The Ship Hotel
Pub with rooms in Brancaster, Norfolk
From £110 per night
Curator's notes:
- Classic country inn with a stylish twist
- Stroll to famous Brancaster beach
- Focus on locally-caught fish
- Coast path passes the door
Rooms from
12 doubles: £110
Good to know
- All major credit cards accepted taken
- Disabled access
- Alfresco & private dining
- Parking available
- Dog stay: £10
Water and
waves
Situated on the coastal path, The Ship is a ten minute stroll from
the fabulous Brancaster beach.
Family
favourite
With a great kid's menu, plenty of colouring-in and wordsearch
books and family-friendly rooms, this inn makes for a perfect
family getaway.
Dog-friendly
Dogs are welcome in the main bar or garden, with their own bed,
towels and bedside snacks available in six of the rooms - North
& South Creake; Titchwell, Holkham, Thornham and
Brancaster.
Rooms
Cosy, individually decorated rooms were revamped in 2021 with a fresh and contemporary feel by interior designer Nicola Lovell.
Just like downstairs, the bedrooms demonstrate a real talent for filling antique spaces with modern design. Bold colours and striking wallcoverings combine with cosy tartan and bright cushions, and carved headboards, big lamps and quirky artwork give each room a boutique feel. Rooms are names after surrounding villages.
Room 5 (Thornham) has fine antique wooden bed and can easily combine with Room 6 (Brancaster) to create a comfortable family suite. Room 4 (Holkham) and Room 9 (Captain's Cabin) are luxury junior suites with double sofa bed, roll-top baths, separate walk-in rain showers, and oodles of space.
You'll find posh toiletries in the bathrooms, newspapers to order as well as fresh coffee and irresistible homemade biscuits. Wake up to a hearty full English breakfast, or order smoked salmon and scrambled eggs, smoked local kippers, or home-made porridge.
Restaurant & bar
Seafood is a local staple in these parts, so expect seasonal menus brimming with shell-on prawns, Cromer crab, Brancaster oysters and smoked salmon, alongside well-cooked pub classics.
For meat lovers, there's rare roast beef and horseradish remoulade sandwiches, homemade rump burger with pickles, fried onions, aioli and fries, and on Sunday's you can tuck into delectable roasts such as beef sirloin or lemon and rosemary chicken with all the trimmings.
Behind the bar, you'll find Adnams Ghost Ship, Dry Hopper lager on tap and Aspall's Harry Sparrow cider. There's a dense raft of gins (40) and cocktails, including Bullards and St Giles Norfolk gins and a decent global list of wines (20 by the glass).
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