This is a very different blog to my others, but very relevant to other blogs I’ve made. I’ve mentioned before that we’ve stayed in the Ramada at Cobham services for our trips to Thorpe Park, Chessington and Legoland as its location is great for all 3 parks.
Legoland is 30 minutes away but Thorpe and Chessington are about 20 minutes each and since the hotel is located on a service stop on the M25, it has a lot of facilities and places to eat too.
We’ve stopped here on at least 5 separate occasions since first finding the hotel on our 2021 road trip around the UK. The staff have always been great, the rooms clean and the prices very reasonable. If I recall we paid £29 for a nights stay on our first visit. (Though we’ve not managed to get it quite that cheap since!)
The rooms are a good size and have most things you’d need for a few nights away, including a bed, shower, kettle, storage, plenty of sockets and even an ironing board, iron and hair dryer. Not mind blowing by any means but ample for our needs. It’s worth pointing out that there are sockets close to the bed too.
They do provide face wash and shampoo in the bathroom but I always take my own anyway, I think everyone does! They will also help out with additional tea and coffee supplies and a few basic hygiene needs, though I’ve not had to use this service so I’m not sure what they’d offer!
The hotel is set over two floors and does have a lift to the upper floor. We’ve never had a ground floor room so I assume they’re family or accessible rooms which would make sense to me.
There’s a lot of greenery around the back and side of the hotel and plenty of places to sit and eat or watch the world go by in downtime. There’s even a nice pond with all the wildlife you’d expect.
As it’s next to the M25 there is quite a bit of road noise during the night but it’s only noticeable with the window open and closing it mutes that. There’s a blower in the room too that cools the room sufficiently but in the heat of summer it struggles to get rooms down to selected temperature as I don’t believe it is actually air conditioning, though it does claim to be!
The hotel has access to the services’ massive car park so there is always ample parking for even the largest of vehicles.
It won’t blow you away like some of the top 5 star hotels will, but it’s not a 5 star hotel itself. What it is is a well connected, pleasant and clean 3 star hotel, situated in an excellent location for theme park enthusiasts such as myself!
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