The Lifeboat

3.0 star property

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Superior Double Room | Free WiFi
Free WiFi
Signature Double Room | Free WiFi
Free WiFi
Deluxe Double Room | Free WiFi

Reviews

9.0 out of 10
Wonderful

Popular amenities

  • Pet friendly
  • Parking included
  • Free WiFi
  • Restaurant
  • Bar
$107
$89 nightly
$107 total
Total with taxes and fees
Jan 18 - Jan 19

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Captains Cottage Ship Lane, Hunstanton, England, PE36 6LT
  • Place, Norfolk Coast
    ‪1 min walk‬
  • Place, RSPB Titchwell Marsh
    ‪3 min drive‬
  • Place, Hunstanton Beach
    ‪6 min drive‬

Room options

Superior Double Room

  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed and 2 Twin Futons

Deluxe Double Room

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(2 reviews)
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Standard Twin Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

Traditional Double Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Standard Double Room

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(1 review)
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Premium Double Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Signature Double Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Standard Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Classic Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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About the neighborhood

Hunstanton

Located in Hunstanton, The Lifeboat is within a 5-minute drive of RSPB Titchwell Marsh and Courtyard Farm. .This hotel is 12.7 mi (20.4 km) from Sandringham House and 3.1 mi (4.9 km) from Norfolk Coast.

What's nearby

  • Norfolk Coast - 1 min walk - 0.0 miles
  • RSPB Titchwell Marsh - 3 min drive - 1.7 miles
  • Hunstanton Beach - 6 min drive - 4.9 miles
  • Princess Theatre - 8 min drive - 5.4 miles
  • Sandringham House - 21 min drive - 16.4 miles

Getting around

  • Kings Lynn Station - 27 min drive
  • Norwich (NWI-Norwich Intl.) - 72 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪The Waterside - ‬7 min drive
  • ‪Golden Lion Hotel - ‬6 min drive
  • ‪Northgate Indian - ‬6 min drive
  • ‪Salad Bowl Cafe & Ice Cream Parlour - ‬8 min drive
  • ‪The Jolly Sailor Pub - ‬7 min drive

About this property

The Lifeboat

Hotel in Hunstanton with a restaurant and a bar
The Lifeboat offers 17 accommodations. This Hunstanton hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Housekeeping is provided daily.
Make yourself at home in one of the 17 guestrooms. Complimentary wireless internet access is available to keep you connected.
This hotel offers designated smoking areas.
At The Lifeboat, enjoy a satisfying meal at the restaurant. Wrap up your day with a drink at the bar/lounge. Cooked-to-order breakfasts are available daily from 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM for a fee.
The front desk is staffed during limited hours. Free self parking is available onsite.
Cooked-to-order breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 8:00 AM and 10:00 AM.
The Lifeboat has a restaurant on site.

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • Free uncovered self parking on site

Food and drink

  • Daily cooked-to-order breakfast available 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM for a fee: GBP 18.50 for adults and GBP 10 for children
  • A bar/lounge
  • A restaurant
  • Coffee and tea in common areas

Conveniences

  • Limited-hour front desk

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)

Accessibility

  • No elevator

More

  • Designated smoking areas (fines apply)

Room amenities

Bathroom

  • Private bathroom
  • Shampoo
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Towels provided

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: 10:00 PM
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from 7:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Front desk staffed during limited hours
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

Pets allowed for an extra charge of GBP 25.00 per pet, per stay
Service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees
Welcoming dogs only

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome

Property payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Fee for cooked-to-order breakfast: approximately GBP 18.50 for adults and GBP 10.00 for children
  • Pet fee: GBP 25.00 per pet, per stay
  • Service animals are exempt from fees

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 credit card, debit card, or 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 credit cards and debit cards; cash is not accepted

We should mention

This property does not have elevators

Property is also known as

The Lifeboat Hotel
The Lifeboat Hunstanton
The Lifeboat Hotel Hunstanton

The Lifeboat Reviews

Reviews

9.0

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 38 out of 52 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 7 out of 52 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 4 out of 52 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 52 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 52 reviews

9.8/10

Cleanliness

9.4/10

Staff & service

8.8/10

Amenities

9.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Ian

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

10/10 Excellent

Simon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

A superb sort stay

Very friendly and accommodating staff! Atmosphere, food and drinks; amazing. A wonderful stay. Will return.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

8/10 Good

J

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Great location and lovely hotel

Fabulous location. Really friendly and helpful staff, breakfast excellent. Standard room was very small but adequate for a short stay but having said that the large bathroom made up for it
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Geeta

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Andrew

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
Lovely location and the room was lovely if a little on the small side. Unfortunately there were no decaffeinated tea bags included in the complementary hot drinks tray. One of the “pumps”for the shampoo in the shower wasn’t working.We ate in the restaurant and whilst the food was excellent the service left a little to be desired ( it was very busy and apparently they were a couple of staff down) ! What we couldn’t believe was there was no port available to finish the meal ! The breakfast was superb and one of the best we have had in a hotel. The staff were all very friendly and accommodating. All though the points raised may seem a bit petty they make the difference between good and excellent. The detail matters. But we would stay again
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Terence

Traveled with partner, Traveled with pets
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
All the staff were helpful and friendly, Ollie work the bar was very polite and positive.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Sally

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Fabulous stay!

Absolutely wonderful one night stay, solo, after walking holiday. Met with chatty friendly team, throughout. Beautiful comfy bed & bathroom. Excellent beautiful toiletries. Wide hot drink selection. Huge tasty breakfast choice even with my gf. Walked around the village & beach. Had no need to travel further! Would 100% stay again & have recommended to friends already.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Sharon

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely stay food good staff friendly especially young man on reception
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Samantha

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Wonderful staff

Its a lovely hotel. The room was teeny, but clean and well equipped with all that we needed. It was also very quiet in the room which was nice. Food was slightly boring menu, but the food we had was delicious. Its a quirky place, which I loved. The staff were next level lovely. Nothing was too much trouble. I would definitely stay again, we had auch a nice time - ooh and very very dog friendly. Id almost say it was a dog hotel and humans were allowed!!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Catherine

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Ella

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Avril

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Benjamin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Good Comfortable Stay

It was a very relaxing stay. Was there for one night. Breakfast was superb and happy with the room I got. My only issue was the bathroom maybe hadn’t been checked for shower gel etc.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Joanna

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

A perfect place to stay

A lovely hotel with extremely helpful staff. The food was amazing with great variety. The bed was very comfortable and the bathroom was great with a free-standing bath and powerful waterfall shower.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service

Nice 3 night break

Lovely Inn. The room was quite small. The bed was very comfortable and the food was quite nice.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Garry

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Nicola

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
I went to the Lifeboat for my 60th Birthday and had an amazing time, location fantastic staff friendly. Will definetely be back
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location and really good standard of accommodation.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Eleanor

Traveled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff were extremely helpful and kind. Nathan and Emma were excellent in helping me to celebrate my partner's birthday.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Alison

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Richard

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Ideal for a break

A very pleasant place to stay.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Jo

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Great place to stay.

Lovely room. Fantastic breakfast and an awesome snack menu. Great place to stay.
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Gareth

Traveled with pets, Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Set in beautiful countryside on the north Norfolk coast. The Inn is welcoming, the room was spacious and clean, and the breakfast was delicious. Also, this is one of the most dog friendly places we have stayed. We will be returning.
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

6/10 Okay

STEPHEN

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Comfortable, clean room. Admin not so good. No reply to an email enquiry and no receipt emailed on checkout Very limited food options and no non alcoholic beers in stock. Some staff excellent others less so.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

James

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Lifeboat stay

Staff were brilliant welcoming friendly abd helpful. Location is beautiful I can not wait to go back
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025