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The Bat and Ball

2.0 star property
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Comfort Double Room
Shopping centre
Deluxe Double Room
Shopping centre
Exterior

Reviews

8.6 out of 10

Excellent

Popular amenities

  • Breakfast included
    Breakfast included
  • Free WiFi
    Free WiFi

Explore the area

Map
163 Old Dover Rd, Canterbury, England, CT1 3NX
  • Canterbury Christ Church University
    17 min walk
  • St. Martin's Church
    17 min walk
  • Canterbury Roman Museum
    19 min walk
  • London (SEN-Southend)
    104 min drive

Room options

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Deluxe Double Room

Deluxe Double Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Family Quadruple Room

Family Quadruple Room

  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed and 1 Twin Sofa Bed

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Comfort Double Room

Comfort Double Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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The price is NZ$134
for 1 night
includes taxes & fees
5 Dec - 6 Dec
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About the area

Canterbury

A stay at The Bat and Ball places you in the heart of Canterbury, a 5-minute drive from Marlowe Theatre and 5 minutes from Canterbury Cathedral. .This bed & breakfast is 4.1 mi (6.6 km) from Howletts Wild Animal Park and 8 mi (12.9 km) from Wingham Wildlife Park.
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What's nearby

  • Canterbury Christ Church University - 17 min walk - 1.4 km
  • Marlowe Theatre - 5 min drive - 3.3 km
  • Canterbury Cathedral - 5 min drive - 3.4 km
  • University of Kent - 6 min drive - 3.9 km
  • Howletts Wild Animal Park - 9 min drive - 6.7 km

Getting around

  • Canterbury East Station - 17 min walk
  • London (SEN-Southend) - 104 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪McDonald's - ‬17 min walk
  • ‪The Thomas Ingoldsby - ‬17 min walk
  • ‪Caffè Nero - ‬18 min walk
  • ‪Old City Bar - ‬12 min walk
  • ‪Chom Chom - ‬17 min walk

About this property

The Bat and Ball

Bed & breakfast with free breakfast, near Canterbury Cathedral
The Bat and Ball offers 6 accommodations with hair dryers and complimentary toiletries. 16-inch flat-screen televisions come with cable channels.

Bathrooms include showers. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access (speed: 25+ Mbps). Change of towels and change of bedsheets can be requested.

Stay in one of 6 guestrooms featuring flat-screen televisions. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with showers feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include desks and electric kettles.
A complimentary continental breakfast is served daily from 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM.
The front desk is staffed during limited hours. Limited parking is available onsite.
A complimentary continental breakfast is served each morning between 7:30 AM and 9:00 AM.

Languages

English

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • In-room WiFi speed: 25+ Mbps
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and public transport

  • Limited on-site parking

Food and drink

  • Free continental breakfast available daily 7:30 AM–9:00 AM

Guest services

  • Change of bedsheets (on request)
  • Change of towels (on request)
  • Front desk (limited hours)
  • Luggage storage

Accessibility

  • If you have any requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • This property does not have any lifts
  • Upper floors accessible by stairs only

More

  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hairdryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Shampoo
  • Shower
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Towels

Entertainment

  • 16-inch flat-screen TV
  • TV channels

Food and drink

  • Electric kettle
  • Free tea bags/instant coffee

More

  • Desk

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: 5:00 PM
Minimum check-in age: 16

Check-out

Check-out before 10:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Front desk staffed during limited hours

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours), lockbox

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 and debit cards; cash is not accepted

We should mention

This property does not have elevators

Property is also known as

The Bat and Ball Canterbury
The Bat and Ball Bed & breakfast
The Bat and Ball Bed & breakfast Canterbury

The Bat and Ball Reviews

Reviews

8.6

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 8 out of 14 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 3 out of 14 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 2 out of 14 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 14 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 14 reviews" "

9.8/10

Cleanliness

9.2/10

Staff & service

8.4/10

Amenities

8.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Alan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very lovely stay, fantastic room with only a couple of very minor gripes. Heated towel rail was not working and the main window blind was broken so it was unable to be opened. Otherwise a very lovely stay, thank you Bat and Ball team.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Suzie

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

8/10 Good

Paul

Business traveller
Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

4/10 Poor

Adrian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Terrible nights sleep!!! So I cannot recommend.
The Good: There had been a lot of thought and love put into the redesign of this pub into a B&B: decor, furnishings, technology, breakfast, etc are all great and the staff were lovey and helpful. All great, well done. The Bad: 1. The road noise is terrible. We were in room 3 on first floor, a corner room, which was lovely. However, it fronts onto the road and traffic lights and only the larger lower window panes are double glazed. The smaller upper panes are single and most noise will come through these. They will be more expensive to double glaze and the property may be listed, which would add complications and cost, potentially. Nevertheless, completing the double glazing and adding a triple glaze pane on the inside would substantially remedy the road noise issue. 2. There were three other rooms on our floor, occupied by three ladies. They talked in the room next to us from 10pm when we got in, until 1am. I slept after that for a couple of hours before being disturbed again by the road noise and lightly dosing for another 4hrs. The walls a clearly not sound insulated, but could be retrospectively, although staff could also request/educate guests to have consideration for other guests especially after 10/11pm. Feedback is a gift to help improve. In my business, we actively seek feedback to help us improve and win more business. Hope you take this in the same way because you have a great B&B, but my primary objective in any hotel/B&B is to have a great night sleep.
Lovely shower. Good quality.
Beautifully furnished and decorated
Double and single glazing. Also, Venetians are rubbish at sound and light proofing. Use quality curtains instead.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

6/10 Okay

Fred

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Room was beautiful, loved and loved the bathroom. 2 things that let it down was the amount of parking apace which made me spent money to go park somewhere else for the night which was unnecessary.Stairs narrow and both me and my partner nealry fell down. . Breakfast was something to forget as there options wasnt great and not alot off variety. ,would have loved a full english breakfast. Beside lovely place
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jackie

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

8/10 Good

Linda

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
It was fine
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Mandy

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Loved the bar and ball. Obviously someone really cares about comfort and standards. The young lady at breakfast was a very friendly person and all in all i would highly recommend the bat and ball for a place to stay while visiting canterbury. Beautiful bedding too.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Paul

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Large comfortable room with tea and coffee making facilities. Good continental buffet breakfast selection. Close to the city and amenities. Only 4 parking spaces for 6 rooms is a little bit of a detraction from what was otherwise a good stay.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Laura

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

6/10 Okay

Robert

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Convenient to walk into City centre , but the front corner room we had was very noisy above a busy traffic lights controlled junction . Staff were very helpful and attentive .
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good place to stay but a little pricey
Very nice rooms and continental breakfast.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

Henning

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

10/10 Excellent

Dorothea

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Sehr gemuetliche und geschmackvoll eingerichtetes Zimmer am Rande von Canterbury. Das Familienzimmer ist sehr geraeumig und verfuegt uber Kaffee/Thee. Die Innenstadt ist zu Fuss erreichbar und die Parkplaetze bei der Unterkunfst sind angenehm. Das Personal ist sehr freundlich und hilfsbereit, das Fruehstuek ok.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024