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The Willow House

3.0 star property
Thetford inn with restaurant and bar/lounge

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Experience the perfect blend of comfort and convenience at The Willow House. Enjoy a delicious meal at the restaurant, grab a drink at the bar, or stay connected with WiFi in public areas.

Reviews

8.8 out of 10
Excellent

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Non-smoking
  • Free parking
  • Free WiFi
  • Restaurant

Main amenities (2)

  • Restaurants and bar/lounge
  • Breakfast available
The current price is £86
includes taxes & fees
23 Nov - 24 Nov

Room options

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Double Room, Ensuite (King Size ) | 1 bedroom

Double Room, Ensuite (King Size )

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(5 reviews)

Highlights

Fridge
Flat-screen TV
Separate bedroom
Private bathroom
Hairdryer
Microwave
Coffee/tea maker
Toaster
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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1 bedroom

Quadruple Room, Ensuite (4 Person)

Highlights

Fridge
Flat-screen TV
Separate bedroom
Private bathroom
Hairdryer
Microwave
Coffee/tea maker
Toaster
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed and 2 Single Beds

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1 bedroom

Triple Room, Ensuite (3 person)

9.0 out of 10
Wonderful
(2 reviews)

Highlights

Fridge
Flat-screen TV
Separate bedroom
Hairdryer
Microwave
Coffee/tea maker
Toaster
Electric kettle
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed and 1 Single Bed

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1 bedroom

Twin Room, Ensuite

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(3 reviews)

Highlights

Separate bedroom
Private bathroom
Hairdryer
Digital channels
Pet friendly
Iron/ironing board
Desk
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed OR 2 Single Beds

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About the area

Map
2 High Street, Thetford, England, IP25 6AE

What's nearby

  • Watton Clock Tower - 1 min walk - 0.2 km
  • Richmond Park Golf Club - 15 min walk - 1.3 km
  • Wayland Wood - 18 min walk - 1.6 km
  • Snetterton Race Circuit - 15 min drive - 18.0 km
  • University of East Anglia - 31 min drive - 36.6 km

Getting around

  • Norwich (NWI-Norwich Intl.) - 46 min drive
  • Harling Road Station - 16 min drive
  • Eccles Road Station - 18 min drive
  • Mid-Norfolk Railway Dereham - 20 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪The Eagle - ‬9 min drive
  • ‪The Old Bell - ‬3 min drive
  • ‪Chequers Inn - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪White Hart - ‬7 min drive
  • ‪The Swan Pub - ‬10 min drive

About this property

The Willow House

Enjoy your visit to Thetford with a stay at The Willow House. You can grab a bite to eat at the restaurant or wind down at the end of the day with a drink from the bar/lounge. Fellow travellers say great things about the helpful staff.

At a glance

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Hotel size

    • 7 rooms
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Arriving/Leaving

    • Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; check-in end time: 11:00 PM
    • Minimum check-in age – 18
    • Check-out time is 10:30 AM
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Special check-in instructions

    • Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
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Required at check-in

    • Credit card, debit card or cash deposit required for incidental charges
    • Government-issued photo ID may be required
    • Minimum check-in age is 18
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Pets

    • Service animals welcome
WIFI

Internet

    • Free WiFi in public areas
LOCAL_PARKING

Parking

    • Free on-site self-parking
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Other information

    • Smoke-free property

Property amenities

Food and drink

  • Breakfast available (surcharge)
  • Restaurant
  • Bar/lounge

What to do

  • Fishing nearby

Fees & policies

Policies

This property does not have lifts.
This property accepts credit cards.
Credit cards accepted: Visa, Mastercard
If you cancel your booking, you'll be subject to the property's cancellation policy. In accordance with UK consumer law, property booking services are not subject to the right of withdrawal.

Also known as

Willow House B&B Thetford
Willow House Thetford
The Willow House Inn
The Willow House Thetford
The Willow House Inn Thetford

Frequently asked questions

Is parking offered on site at The Willow House?

Yes, there's free self parking.

What are the check-in and check-out times at The Willow House?

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; check-in end time: 11:00 PM. Check-out time is 10:30 AM.

What is there to do at The Willow House and nearby?

Have fun during the warmer months with activities nearby such as fishing. Additional recreation nearby includes birdwatching.

Are there restaurants at or near The Willow House?

Yes, there's an on-site restaurant.

What's the area around The Willow House like?

The Willow House is a short 16-minute walk from Richmond Park Golf Club and 2 minutes' walk from Watton Clock Tower.

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The Willow House Reviews

Reviews

8.8

Excellent

9.0/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

8.4/10

Amenities

8.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Popular mentions

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What guests liked

  • Breakfast options were varied and delicious, with many guests enjoying the DIY breakfast and cooked meals. (11 reviews)
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Reviews

10/10 Exceptional

Lovely looking main building, friendly approachable staff and clean rooms.
Frank, 3-night trip

10/10 Exceptional

Nice big room, decent bed. Good check in process, nice DIY breakfast. Would stay again
Mark, 2-night trip

8/10 Very good

We wanted to stay in a typical coaching inn and this fitted the bill nicely. Lovely comfy beds and very quiety. Easy parking and very convenient location. Nice, helpful staff.
Paddy, 2-night trip

10/10 Exceptional

Warm and inviting with a charming bar

Room was clean, warm and well equipped. Staff are friendly and accommodating. Carpark is large and easy find. Bar is wonderful, would stay again.
1-night trip

10/10 Exceptional

Absolutely excellent service, outstanding food, wonderful staff who couldn’t do enough for us. Currently going through renovations but the room was very clean, DIY breakfast was topped up each day and can recommend the full English, which was an extra charge but definitely more than worth it. Thank you to all the staff and will definitely return
Paul, 2-night trip

10/10 Exceptional

Spacious well equipped rooms with great restaurant

I stay at the Willow House a couple of time a year with work and have always found the accommodation to be excellent. Spacious rooms with plenty of power points, fridge, toaster, microwave and some breakfast supplies in your room. The bed is comfortable and although the ensuite is compact, it has everything you need. The restaurant serves great food too.
Timothy, 2-night trip

10/10 Exceptional

It was ideal for me attending a wedding nearby. They helped me arrange a taxi to and from the wedding venue. Staff that I met were helpful and friendly
Carol, 1-night trip

8/10 Very good

Room was very clean and very well equipped together with a extremely comfortable bed. Food in the pub was exceptional in terms of quality and portion sizes!! Staff were all very friendly and welcoming. Only minor negative observations are that the annex accommodation is a little tired from the outside and beware the footway leading to rooms as there lurks an unmarked trip hazard across the pathway - be careful !! However, overall, a very good place to stay and we would recommend.
Shaun, 2-night trip

6/10 Good

Not a bad stay

Comfy bed and reasonable DIY breakfast (cereal / toast / yogurt / juice) but property a bit tired outside and inside. We had the joy of a water pump constantly on and off all night which kept us awake. Sound proofing in general isn’t brilliant. Did the job for a night but it is not the height of luxury - damp in bathroom and ceiling clearly had a leak at some point. The welcome message states they’re under going some refurb - I didn’t see any work ongoing.
1-night trip

6/10 Good

Disappointed as it could be so much better

The room was clean but there was a lack of attention to detail. The toilet had not been cleaned properly and needed flushing to get rid of part flushed waste. There was an open packet of Alpen cereal in the breakfast basket which should have been noticed as unsealed when the basket was replenished. There is a toaster in the room with a sign saying not to have it set too high as the smoke may set the smoke alarm off (the rooms are all linked so if an alarm sounds it goes off in every room). Surely it would be better not to have a toaster and rather than bread have croissant or pain au chocolat instead. The smoke alarm appeared to be missing, although the base was in the ceiling there was no unit fitted. The fridge had a pint of milk but after arriving in the afternoon we each had a cup of tea, when we had another cup after waking in the morning there was insufficient milk left for both of us to have a cereal breakfast and so a 2pint bottle of milk would be more useful.
Richard, 1-night trip

10/10 Exceptional

Defo recommend

Loved the whole stay
Tanweer, 1-night trip

8/10 Very good

Good value, nice room.

Stayed for just one night whilst visiting friends nearby. Clean comfortable room with coffee and DIY breakfast facilities. Excellent full English breakfast (you need to book in advance). Our shower didn’t work however, looks like the water was off. We were in a rush so just used the sink and didn’t try to get someone to look at the shower. I am sure they would have sorted it.
Esther, 1-night trip

10/10 Exceptional

Great location for our overnight stop. Great bathroom, great breakfast, lots of parking spaces available.
Ilona, 2-night trip

2/10 Poor

The room (room 8) was infested with moths and the shower barely worked to the extent that I gave up trying to use it.
Katie, 1-night trip

10/10 Exceptional

Very comfortable stay

Hotel exceeded our expectations - large room, comfortable bed with light breakfast included a nice touch. Even had a fan which was put to good use due to hot weather. And good value for money!
Laura, 1-night trip

8/10 Very good

A little run down and need of TLC. Room was clean and tidy. Bathroom was very tight for size.
Paul, 1-night trip

8/10 Very good

Decent enough for the price.

The hotel overall is acceptable, was clean and comfortable. I had an evening meal which was good quality. What is above and beyond are inclusion of fridge, microwave and toaster with some bread butter and cereals. Only real gripes were the bathroom was cramped and no WIFI which apparently had been down for some time. I was able to use the WiFi in the bar while I ate.
John, 1-night trip

2/10 Poor

We arrived late to a building site. Grappled for a key in a cobwebby entrance. The room looked cleanish but it smelt kind of musty and felt like there was a film of grease everywhere.
Ann, 1-night trip

8/10 Very good

A lovely room and very nicely set out Lots of breakfast choices with clean appliances Perfect for my one night stay
Suzanne, 1-night trip

10/10 Exceptional

Willow

Lovely rooms. Clean and comfortable.
Rachel, 1-night trip

8/10 Very good

The Willow House is now looking tired.

I have always stayed here whilst working at Snetterton Circuit. Rooms are spacious with a fridge, microwave and breakfast items in the room! Great for me with being away early in the mornings. Arrived on Friday evening having been sent details of the keycode to access my room. Been working all day so I went straight to the bar for a drink and food at about 7:55, The was a group of 7/8 people ordering food and and by the time I could be served I was greeted with the "kitchen closes at 8!" I was tired (so didn't want to have to go out elsewhere and I was actually staying there, so the lady behind the bar checked with the kitchen coming back with a flat no! Not impressed. To close a kitchen at 8pm on a Friday does seem a bit early? I was heading back to my room. Googling where else to go when another lady caught up with me and said she would tell the kitchen to serve me! Unfortunately, the wifi was not working at the Willow House and the mobile data signal is very poor, which gave me serious problems with work in the evenings meaning I didn't get to bed until the early hours. In the morning I was hoping for a refreshing shower to wake me up, bit unfortunately it wasn't much more than a dribble! On Saturday evening I called in at the nearby Tesco to get a microwave meal to avoid the problems of the previous night. Another long night with no wifi and in the morning the shower water gave up typically when I had shampoo in my hair! Not the best of experiences
Timothy, 2-night trip

8/10 Very good

Quirky hotel, but clean, quiet and comfortable.
John, 1-night trip

6/10 Good

Sorry but needs a good tiding up found the evening staff not very welcoming was left alone after our main course for a long while went to the bar to order sweets only to be told the kitchen was closed
Roy, 1-night trip

6/10 Good

Beds comfortable
Lynn, 2-night trip

10/10 Exceptional

We were really impressed and will certainly keep this property in mind should we need to stay in the area again. Plus Points Having a key safe outside the room made booking in and out so easy. The room had a well stocked mini fridge, a microwave, a toaster a selection of cereals, preserves etc available for a DIY breakfast as well as a TV. All the staff we had dealings with were friendly and helpful. The meals were far larger than expected and well cooked, we actually called back on the way home for a meal because we were so impressed with the dinner we had while staying. Minus Points all of which are more of suggestions rather than complaints. No shaver socket in the bath room, a two pin plug adaptor would solve that problem although they may get pinched by some guests, similarly a USB adaptor. One other observation although I appreciate it may be due to the ongoing building work was a metal box section going across the path in the passageway, I felt it was a trip hazard which could be hazardous especially for elderly guests. Other than that All in all a great place to stay
PETER, 1-night trip