The Victoria, Holkham, United Kingdom
The Victoria 4 Stars
“Laid-back and rustic, the country hotel is reminiscent of colonial times with opulent rooms and antiques imported from India.”
The Press Say
“A sort of boho boutique hotel/gastropub for extravagant weekenders - it has become a destination in itself.” Conde Nast Traveller 06"Rajasthani opulence on the north Norfolk coast...The best rooms have huge four-posters and views across marshes and dunes." The Guardian 07
Hotel Overview
The Victoria is a boutique hotel in Holkham, a 15-minute walk away from the beach (a location used in Shakespeare in Love). Owned by the present Earl of Leicester, the boutique hotel centres its design on Victorian, Colonial and local East Anglian themes.
The facilities
The Victoria has a lovely restaurant that serves up seasonal Modern British cuisine, the menu making much use of local ingredients. The restaurant is very popular with guests and locals, so book in advance. Real Ale lovers will enjoy the Adnams Best and Woodforde's Wherry (which uses barley grown at the Holkham Estate) served at the boutique hotel's two bars.
The rooms
The Victoria has ten rooms, individually decorated in different variations on the boutique hotel's 'seaside Victoriana' theme. Rooms are named Colonial, Raj, Holkham, Stone, Marsh, Attic, Moroccan, Wash and North Sea. There is also an Attic suite and three lodge accommodations on Holkham Estate: Palmer's, Cuckoo and Triumphal Arch. These unique converted follies offer more space and privacy than the rooms in the main building, and have a more contemporary interior design.
Decor at in the boutique hotel's main building rooms is pared-down but stylish, avoiding the gimmickry and unnecessary flourishes of many 'themed' hotels. Instead, the rooms' few well-chosen colonial focal-pieces go a long way; their impact enhanced by ornate Indian-imported furniture.
Facilities
Hotel Policies
Rooms
10Who stays here?
Stylish, urban-cool types escaping the city; mainly families and weekending couples.
Come for...
- Down-to-earth clientele
- Walks on the beach
- Bringing the children
Not Suitable for...
- The super-smart
Children
The Attic Suite is great for families as it can accommodate a family of four and has two en-suite bathrooms.
Eating in
Food is seasonal, locally-sourced Modern British: Cromer crab, mussels from Brancaster and beef, game and eel from Holkham estate are all on the menu.