The Bell Guest House

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A traditional building with a sign reading "The Bell Guesthouse" and a courtyard area with outdoor seating.

Reviews

8.8 out of 10
Excellent

Popular amenities

  • Parking included
  • Business services
  • Bar
The current price is $134
$134 nightly
$134 total
Total with taxes and fees
Sep 11 - Sep 12

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Sunderland Road, Horden, Peterlee, England, SR8 4PF
  • Place, Peterlee Leisure Centre
    ‪4 min drive‬
  • Place, Durham University
    ‪26 min drive‬
  • Place, Durham Cathedral
    ‪27 min drive‬
  • Airport, Durham (MME-Teesside Intl.)
    ‪46 min drive‬

Room options

Double Room, Ensuite

  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

Double or Twin Room, Ensuite

  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds OR 1 King Bed

Single Room, Ensuite

  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

Twin Room, Ensuite

  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

Suite, Ensuite (Sleeps 3)

  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Twin Bed and 1 King Bed OR 3 Twin Beds

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About the neighborhood

Peterlee

Located in Peterlee, The Bell Guest House is a 3-minute drive from Peterlee Leisure Centre and 7 minutes from Cineworld Dalton Park. .This guesthouse is 12.4 mi (19.9 km) from Durham Cathedral and 13.9 mi (22.4 km) from Durham University.

What's nearby

  • Peterlee Leisure Centre - 4 min drive - 1.7 miles
  • Durham University - 26 min drive - 16.5 miles
  • Durham Cathedral - 27 min drive - 16.9 miles
  • Quayside - 48 min drive - 26.7 miles
  • St. James' Park - 49 min drive - 26.9 miles

Getting around

  • Seaham Station - 15 min drive
  • Durham (MME-Teesside Intl.) - 41 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪The Moorcock - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪The Old Pay Office - ‬3 min drive
  • ‪Starbucks - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪McDonald's - ‬3 min drive
  • ‪The Five Quarter (Wetherspoon) - ‬3 min drive

About this property

The Bell Guest House

The Bell Guest House offers 10 accommodations.
Make yourself at home in one of the 10 guestrooms.
This smoke-free guesthouse offers complimentary parking nearby.
Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at the bar/lounge. Breakfast is available for a fee.
Featured amenities include complimentary wired internet access, a computer station, and luggage storage. Free self parking is available onsite.

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi and wired internet

Parking and transportation

  • Free offsite parking
  • Free self parking on site

Food and drink

  • Breakfast available for a fee
  • A bar/lounge

Family friendly

  • High chair

Conveniences

  • Luggage storage

Guest services

  • No housekeeping service

Business services

  • Computer station

Accessibility

  • No elevator

More

  • Smoking not allowed

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 4:00 PM; Check-in end time: 10:00 PM

Early check-in subject to availability

Contactless check-in available

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM

Contactless check-out available

Special check-in instructions

The host will greet guests on arrival

Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Access methods

Host will greet you

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome

Property payment types

Important information

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

We should mention

This property does not have elevators

Property is also known as

Bell Guest House Peterlee

Bell Peterlee

The Bell Guest House Peterlee

The Bell Guest House Guesthouse

The Bell Guest House Guesthouse Peterlee

The Bell Guest House Reviews

Reviews

8.8

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 89 out of 163 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 53 out of 163 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 12 out of 163 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 5 out of 163 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 4 out of 163 reviews

9.0/10

Cleanliness

9.2/10

Staff & service

9.4/10

Amenities

8.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Lesley

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff are absolutely amazing, very friendly and helpful. Cooked breakfast was lovely too
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2026
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Christie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It is not a fancy establishment but I love it. It has everything I need. The owners are so kind and the made to order breakfast is amazing. I have stayed here several times and will continue to do so any time I am in the area.
Stayed 9 nights in Mar 2026
Verified review

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great service, nice locals pub.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Christie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2026
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Excellent!

Excellent service, breakfast and accommodation!
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024
Verified review

8/10 Good

Johan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Probably the friendliest hotel staff I’ve met. I felt more than welcome! It’s a cozy hotel in a small town and it was according to expectations. The continental breakfast could have had some more options.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2026
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Sarah

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Our second stay here whilst visitng family. The room was spotlessly clean. Couldn't hear any noise from other rooms. The staff went above and beyond, made you feel so welcome, nothing was too much trouble. Cooked breakfast was served very efficiently and also good variety of cereals, yoghurt, breakfast bars, fruit also available.
Stayed 1 night in May 2026
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

philip

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We were visiting friends so only stayed 1 night. Room was clean and bed comfy. Breakfast was really nice. Full English beautifully cooked and perfect poached eggs!
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

CHRIS

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Nice friendly staff, a warm welcome . Ample breakfast value for your money, recommended
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Corentin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice staff, very good breakfast. Very good quality for the price. I recommend
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

rizza

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff very friendly and accomodating easy to locate and area was good pity the ev charging was still on process but will good for future stay will be back again thank you the place is amazing.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024
Verified review

8/10 Good

alison

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

Nice guest house.

A convienient little base for work.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Rob

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

Great stay at the Bell

Clean and comfortable room. Very friendly and welcoming staff. Excellent breakfast. Would not hesitate to book again.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2024
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Rosalind

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

Lovely good value hotel

Very nice hotel. Value for money. Delicious breakfast. Idris the owner is very friendly and gave us a warm welcome back. Ideal base for visiting family locally.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

karl

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

My Stay!

Excellent!!
Stayed 1 night in May 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Gillian

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

Perfect

Perfect place to stay when we were visiting family for a few nights. Staff very friendly and helpful, room was a good size, clean and not too hot. The bed was sooooo comfy. Bathroom modern and clean, fabulous shower, very powerful and loads of hot water.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2022
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Gaynor

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

Faultless!

The welcome was great snd very efficient, the room clean with everything you could need. The staff were so warm and friendly, remembered my name and very helpful in recommending places to eat as I was on my own. Incredibly good value- highly recommended
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Alan

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

Absolutely Brilliant

Staff were absolutely brilliant. Helpful and friendly. Breakfast was delicious and fresh. Room was comfortable and clean. Highly recommended
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024
Verified review

8/10 Good

Annalisa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Friendly staff and excellent cooked breakfast. Very comfortable bed. Easy check in and check out. The room could do with a lick of paint. The lights and fridge made a buzzing noise.
Stayed 1 night in May 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Anthony

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

Lovely place

A really lovely quiet hotel, there arent many in the area. All very clean, lovely bedroom and superb breakfast with a friendly smile. Checkin was smooth and the lady was really friendly and showed me to my room and also served me a few well poured guinness later that evening. Thank you i will certainly stay again. They didn't serve an evening meal but plenty of options not too far away.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Kenneth

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This is a 100 yr old property that has been updated but a while ago. The rooms are small but the owner/staff was excellent and the stay was enjoyable. They included a made to order breakfast. Peterlee is a little out of the way but matched where we were going. Just stayed one night.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Stuart

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

One night stay

Stay here for one night as skydiving nearby. Needed to be out early so missed breakfast. The staff however stocked our fridge with milk, yoghurt, fruit and cereal for the morning. Really friendly staff. Great location if you are skydiving at Shotton. Would stay again.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

C

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

Lovely stay!

I was in the little single room and it is cosy. But it was just me so it was fine. Really lovely stay - everyone so welcoming and so helpful. Breakfast included was amazing. Amenities in the room with great plenty of power points and was even a little microwave out in the hallway, so I could heat up a ready meal in the evening after being on the beaches all day scouring for Seaglass! I’ll definitely book again - thank you for a really nice stay
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2023
Verified review

8/10 Good

Jean

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

Lovely staff

Establishment was clean with friendly, helpful staff. Hospitality tray/ water not replenished for second night. Don't understand this policy as same room rate charged. We decided to have a nightcap before 10pm to find bar closed.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025
Verified review

8/10 Good

Marco

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Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025