Located in Forres, Cluny Hill Hotel is within a 15-minute walk of Nelson's Tower and Grant Park. .This hotel is 0.7 mi (1.1 km) from Dava Way and 0.9 mi (1.5 km) from Moray Coast Trail.
What's nearby
Nelson's Tower - 7 min walk - 0.4 miles
Grant Park - 7 min walk - 0.4 miles
Dava Way - 13 min walk - 0.7 miles
Moray Coast Trail - 16 min walk - 0.9 miles
Suenos Stone - 2 min drive - 1.4 miles
Getting around
Forres Station - 8 min drive
Inverness (INV) - 38 min drive
Restaurants
Brodie Countryfare - 7 min drive
Mosset Tavern - 19 min walk
Kimberley Inn - 9 min drive
Cafe 1496 - 15 min walk
The Captains Table - 10 min drive
About this property
Cluny Hill Hotel
Cluny Hill Hotel offers 11 accommodations. This Forres hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access, with a speed of 50+ Mbps. Guests have access to shared bathrooms. Bathrooms include separate bathtubs and showers. Housekeeping is provided on request.
Make yourself at home in one of the 11 guestrooms. Complimentary wireless internet access is available to keep you connected. Bathrooms with separate bathtubs and showers are provided. Conveniences include desks, and housekeeping is provided on request.
Take in the views from a garden and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access.
Self parking (subject to charges) is available onsite.
Property amenities
Internet
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
In-room WiFi speed: 50+ Mbps
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Parking and transportation
Self parking on site (GBP 5 per day)
Conveniences
24-hour front desk
Guest services
Housekeeping (on request)
Outdoors
Garden
Accessibility
No elevator
Room amenities
Bathroom
5 shared bathrooms
Separate bathtub and shower
Shampoo
Soap
Toilet paper
Towels provided
More
Desk
Heating
Laptop workspace
Policies
Check-in
Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: anytime
Minimum check-in age: 18
Check-out
Check-out before 10:00 AM
Special check-in instructions
Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools
Access methods
Staffed front desk
Pets
Pets not allowed
Children and extra beds
Children are welcome
Important information
Fees
You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property. Fees may include applicable taxes:
A damage deposit of GBP 100 will be collected before check-in.
We have included all charges provided to us by the property.
Optional extras
Self parking fee: GBP 5 per day
The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts cash
We should mention
This property does not have elevators
Cluny Hill Hotel Reviews
Reviews
6.8
All reviews shown are from real guest experiences. Only travelers who have booked a stay with us can submit a review. We verify reviews according to our guidelines and publish all reviews, positive or negative.
Rating 10 - Excellent. 11 out of 31 reviews
10 - Excellent
11
Rating 8 - Good. 4 out of 31 reviews
8 - Good
4
Rating 6 - Okay. 6 out of 31 reviews
6 - Okay
6
Rating 4 - Poor. 5 out of 31 reviews
4 - Poor
5
Rating 2 - Terrible. 5 out of 31 reviews
2 - Terrible
5
7.0/10
Cleanliness
7.0/10
Staff & service
5.4/10
Amenities
5.4/10
Property conditions & facilities
Reviews
Verified review
8/10 Good
Tomas
Feb 8, 2026
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Nice and clean rooms 👌 very friendly service
Tomas
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2026
Verified review
10/10 Excellent
Alasdair
Apr 17, 2026
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Beautiful house currently under improvement but the facilities are perfectly good and clean. No food is available at present. Extremely good value.
We had a very pleasant stay at the Cluny Hill hotel. It is simple and good for the price paid per night. We got a double bed private room with a shared toilet/bathroom to another separate room. Each bedroom also has their own sink which is nice. Towels, clean bed linen and a comfortable memory foam mattress. The Hotel was a public building before and you can tell by the usual British carpets, emergency fire doors etc. Just make sure to click the link for check-in, so that the receptionist knows what time you will arrive. Overall we’d highly recommend!
Terrible experience, nobody on reception when we arrived, had to call a number and a man said he would be 20 minutes. He turned up 90 minutes later. Very run down and in desperate need of a revamp
Property was completely unlocked and empty of people. Had to use posted number on unlocked door to contact an employee who showed up 15 minutes later. Was taken to a dirty unmade bedroom with old and mismatched furniture. Bathroom was 30 yards away with no toiletries and no mirror
Water was luc warm. Carpet throughout the building was rhreadbare. After 20 minutes I decided to vacate the hotel due to watching a rat run down the hallway.
david bell
Stayed 3 nights in May 2026
Verified review
4/10 Poor
Anne
Jan 3, 2026
Disliked: Amenities
The room was clean but the heating didn’t work. The nearby bathroom had dead wasps on the floor.
Building is in disarray, with things left all over the place. No one was at the front desk. Towels were not changed and our room was not refreshed for our second night. I planned to use my credit card but was told the machine wasn’t working and I had to pay cash, but wasn’t given a receipt. (I was finally emailed a receipt a day later, after I insisted on one.) I never did received the change from my cash payment. It was all quite strange.
Patricia
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2026
Verified review
8/10 Good
Allan
Nov 8, 2025
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Very clean, very helpful staff. Slightly strange.environment. Old Findhorn retreat about 15 minutes walk from middle of Forres, almost a hundred rooms, but only two seemed occupied. Impression was refurbishment may be incomplete, but difficult to see it will ever have enough trade. Reception was unoccupied and accessible by mobile. It all worked, but not the typical hotel experience.
Allan
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2025
Verified review
6/10 Okay
Sargon
Sep 17, 2025
Fawlty Towers
There was no shower only a bath where there was no hot water no internet no tv no heat it was very cold and bed sheets were dirty
The room was spotless and very comfortable. Obviously the Hotel is in transition. By and by rooms are being prepared to welcome guests. Only 11 rooms are available to book at this point.
The price per room is unbelievably low.
Especially since the electricity bill must be enormous. The hotel was overheated and lights were on in almost every hall, lounge and room and stayed on during the night.
Heating as well as the lights.
No consideration was given to the ecological impact.
There was no heating in my room the staff tried to get it fixed but failed
Maxwell
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2025
Verified review
6/10 Okay
Alison
May 15, 2026
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
This is obviously a budget hotel now. The house itself was once a very grand house and it has a fascinating history for sure. The views are good and our room was basic and clean, as well as warm. The bed in our room (56) had not been put together properly though, so there was a metal ridge down the centre that was raised up too high and should have been placed lower. Our main issue though was that we heard loud voices at around 4am. Men were walking around the corridors of the hotel and talking loudly, They did not sound like residents. The hotel gives travellers a key to their bedroom door but it seems that the main entrance to the hotel is open 24/7. There is a person looking after the hotel but he does not sit at the reception. So it seemed to us that people were able to come into the hotel during the night via the main entrance and wander around. This was for us a pretty unpleasant experience and we did not feel safe. The hotel needs to ensure that the main entrance is lockable and that people feel safe.