Charles Cotton Hotel

Visited this hotel a few years ago, to which the standards have dropped significantly - on arrival, it was like the Mary Celeste, no reception or staff - eventually, around midday, one staff member turned up to advise me that the hotel is closed until 15:00, and despite staying here, I could not get a drink until then - the warm cosy atmosphere I had expected was non-existent - the room was tired and shabby, with DIY furniture - the bathroom was also dated and the shower was flimsy and noisy - on one occasion during our two day stay, we used the hotel’s public WC, they were dirty, and appeared to have had little attention for some time - only had breakfast, which was nothing special, if you need to use the toaster, give yourself an hour or two - due to the dreary atmosphere I eat across the road, at the Devonshire pub, which was a good move - Hartington is a great village, and is an excellent location for the area - will be back to Hartington, but will be staying at the Devonshire pub, and not the Charles Cotton

A real disappointment we have not been for a few years and were surprised how the standards had dropped the hotel was very shabby stains on the carpets and overall it felt dirty and not at all inviting. The bar had no beer on tap available apart from Guinness the only bottle beer was 0%. Breakfast was shocking we asked for poached eggs and was told they weren’t available only scrambled eggs which clearly had been warmed up in the microwave. The glasses put out for orange juice were dirty and covered in lipstick marks we certainly will not be returning

When I booked in I thought that we were going to be in the main hotel,instead we were put in an annex off the main hotel. The stairs up to our room were steep and being Disabled should of been taken in mind. The room was clean as were the towels and bedding. The shower was brilliant and a lovely soft bed Now for the negatives, Loud music late into the night without warning, with loud singing For what I paid as my suprise stay for my wife (as it was our Ruby Anniversary) I was very disappointed( Overpriced).