Brow Head Hotel
Brow Head Hotel is a Hotel in Barrow-in-furness, Cumbria of 6 rooms, with prices starting 23.23 pounds sterling.
Brow Head Hotel Rating: None Star
Local Tourist Board: None
Number of Bedrooms in Brow Head Hotel: 6
Child Rate Available: No
This a description of Brow Head Hotel written by them:
SAVE an EXTRA 10% on one of our ADVANCE PAYMENT rooms! December 2005 - February 2006 Choose one of these rooms and save an EXTRA 10% (shown in the price) compared to our standard room rates. Payment is made upon booking. Book now for Christmas & New Year! Rooms are already filling up! Following recent feedback we have replaced 90% of our Video players with DVD players! Bring your Blockbuster card to rent DVDs! Want to surprise a loved one? We can have roses, truffles & Champagne awaiting in you room for your arrival. Just tell us your requirements & budget as we have many options of Champagnes, truffles and rose bouquets to choose from! EXPRESS Check-in and Check-out, no hotel forms to fill in upon arrival! **If you provide a mobile/handy/cellphone number you will be sent an SMS text message to confirm your booking** We are a small family-run hotel located on Walney Island, Barrow-in-Furness, approximately 1.5 km from the town centre. Brow Head Hotel was built in the late 1890's and offers quaint, large rooms with original woodwork in customer areas. We offer modern decor and furnishings with some contemporary & modern art works. A friendly family service atmosphere awaits you, ideal for couples, families, business customers or adventure seekers. At Brow Head Hotel, we offer a relaxed atmosphere to bring you a home from home. All rooms include an excellent, full English breakfast (unless stated) which includes a varied selection of Kellogg's cereals, orange juice, Twinings tea or fresh Lavazza ground coffee and cooked breakfast. Of course breakfast wouldn't be breakfast without toast with a variety of individual jams, marmalades & Nutella, President butter/Flora margarine. Vegetarians, Vegan, Jewish and other diets catered for upon advanced request **Please advise us when booking!! **CONTINENTAL, AMERICAN, BIGGER and On the GO Breakfasts are now available. **WHY NOT UPGRADE TO A Continental/American or BIGGER BREAKFAST FOR JUST 6.95GBP PER PERSON?! Full details of breakfasts available upon request. ADVISE US IN THE COMMENTS BOX DURING BOOKING FOR THIS OPTION. (Price quoted is an internet only offer. Breakfast selections booked off-line are 8.95GBP per person). You can also TOP-UP your mobile phone 24 hours a day! **Hotel transfers from Walney Airport and Barrow Train Station are charged at a set 5.95GBP sterling each way per taxi. Please advise us of your requirements in the comments box. Transfers from Manchester or Newcastle airports are available from 115GBP return. Brow Head, 'Empress Villas,' was originally owned by Vickers Armstrong, (now known as BAE Systems) & once housed top management & other famous people such as Barnes Wallace, the man who created the 'bouncing bomb'. Barnes Wallace stayed in Barrow-in-Furness during the early war years. By popular demand, we now enforce a no smoking policy within the hotel guest rooms/main public areas. Smoking on the premises is no longer allowed, but smoking in the foyer/outside the main entrance is still permitted. Barrow is a Victorian town surrounded by beaches and inspiring scenery. All available locally: golf courses, pedestrianised shopping precinct, The Dock Museum and a large indoor market open Mon, Wed, Fri & Sat. The South Lakes Wild Animal Park is one of Europe's leading conservation zoos, located in Dalton-in-Furness, a few miles away. You could also visit the ruins of St. Mary of Furnesia, a Cistercian abbey founded in 1127, or Piel Castle, built in the 14th Century, which is accessible via the Roa Island ferry service. Nearby Ulverston is home to the Laurel and Hardy Museum & Manjushri Mahayana Buddhist Centre at Coniston Head Priory. Established in 1975 as part of the Tibetan Gelugpa tradition, it is now the centre of the New Kadampa Tradition. Housed in a 19th century mock-Gothic building (built on the site of an Augustinian Priory) it has 70 acres of grounds. The design of the new temple is based on a mandala with 4 doorways & 3 tiers. Cycling W2W - (Walney to Wear) The route runs between Walney Island on Cumbria's Irish Sea coast, where we are situated, to where the River Wear flows into the North Sea at Sunderland. We are also conveniently situated for Furness General Hospital, whether you are a budding doctor making your final examinations, or just wanting to visit family or friends. Bus route 1 & 1A can take you from Brow Head to FGH.
