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Best Western Forest & Vale Hotel

3.0 star property
your current months are December, 2024 and January, 2025.
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January 2025

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Terrace/patio
Deluxe Room, 1 Double Bed, Non Smoking
Exterior
Restaurant
Superior Room, 1 Double Bed, Non Smoking

Reviews

9.2 out of 10

Wonderful

Popular amenities

  • Bar
    Bar
  • Room service
    Room service
  • Housekeeping
    Housekeeping
  • Breakfast available
    Breakfast available
  • Laundry
    Laundry
  • Parking included
    Parking included

Explore the area

Map
Malton Road, Pickering, England, YO18 7DL
  • Pickering Church
    4 min walk
  • North Yorkshire Moors Railway
    7 min walk
  • Pickering Castle
    10 min walk
  • Harrogate (HRT-RAF Linton-on-Ouse)
    56 min drive

Room options

View all photos for Superior Room, 1 Double Bed, Non Smoking

Superior Room, 1 Double Bed, Non Smoking

Superior Room, 1 Double Bed, Non Smoking

  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed

View all photos for Executive Room, 1 Double Bed, Non Smoking

Premium bedding, desk, blackout curtains, iron/ironing board

Executive Room, 1 Double Bed, Non Smoking

  • 17.2 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

View all photos for Executive Room, 2 Single Beds, Non Smoking

Premium bedding, desk, blackout curtains, iron/ironing board

Executive Room, 2 Single Beds, Non Smoking

  • 17.2 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

View all photos for Standard Room, 1 Single Bed, Non Smoking

Standard Room, 1 Single Bed, Non Smoking

Standard Room, 1 Single Bed, Non Smoking

  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

View all photos for Deluxe Room, 1 Double Bed, Non Smoking

Deluxe Room, 1 Double Bed, Non Smoking

Deluxe Room, 1 Double Bed, Non Smoking

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

View all photos for Standard Room, 2 Single Beds, Non Smoking

Standard Room, 2 Single Beds, Non Smoking

Standard Room, 2 Single Beds, Non Smoking

  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

View all photos for Standard Room, 1 Double Bed, Non Smoking

Standard Room, 1 Double Bed, Non Smoking

Standard Room, 1 Double Bed, Non Smoking

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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About the area

Pickering

With a stay at Best Western Forest & Vale Hotel, you'll be centrally located in Pickering, within a 5-minute drive of North York Moors National Park and Pickering Church. .This eco-certified hotel is 0.4 mi (0.7 km) from North Yorkshire Moors Railway and 0.4 mi (0.7 km) from Beck Isle Museum.

What's nearby

  • Pickering Church - 4 min walk - 0.4 km
  • North Yorkshire Moors Railway - 7 min walk - 0.6 km
  • Pickering Castle - 10 min walk - 0.9 km
  • Flamingo Land Theme Park and Zoo - 7 min drive - 6.7 km
  • Dalby Forest Visitor Centre - 14 min drive - 9.6 km

Getting around

  • Malton Station - 14 min drive
  • Leeds (LBA-Leeds Bradford) - 84 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪The Sun Inn - ‬11 min walk
  • ‪Costa Express - ‬6 min walk
  • ‪The Black Bull Inn - ‬2 min drive
  • ‪Cedarbarn Farm Shop & Cafe - ‬3 min drive
  • ‪Potter Hill Fish Shop - ‬9 min walk

About this property

Best Western Forest & Vale Hotel

Eco-certified hotel with a restaurant and a bar
Best Western Forest & Vale Hotel offers 22 accommodations with complimentary bottled water and coffee/tea makers. Beds feature premium bedding. LCD televisions come with satellite channels. Bathrooms include designer toiletries, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers.

This Pickering hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks and phones. Housekeeping is offered daily and irons/ironing boards can be requested.

Stay in one of 22 guestrooms featuring LCD televisions. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and satellite programming is available for your entertainment. Bathrooms have designer toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include phones, as well as desks and coffee/tea makers.
Take in the views from a terrace and a garden and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access. Additional amenities at this hotel include wedding services, a picnic area, and a banquet hall.
Enjoy a meal at the restaurant, or stay in and take advantage of the hotel's room service (during limited hours). Wrap up your day with a drink at the bar/lounge. English breakfasts are served on weekdays from 7:00 AM to 9:30 AM and on weekends from 7:30 AM to 9:30 AM for a fee.
Featured amenities include express check-out, complimentary newspapers in the lobby, and luggage storage. Free self parking is available onsite.
English breakfasts are available for a surcharge on weekdays between 7:00 AM and 9:30 AM and on weekends between 7:30 AM and 9:30 AM.
Best Western Forest & Vale Hotel has a restaurant on site.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.

Awards and affiliations

Eco-Certified Property
This property participates in Green Tourism Program, a program that measures the property's impact on one or more of the following: environment, community, cultural-heritage, the local economy.

Languages

English, Welsh

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and public transport

  • Free uncovered self-parking on site

Food and drink

  • English breakfast available for a fee 7:00 AM–9:30 AM on weekdays and 7:30 AM–9:30 AM on weekends: GBP 16 per person
  • 1 restaurant
  • 1 bar
  • Room service available

Family friendly

  • Laundry facilities

Conveniences

  • Banquet hall
  • Free newspapers in reception
  • Front-desk safe

Guest services

  • Daily housekeeping
  • Front desk (limited hours)
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Porter/bellhop
  • Wedding services

Business services

  • Meeting rooms

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • Picnic area
  • Terrace

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
  • Well-lit path to entrance
  • Wheelchair-accessible registration desk
  • Wheelchair-accessible restaurant
  • Wheelchair-accessible (may have limits)

More

  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bed sheets
  • Blackout drapes/curtains
  • Heating
  • Premium bedding

Bathroom

  • Designer toiletries
  • Hairdryer
  • Shampoo
  • Soap
  • Towels

Entertainment

  • Digital channels
  • LCD TV

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Electric kettle
  • Free bottled water

More

  • Connecting rooms available
  • Desk
  • Iron/ironing board (on request)
  • Local maps
  • Phone

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: 10:00 PM
Contactless check-in available
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM
Contactless check-out available
Express check-out available

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from 7:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Guests will receive an email 5 days before arrival with check-in instructions; front desk staffed during limited hours
For more details, please contact the property using the information on the booking confirmation
This property will host numerous weddings and functions on select weekends. Guests should expect a high level of noise until midnight.

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

Pets not allowed (service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees)

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available

Payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Fee for English breakfast: approximately GBP 16 per person

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

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; cash is not accepted
Parties and events (including weddings and other events) are allowed on site
Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property; the policies listed are provided by the property

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation

Property is also known as

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Pickering Best Western
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Best Western Forest & Vale Hotel Reviews

Reviews

9.2

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 142 out of 210 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 53 out of 210 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 12 out of 210 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 210 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 210 reviews" "

9.4/10

Cleanliness

9.6/10

Staff & service

8.6/10

Amenities

8.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very enjoyabld stay. Very friendly and helpful staff
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Lucinda

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff were all very friendly and helpful. However, the room was not upto par in as much as it was dusty, I don’t think the fan, the press machine or mirrors and pictures had been done for yonks! Not really good if you have allergies (I don’t luckily) Otherwise we enjoyed our stay. It’s just a pity good cleaners are hard to come by.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

6/10 Okay

Pam

Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

christopher

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Lovely hotel - room not noisy despite being on the road side of the hotel. Staff were lovely (as was the hotel cat) and the food was great (and large). Highly recommended.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

Jo

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely stay
Large free car park, easy check in and shown to room. It was disappointing that the room was not in the main building but in a converted cottage which was accessed through a nice courtyard and up narrow stairs. The room and bathroom were small but clean and very warm as the heating was one. My suggestions for improvement would be to look at the curtains which needed attention to reduce light let in at night time. Also better pillows as this spoilt my sleep quality, plus as an added extra some conditioner to go with the shampoo and body wash. The bar area was very comfortable and the barman was very helpful. We ate an evening meal in the bar and the potion size was excellent and very tasty. The night we stayed was the football final and staff had set up a room special for people to watch the match. Breakfast was lovely and served on request-good choice and hot. Service again was excellent. To finish off Alans customer was excellent and he was happy and helpful throughout our stay- a real credit to the hotel. The garden was well maintained and had plenty of seating options and would be a lovely place to relax on a good day.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

p

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

10/10 Excellent

Alan

Travelled with partner
Very helpful staff
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Gale

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I didnt dislike anything here. Just 2 days of being looked after was nice.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Casey

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

10/10 Excellent

Nadine

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Business trip
Couldn’t fault a thing. Maybe the creaky floors. Excellent stay.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

David

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely hotel great location and nice staff.
Stayed 1 night in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent food and stay.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2024

8/10 Good

Janet

Business traveller, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Older building, but a stylish and well located. Loved the town and area.
Stayed 1 night in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Anthony

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Two night break
Really great second stay, view of the church, two great breakfasts and a lovely evening meal, great place to stay for NYMR and Castle Howard, best asset are the staff
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Antony

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely staff in beautiful market town on the edge of the north York moors Comfy country hotel style rooms
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Tina

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Charming
A lovely hotel in a lovely location. Very pretty little town. The hotel has maintained all it's features and although we weren't able to sit outside due to the weather, the grounds looked very nice too. Only thing I would change is the bathroom. Felt quite stark and could be made more luxurious and in keeping with the rest of the hotel for minimal cost. Parking very good. Evening meal was lovely and the staff were lovely and very welcoming. Would definitely recommend.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Christina

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stay
Second time Iv stayed and really good service and room was just right
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Sheila

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Janet

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

D

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jonathan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Pauline

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Old school charm
We really enjoyed our stay at the Forest and Vale hotel. Yes it is old fashioned and a bit dated but it was beautifully clean and our room was very comfortable, with a good quality bed. We ate in the hotel and the food was very good , well presented and plenty of options. The staff were all friendly and approachable.we had a really quiet room overlooking the garden. Although the clientele were all ollder than us , this was wasn’t a problem and I would definitely stay here again.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023

6/10 Okay

Paul

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Hotel a bit tired and on a busy road
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Alan

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent stay
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Geoffrey

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Easy to park and get around the hotel and pickering . Food good quality and the chief excellent. Staff all good. Great place to stay everthing to a high standard. Keep up the good work
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023