The Westgate

4.0 star property
your current months are December, 2024 and January, 2025.
December 2024
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Garden
View from property
Twin Room, Ensuite | Room amenity
Interior
Interior

Reviews

7.8 out of 10

Good

Popular amenities

  • Bar
    Bar
  • Breakfast available
    Breakfast available
  • Parking included
    Parking included
  • Free WiFi
    Free WiFi
  • Restaurant
    Restaurant

Explore the area

Map
Guildhall Street, Bury St Edmunds, England, IP33 1QD
  • St Mary's Church
    5 min walk
  • St Edmundsbury Cathedral
    5 min walk
  • Bury St Edmunds Art Gallery
    5 min walk
  • London (STN-Stansted)
    65 min drive

Room options

Twin Room, Ensuite

  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

Single Room, Ensuite

  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

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About the area

Bury St Edmunds

With a stay at The Westgate in Bury St Edmunds, you'll be a 5-minute walk from St Mary's Church and 5 minutes by foot from St Edmundsbury Cathedral. .This inn is 0.3 mi (0.5 km) from Greene King Brewery and 0.5 mi (0.8 km) from The Athenaeum.

What's nearby

  • St Edmundsbury Cathedral - 5 min walk - 0.5 km
  • Greene King Brewery - 6 min walk - 0.5 km
  • The Apex - 7 min walk - 0.6 km
  • Bury St Edmunds Abbey - 8 min walk - 0.7 km
  • Ickworth House - 8 min drive - 5.2 km

Getting around

  • Bury St Edmunds Station - 15 min walk
  • Stansted Airport (STN) - 65 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪The Corn Exchange - ‬4 min walk
  • ‪Côte - ‬4 min walk
  • ‪Oakes Barn - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪Burger King - ‬5 min walk
  • ‪Vespers Belgian Beer Bar - ‬4 min walk

About this property

The Westgate

Inn in Bury St Edmunds with a restaurant and a bar
The Westgate offers 5 accommodations.
Make yourself at home in one of the 5 guestrooms.
At The Westgate, enjoy a satisfying meal at the restaurant. Wrap up your day with a drink at the bar/lounge. Breakfast is available for a fee.
Free self parking is available onsite.
The Westgate has a restaurant on site.

Languages

English

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and public transport

  • Free self-parking on site

Food and drink

  • Breakfast available for a fee
  • 1 restaurant
  • 1 bar

Guest services

  • No housekeeping

Accessibility

  • This property does not have any lifts

More

  • Smoke-free property

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; Check-in end time: 10:00 PM

Check-out

Check-out before 10:00 AM

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome

Payment types

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards

We should mention

This property does not have elevators

Property is also known as

Black Boy Bury St Edmunds
Black Boy Inn Bury St Edmunds
Black Boy Inn Bury St Edmunds
Black Boy Bury St Edmunds
Inn The Black Boy Bury St Edmunds
Bury St Edmunds The Black Boy Inn
The Black Boy Bury St Edmunds
Black Boy Inn
Black Boy
Inn The Black Boy
The Black Boy
The Westgate Inn
The Black Boy Public House
The Westgate Bury St Edmunds
The Westgate Inn Bury St Edmunds

The Westgate Reviews

Reviews

7.8

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 101 out of 346 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 142 out of 346 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 63 out of 346 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 27 out of 346 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 13 out of 346 reviews" "

8.2/10

Cleanliness

8.2/10

Staff & service

7.6/10

Amenities

7.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Monika

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
I would recommend it, worth the price
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

6/10 Okay

Andrew

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Just reopening with newly refreshed public areas.
Pub with rooms is under new ownership who are refurbishing so bar etc were all closed when I was there. Room is basic , clean but very tired and needs a refresh relative to this century. Apparently will not do food when open and breakfast unusually is at 8.30 am. I wish good luck to new managers and hope they quickly start work on everything else.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

gary

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Boitor

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The personal are kind.
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Paul

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Eddie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A pub with character, clean, helpful staff, bathroom facilities could do with being updated, new management was taking over, a few teething problems but expected, all ready booked a room for next year and I've recommended it to others.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

J

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good value for money
Really good value for money, Chris was great and really helpful, the pub was nice and cosy and the room was perfect for what we wanted, which was somewhere to sleep and shower as we had plans for the weekend, would definitely stay there again
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

6/10 Okay

Stanley

Liked: Staff & service
The staff were helpful, but it was not until I had parked someway away in a long stay car park did I find out there was parking accessed from the road behind. By then it was too late to move the car. I was asked what breakfast I wanted and spot on time it was at my table and very good it was. The noise from the pub could be heard in the room until mid-night when they closed up. On the day I was there they were not doing meals in the evening.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

gary

Business traveller
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

6/10 Okay

Lee

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Steven

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

6/10 Okay

Francis

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Bury stay
Tiny room and en suite. Bed not very comfortable and nowhere to sit but on the bed. No table or work surface.
Stayed 1 night in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

8/10 Good

Barry

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Good stop over with breakfast. Cheers
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Therese

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

2/10 Terrible

gill

Landlord wasnt very friendly
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

4/10 Poor

Tristan

Business traveller
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Earliest breakfast is 8.30am which is unheard of, most people staying at hotels would be on business so having to wait for breakfast at 8.30 earliest really isn't convenient
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Stephen

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Robert

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The Westgate was an ideal place to stay for us in Bury St Edmunds. We were only there for one night to visit the nearby Apex Theatre but we used the extra time to visit the lovely shopping centre which was also within easy walking distance. The Westgate was clean and welcoming. Thanks.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Sandra

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Unusually lovely fluffy large bath towels which actually cover one round even if you're not a size 8! Usually bath towels are so small but these were lovely. Comfortable beds and very clean room. The only grumble Ihave was that despite putting the fact that I am vegan on the booking form, no provision was made - no plant based milk or margarine and no understanding of what a vegan breakfast might be. Although I was given a very nice beans on toast with tomato and mushrooms. Expedia rally should ensure that its providers hav e anunderstanding of vegetarian and vegan diets - it is down to them to provide education on that subject. Not difficult. Take responsibility.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Honie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A cozy inn with great staff! Loved it.
Excellent staff, nice hot shower, close to town center, great traditional English breakfast. - Made my day...I truly appreciate it.Thank you all! - Manhattan, New York
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

4/10 Poor

Malcolm

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Advertised as food but non available. Didn’t fancy breakfast upon seeing kitchen l
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Derek Alfred

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023