebooking ..DJWard

Lovely welcome. Lovely views from room. Fantastic location. Peaceful and relaxing stay. Breakfast delicious. Great interesting walk in the grounds. We booked because we attended a wedding near by.

There isn’t anything I didn’t like.

Wonderful location, adjacent to the fascinating Abbey ruins. It is primarily a retreat centre newly moving into hotel work and they are doing an excellent job. The place is warm, comfortable fascinating old house with much of interest. The staff were exceptional - well-organised, kind and constantly helpful. Breakfast really was superb. At the moment it’s really competitively priced too, so an ideal spot for a couple of days away walking and enjoying exploring the abbey and the nearby church.

I liked everything.

Lovely breakfast. Very substantial. The setting of the refectory is beautiful. Very calming to eat here. So quiet and the grounds are lovely to walk around. The history of the site is so interesting. I really enjoyed joining in morning prayers.

Excellent full English breakfast Superb location

Nothing

The abbey setting is very special. Very quiet and peaceful.

The rooms are basic but fine

Great breakfast Excellent location. Easy to park

It was interesting had a lot of history very clean

No USB points in the electric sockets to charge a phone

The staff and location were excellent, very friendly. The breakfast was very good, plenty of choice. Unfortunately the room which we had was rather small and sparse with no TV. It was a surprise to us to find out that it's a 'Christian / Spiritual retreat' which is presumably why the room was sparse. Also, as the staff are only there at specific times, check in is generally between 4pm - 8pm, although we were fortunate as there was someone there when we arrived a couple of hours prior to those times. Importantly, there is plenty of parking space and the local town is an easy few minutes walk. As such, all in all a pleasant stay but be aware that it is more a B&B than a hotel and therefore does not have some of the facilities available at a hotel .. but what it does have is friendliness, quietness, a good breakfast and a very relaxed atmosphere.

No TV in the room and specific check in times (4-8pm).