Stay and play at Ramside Hall Hotel & Golf Club - 3rd Jul 2004

Formerly the home of the Pemberton family, Ramside Hall was transformed into a hotel in 1963.

Whilst the tradition of friendly service, good value and a warm welcome remains, the structure is now vastly different, and Ramside is proud to be the North-East's largest privately-owned Hotel, with golf.

The central area of the Hotel - the Old Bar and the Pemberton Suite, both extremely popular with locals - remains as the focal point.

This is surrounded by twelve Conference and Banqueting Rooms catering for 2 to 400 guests, the Restaurant, the Grill Room and the eighty fine Bedrooms.

Just across the car park stands our superb Golf Clubhouse, Driving Range and Golf Academy.

For staying, dining, wining, dancing, conferring, meeting, marrying, merrymaking or golfing, Ramside Hall is your natural choice.

ACCOMMODATION:

Enjoy your stay in our superb selection of bedrooms, featuring a blend of old and new.

Your comfort has been the priority in the planning of these rooms, and we're sure you will be impressed with the facilities we have on offer. All our bedrooms are individually decorated and furnished.

Everything you would expect in a quality room is there - remote control teletext television, free in-house movies, Sky channels, radio, direct-dial telephones, hairdryers, trouser presses, fresh fruit and tea and coffee making facilities. The quality furnishings have been chosen with "Country House" standards, and the bathrooms have the same opulence.

DINING:

With three restaurants to choose from, your only challenge will be deciding which one to eat in!

The Restaurant, which overlooks the garden, is where we serve breakfast, lunch and dinner. Our frequently changing menu reflects the seasonal local produce we obtain from suppliers of long standing.

Our Grill Room offers a more cosmopolitan menu, as well as serving superb char-grilled steak, whilst the Pemberton

Suite offers a wide range of hot and cold meals from our Buffet Carvery in a relaxed environment. Sunday Lunches are a tradition at Ramside, in our Restaurant with our Palm Court Trio, or in the Buffet Carvery.

With 6 additional areas for private parties from 60 to 300 guests, Ramside Hall is the perfect venue, whatever the occasion.

GOLF:

The Ramside Course comprises of three loops of nine holes - The Princes, Bishops and Cathedral Courses. Each loop has its own individual features, but all blend well with each other, and allow different Courses of the Day.

The course is maturing well, and the young tree copses, protected in the first years by blue stakes, are now growing well, particularly in the more sheltered areas. With a vibrant membership, and as an increasingly popular Corporate venue, Ramside is rapidly becoming known as one of the North-East's top courses.

It is a fair course, which was designed to allow the good golfer to make thinking shots with options to take score-reducing risks, while the high handicapper will not be demoralised as there are playable alternatives on most holes.

There are large areas of mature woodland around the course, and when all the copses reach maturity - and indeed as they come into play with the removal of the blue stakes - the course will really show its mettle. Add in the fourteen lakes and some maliciously placed bunkers, and you'll have played a course that will long remain in the memory.

As well as the playing surface, other touches will only add to your enjoyment, from our home-produced course planners (see Course Tour), our Tee Yardage markers weighing an average of 8 tons each, our Rams Head Teebox Markers, the magnificent 360°views as you progress round the course, and finally our halfway house and toilets - a real boon on Corporate Days and on Saturdays and Sundays, the best bacon and egg buttie house in the North-East!

This is Ramside!

Related Links

• http://www.ramsidehallhotel.co.uk

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