Booked in for two nights and found the hotel to be very welcoming. Rooms were average size with everything you could need, but obviously compromised in places by it being a very old building. Breakfast was excellent using fresh local produce and very nicely served, but I missed having no fresh fruit which I sort of expect to be standard... more

A very nice place to stay. The hotel had a small but adequate car park outside the main entrance door. The reception was excellent and the booking in perfect. We were shown up to our top floor double room. The room itself had the usual furniture, double bed, wardrobe, dressing table etc. We did find the double bed a bit... more

The owners of Lowbyer Manor, Laura and Richard, are welcoming hosts and run a lovely establishment. Our room (The Stuart) was immaculately clean and well equipped; an extremely comfortable king size bed, with superb quality bedding; lovely furniture & furnishings, tv with dvd player, cd/radio along with a box of various cds, ample storage space, well stocked hospitality tray, a... more

Nice building in a cute old town with very nice owners who are helpful and professional. The room we had was not at all to my taste, though. Small with a tiny en-suite shower room and walls covered in wood chip paper and lots of pictures of owls, mice etc and a host of bric a brac reminded me of... more

My husband & I decided to take a long and winding route to Newcaslte Airport and stayed overnight at Lowbyre and we were not disappointed. Laura and Richard are perfect hosts and so welcoming into their lovely and special B&B. Shortly after we arrived they provided a tea tray in the spacious lounge, complete with roaring log fire and enough... more

If you have read some of the previous reviews praising this hotel then believe them. This is an excellent place to stay with good clean comfortable rooms, a lovely small bar with a good selection of bottled real ales and a hearty breakfast. The staff are super friendly too Highly recommended more

Lowbyer Manor is a large Georgian house sympathetically converted into an excellent hotel. The accomodation is of very good quality and spotlessly clean. However the real pleasure of staying is the outstanding welcome and service provided by the three owners who do everything in their power to make your stay memorable. They provided gluten free food for my wife without... more

My husband and i stayed at Lowbyer to celebrate our first wedding anniversay we had a four poster room which was small but perfectly formed , clean ,tastefully decorated ,fresh and comfortable. The service was first class with the owners (lillian,laura and richard)remembering everyones names !! the breakfast was good quality with locally supplied produce . The village of Alston... more

The accommodation was more than adequate and the kindness and attention to detail shown by the owners was excellent. Help with my special dietry needs was much appreciated. The area has much of interest for families. more