The Blakeney Hotel is open all the year round and offers a high standards of hospitality and service to its many guests.  For more details about the hotel and to check availability click here.

This privately owned hotel sits on the picturesque quay of the small Norfolk village of Blakeney. Many of its rooms have wonderful views out over the estuary and salt marshes all the way over to Blakeney Point. The hotel was built on the site of an old inn which went by the knick name of The Barking Dickey. The word Dickey comes from an old Norfolk term for a donkey. The inn was the home of John Curl who brewed his own beer every Thursday.  He would then sell his home brew for 1 1/2d a pint. 

Blakeney was once a frequent haunt of smugglers who used the Crown and Anchor Inn (it's proper name) to dish out their ill gotten gains. They spread tales of strange long legged spidery creatures who prowled around the salt marshes to ensure that locals remained in doors during their nocturnal outings. In 1921 the inn was demolished and the Blakeney Hotel was built at a cost of £31,000.00.

 Interestingly a smugglers tunnel was found in 1978 which ran from the White Horse car park to the Blakeney Hotel and in the other direction to the British Legion car park.

The Francis Frith collection has some old photographs of The Blakeney Hotel and the surrounding area.