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Standing proud for more than 600 years
Standing proud for more than 600 years
- 0191 389 1111
Book Your Lumley Castle Experience
Explore our range of Accommodation Packages, Wedding Offers, Special Events and Gift Vouchers
Knights Restaurant
Sophisticated private dining rooms provide the perfect backdrop for any occasion. Your taste buds will savour the glorious flavours of Lumley’s fine, AA Rosette winning food. We pride ourselves on serving food with the freshest ingredients, cooked & presented to perfection.
Grand Afternoon Tea
Enjoy one of our delicious Afternoon Teas in our splendid surroundings. Served daily in our Library Bar and Knights Restaurant.
On busier occasions, this may also be served in one of our grand staterooms and during the summer months, this can be served in our castle’s inner courtyard. Click the link below to book now.
Events & Banquets
There’s always something going on at Lumley, whether it’s an elegant afternoon tea, our famous banquets, a devious murder mystery evening or a perplexing afternoon in the new Escape Room.
Make sure you check the events page often. You can book the event (and your room too) right here on the website.
Gift Vouchers
A Lumley Castle Gift Voucher makes an ideal present or treat for any special occasion or celebration year round. Our Gift Vouchers are available as £25, £50, £100 & £200.
You can use them for our Afternoon Teas (Grand, Sparkling and Champagne), our Elizabethan Banquet for Two, our Murder Mystery for Two and other items.
Library Bar
The traditionally styled Library Bar offers stylish cosy surroundings to sit back and enjoy pre-dinner cocktails, after dinner coffees or liquors, or our sumptuous Afternoon Teas.
With a log fire in the winter to add to the atmosphere, once you settle down here, you’ll find it difficult to move on.
Meeting Venues
Lumley Castle boasts an incredible history of hosting meetings that stretches back over 600 years.
Whether it was local skirmishes, the occasional war or just simple estate management, Lumley was and continues to be a venue for inspiring planning and strategy.
Private Dining
All the amazing menu of the Knights restaurant with the privacy of our gorgeous private dining spaces & a team of waiters to handle your every whim. Sounds just perfect.
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We have 68 unique, individually styled bedrooms, evoking a classical era long forgotten. Think four poster beds, feature baths and rooms with stunning views over the local parkland.
Standing proud for more than 600 years
The magnificent spectacle of Lumley Castle dominates the County Durham landscape. Surrounded by beautiful parklands, overlooking the River Wear and Durham County Cricket Ground, Lumley Castle is a magnificent monument to a bygone age of chivalry & honour.
Lumley Castle is undoubtedly one of the most iconic hotels in the region, effortlessly combining old and new to create a truly unique and memorable travel experience. Located between historic Durham and the vibrancy of Newcastle & Sunderland we are perfectly situated for you to explore the Northeast of England.
We invite you to experience Lumley Castle Hotel, a four star unique and inspirational venue; perfect for weddings, conferences, celebrations, private dining and leisure breaks.